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Serves Me Right to Suffer/Syndicator by John Lee Hooker
Serves Me Right to Suffer/Syndicator
Intro: played by lead
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Lyrics Start>
Rythm: pm (palm mute all the way)
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play continuously
The lead guitar solo's in the key of
E blues scale (E G A A# B D E)
Here are some fillers that sound cool
number 1
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They are all played agressive and fast
It serves me right to suffer
Serves me right to be alone
It serves me right to suffer, suffer
Serves me right to be alone, alone
Because the life I'm living
I'm living in memories gone by
Now watch this now
Every time I see another woman
She makes me think of mine
Think of mine
She makes me think of mine
Think of mine
And that's why when I see another woman
Folks, I just can't keep from trying
Keep from trying
It serves me right to suffer
Serves me right to be alone
Serves me right to be alone
Because I'm trying to live my life
The days of memories gone by
Now I want you to pick upon this
These lyrics is something else
Let's dig this
My doctor put me on
Milk, cream, and alcohol, alcohol
My doctor wrote me a prescription
For milk, cream and alcohol
My nerve was so bad
I couldn't rest
I couldn't sleep all at the night
And that's why he placed me on
Milk, cream, and alcohol
He placed me on
Milk, cream and alcohol
Even now
I can't lay down and rest at night
Milk, cream, and alcohol
Key:
pm= palm mute. which means you put the side your
strumming hand over the strings while you strum
(don't place it to high)
p= pull off
h= hammer on
~= let not ring
b= bend
sb= slight bend
R= repeat how ever many time the number after says
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Em
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D E D E Em E D E D Em D Em A
[Verse 1]
Em A E
It serve you right to suffer
A E
Serve you right to be alone
A Em
Serve you right to suffer
Em
Serve you right to be alone
A E
Because you're still livin'
E
In days done past and gone
[Chorus]
E
Every time you see a woman
E Em
She make you think of yours
EM A
Yeah, every time you see a woman
A Em
She make you think of yours
Em
And that's why, that's why, that's why
E
You can't keep from cryin'
[Verse 2]
E Em
Your doctor put you on
Em A Em
Milk, cream and alcohol
Em
Your doctor put you on
Em G E
Milk, cream and alcohol
E
He told you that's why
E
You can't sleep at night
E
From nerves, so bad
E
Yeah
[Instrumental]
A Em A B A Em E Em A E
E Em
[Chorus]
E
Every time you see a woman
G EM
She makes you think of yours
Em
Every time you see a woman
Em A Em
She make you think of your own
Em
She treated you so bad
Em
You just couldn't keep from cryin'
[Outro]
E Em
Umm, mmm, mmm
A Em Bm7
Your life never be the same
Em A Em
Umm, umm, mmm
Em A Em
You're still livin' in the days
B
Done gone past and gone
Em
And memories
Em
Yeah-yeah
Em
You can't live on
Em
In that way
EM
In the past
G
Them days
G Em G
Is gone Gone
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
STANDARD TUNING
NOTE: Play this riff throughout the whole song.
After the intro it's pretty much 99% grace notes and improvisation around this basic melody.
An alternative to the 5\2 slide on the D string would be to play an open G.
When I play I usually pluck the low E string continuously for rhythm.
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|--------0---2---------0---2------|---------5---5\2----------5---5\2-----|
A|--0h1/2---2-----0h1/2---2--------|--0h1/2------------0h1/2--------------|
E|--0-------------0----------------|--0--------0-------0--------0---------|
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------0---2--------0---------5~-|---------5---5\2----------5---5\2-----|
A|-0h1/2---2----0h1/2---2----------|--0h1/2------------0h1/2--------------|
E|-0------------0---------5\3p0----|--0--------0-------0--------0---------|
[LYRICS]
[Verse 1]
It serves you right to suffer
It serves you right to be alone
It serves you right to suffer
It serves you right to be alone
Because you're still livin'
The day done packed and gone
[Verse 2]
Every time you see a woman
She makes you think of yours
Every time you see a woman
She makes you think of yours
And that's why, thats why, thats why
You can't keep from crying
[Verse 3]
Your doctor put you on
Milk, cream, and alcohol
Your doctor put you on
Milk, cream, and alcohol
He told you that's why
You can't sleep at night
You're nerve is so bad, yeah
[Verse 4]
Every time you see a woman
She make you think of yours
Every time you see a woman
She make you think of yours
She treated you so bad
You just couldn't keep from crying
Your life will never be the same
[Outro]
You're still living in a day done packed and gone
And memories
You can't live on
In that way
In the past
Them days is gone
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
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