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Black Jack Mama by Townes Van Zandt
Black Jack Mama
Capo 3
When you play E strum without any fingers on the fret then quickly place
your fingers down and strum a few times to make the same sound he does. And
that single note he plays after every once in a while is on the e string
fret 3.
the strum (something like this)
e|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|
G|--0h1-1-1-0h1-1-1-2-2-| repeat
D|--0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-|
A|--0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0-|
E|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
During the line "Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow" he does a few of
the things you when you play with E except do it with A
e|--0---|
B|--0h2-|
G|--0h2-|
D|--0h2-|
A|--0---|
E|--0---|
* = the single note thingy
e--3b4--|
B-------|
G-------|
D-------|
A-------|
E-------|
E A x8
E A E A
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E A E A
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king
(A)
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
E A E A
Got a Nashville woman lord, she calls me on the phone
E A E A
Tells me to leave them Houston girls alone
(A)
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
E A E A
Motorcycle mama, lord, monkey on her back
E A E A
Takes dm from her saddlebags, cocaine from a sack
(A)
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
E A E A
I gotta blackjack baby, lord, she lives in New Orleans
E A E A
Treats me like an orphan, yeah, she calls me Mr. Clean
(A)
Roll me over easy, mama, roll me over slow
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
E A E A
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E A E A
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king
(A)
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A x2
B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E A
End
e--0---------|
B--0-------0-|
G--0h1-----1-|
D--0h2-----2-|
A--0h2-----2-|
E--0---3-0-0-|
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