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Baby Please Don't Go by Lightnin' Hopkins
Baby Please Don't Go
Melody played with index finger only and bass with thumb
The melody is played in triplets so it's worth practicing something like this to get the timing:
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------|
Baby Please Don't Go
E
e|------0---0-3----0--------------------------------0---0-3----0-------------|
B|---------------------3/5-----------------------------------------5/3-------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
E|-0----0-----0----0-----0----0---0-3-----0----0----0-----0----0-----0----0--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * (* denotes the
beat to help with
understanding
the timing)
e|-------------------0---0-3----0--------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------3/5---5-3---0-3----0---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------2-------0---2-0---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
A|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-3-----0----0----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0---|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2p0-2------2---------2---------2---------2---------2----------------------|
A|------------2---------2---------2---------2---------2----------------------|
E|-0-----0----0----3b---0----0----0----3b---0----0----0----3----4------------|
A
e|-----2-3---3-2---3-----2-3---3-2---3------2p0------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
e|------0---0-0----------0---0-0---------------------------------------------|
B|------5---5-3/5-5------5---5-3/5-5-----3p5---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0---0-----------------------------|
B7 (normal strumming for 1 bar. (down, down up, up down....))
e|-2----2--2----2--2---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0----0--0----0--0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----2--2----2--2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-1----1--1----1--1---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----2--2----2--2---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A
e|-----3b----3-2p0---0---0---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------0-----0---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E (Turnaround)
e|-0---------------------------0-3----2--------0-----------------------------|
B|-----0/3---3-2---------------0-x----0--------0-----------------------------|
G|-----0/4---4-3---0-2p0-------1-3----2--------1-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------2-------2----1--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------3----2--------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------(0)--------------------------------|
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm
With all the shackles on
| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
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version 2
/=slide
p=pull off
h=hammer on
()=suggestion or variation
The VERSE lyrics end right at the beginning of the ACOUSTIC BREAK.
He does different fills here and there, but this is the basic template he uses for performing
the song.
VERSE
baby please don't go baby please don't go
------0-3---0---0---------------------0-3---0------------------
--0-3-----------3/5---------------0-3-----------3/5/3----------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------0------------------------------0---
0---0---0---0---0---0-0-3-------0---0---0---0---0---0-0-3------
baby please don't go down to new orleans you know i love you so baby please don't -
------0-3---0---0------------------------------------ -----------
--0-3-----------3/5-3-0-3---0------------------------ -----------
------------------------------2-------0-2-0---------- -----------
------------------------------------2-----------2p0h2 -----------
----------------------------------------------------- ---------0-
0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---- -0-0-3-----
ACOUSTIC BREAK
go
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---(1)-------------(1)-------------(1)----------
---(2)-------------(2)-------------(2)----------
----x-------0-------x-------0-------x-----------
0---x---3-------0---x---3-------0---x---3---4---
----3---2-3-----3---2-3-----2p0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------
----2-----------------------------0-3/5-5-5---0-3/5-5-5-----3p0------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------------------------------
--------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---(0)--
----2-2-----------3---0p2p0-0-----------------0-----2-2-2---2-2---
---------------------------2------2/3---------0-----0-0-0---0-0---
--2-------------------------------3/4---2p0h1---------------------
1----------------------------------------------------------------- Repeat from the very beginning
2---2---2---2---0---0-----0---0-------------------2---2---2---2---
----------------------------------0---0---0---0-------------------
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm
With all the shackles on
standard tuning
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version 3
Tuning: standard/normal
e|------------|----0--0--3---0-|--------------|----0--0--3--0-|
B|------------|----------------|-3\5----------|---------------|
G|------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
D|------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
A|------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0-----0---0-|-0----0--0--0-|-0--0-----0--0-|
e|--------------|----0--0--3--0-|--------------|----------------|----------|
B|-5/3----------|---------------|-3\5-----3----|-0--------------|----------|
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------2-0------|----------|
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------2-0--|-2--------|
A|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
E|-0----0--0--0-|-0--0-----0--0-|-0----0--0--0-|-0--0--0---0----|-0-0-0-0-0|
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm
With all the shackles on
| \ Slide down
| / Slide up
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Intro
e|-----------0--3--0-------|---3------x-------0--------|
B|----0--3-----------3/5---|---0------x-------0--------|
G|-------------------------|---0------2-------1--------|
D|-------------------------|---0------2-------2--------|
A|-------------------------|---2------0-------2--------|
E|-------------------------|---3------x-------0--------|
e|----------0--3--0-------|---3------x-------0--------|
B|---0--3-----------5/3---|---0------x-------0--------|
G|------------------------|---0------2-------1--------|
D|------------------------|---0------2-------2--------|
A|------------------------|---2------0-------2--------|
E|------------------------|---3------x-------0--------|
e|----------0--3--0--0--|-------------------|-------------------------|---3------x-------0--------|
B|---0--3---------------|-0--3--0--3--0--0--|-------------------------|---0------x-------0--------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|-2h3p2p0--2p0------------|---0------2-------1--------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|------------------2--2---|---0------2-------2--------|
A|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|---2------0-------2--------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|---3------x-------0--------|
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm
With all the shackles on
| / Slide up
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
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version 5
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
E7
Baby, please don't go
E7
Baby, please don't go
E7
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
Before I be your dog
E7
Before I be your dog
E7
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
Turn your lamp down low
E7
Turn your lamp down low
E7
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
You brought me way down here
E7
You brought me way down here
E7
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
Baby, please don't go
E7
Baby, please don't go
E7
Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
Before I be your dog
E7
Before I be your dog
E7
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7
E7
You know your man down gone
E7
You know your man down gone
E7
You know your man down gone
To the country farm
With all the shackles on
E7 / / / A7 / E7 / B7 / A7 / E7 / B7 / E7
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