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Baby Scratch My Back by Slim Harpo
Baby Scratch My Back
Okay, this my first tab, so bare with me. This is a classic 1-4-5 blues. You have the 7
tones: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The ''1-4-5'' is the number of the tone. Number 1 sets the
bar. If it's E-blues, then you count 5 from E (1. G is counted twice, so the 4 tone is
A. Then it's tone number 5. B, so it's: E, A, B.
h=hammer on
b=bend
~=shake (your finger)
Capo: 1st. fret
Riff #1 (E)
e|----------0----------------------------|
b|-----------3---------------------------|
G|---0-h-1-------------------------------|
D|-2-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Riff #2 (A)
e|----------5----------------------------|
b|-----------8---------------------------|
G|---5-h-6-------------------------------|
D|-7-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Riff #3 (B)
e|----------7----------------------------|
b|-----------10--------------------------|
G|---7-h-8-------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Riff #4 The chicken Scratch (The 1-4-5 rhythm keeps on going while you're playing this)
e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-16b-----------|
b|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
When you're done playing ''The chicken scratch'', there's a turn.around that goes like this:
Riff #5 (Turn-around)
e|---------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------|
G|---9-9---7-----------------------------|
D|------------9--7~----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
When you've learned the tabs, then this is how it goes:
Riff #1 x2 (E)
Riff #2 x2 (A)
Riff #1 x2 (E)
Riff #3 x1 (B)
Riff #2 x1 (A)
Riff #1 x2 (E)
Riff #1 x4 (E)
Riff #2 x2 (A) Intro
Riff #1 x2 (E)
Riff #3 x1 (B)
Riff #2 x1 (A)
Riff #1 x3 (E)
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Riff #1 x4 (E)
Riff #2 x2 (A) Verse #1
Riff #1 x2 (E)
Riff #3 x1 (B)
Riff #2 x1 (A)
Riff #1 x1 (E)
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At this point, he's playing a solo, and there's a lot of versions of this solo, so i'm
not going to put something here. this will give you a good oportunity to play a solo yourself.
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Riff #4 The chicken scratch x6
Riff #5 (Turn-around)
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Here, you just play Verse 1 3 times without the lyrics. Fade on the third one.
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