TAB by Song : 296833
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Lonesome Road Blues by Joe Bonamassa
Lonesome Road Blues
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bm
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm
I don't need your constant heartache
Bm
All I have is my guitar and you
Bm
I turned thirty one years old today
Bm
All you gave me was that store bought blues
[Chorus]
E
And I know how that lonesome
Bm
Lonesome road blues can be
F#7
Like a devil race car baby
E A Bm
Lonesome road comfort me
[Verse 2]
Bm
I long for those days of simple times
Bm
Day's when guitar strings a cost a dime
Bm
I'm the only one for you there is
Bm
Help me down baby, hell that is
[Chorus]
E
And I know how that lonesome
Bm
Lonesome road blues can be
F#7
Like a devil race car baby
E A Bm
Lonesome road comfort me
[Guitar Solo]
Bm E Bm
F# E A Bm
[Verse 2]
Bm
I sold my soul for a pack of cigarettes
Bm
Mississippi is where I think my best
Bm
My string is crazy, I keep her sane
Bm
After me baby there's no one to blame
[Chorus]
E
And I know how that lonesome
Bm
Lonesome road blues can be
F#7
Like a devil race car baby
E A Bm
Lonesome road comfort me
F#7
Like a devil race car baby
E N.C.
These ol' blues comfort me
[Outro-Guitar Solo]
Bm
------------------
version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
So this is in the key of B, use the B blues scale, i play the blues scale
off the 14th fret on the A string. Given that i i haven't
figured out the solos, but i have figured out the 12bar progression.
Tuning: Standard
e|-----------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------9----------------------11----------9--------
D|---9-----------9-times 2---9----------11-times 1--9- times
A|---9-times 4---7-----------9--times
E|---7-----------------------7-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
1---9---------------------------------------|
2---9----------7------------9---times 2-----|
----7---------------------------------------|
I don't need your constant heartache
All I have is my guitar and you
I turned thirty one years old today
All you gave me was that store bought blues
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
I long for those days of simple times
Day's when guitar strings a cost a dime
I'm the only one for you there is
Help me down baby , hell that is yeah
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
Mmm mmmmm
I sold my soul for a pack of cigarettes yeah!
Mississippi is where I think my best
My string is crazy , I keep her sane
After me baby there's no one to blame
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
Like a devil race car baby
These ol' blues comfort me yeah
when i say times 4, 2 or 1, i mean this chord is repeated for 4,2 or 1
bars.
The Chord within each bar is strummed a number of times.
Repeat for entire song, embellish and improvise when the feeling takes you.
Also on the chord hammer on the 7th from the open
------------------
version 3
Capo:no capo
Tuning:Standard
Joe plays with thumb and 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers with the pick held under the
1st finger and flipped for solos.
Capo at 2rd fret - the frets are relevant to the capo
Basic riff that is played through most of the song
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--------------------------------|
D|-2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0--------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The only chord changes in the song are at: and I know how that lonesome etc
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-Hold--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-this-----2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0------------------2-0-2-2-0----------------|
D|-0-chord----2-0-2-2-0--2-0-2-2-0-2-hold----5---6--2-0-2-2-0----------------|
A|---------3--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-2-these---5---6--0-0-0-0-0----------------|
E|---------------------------------0-chords--3---4---------------------------|
Repeated solo riff
e|-----3-5-3------------------------|
B|-3h5-------5-3--------------------|
G|---------------5-----0-2-0--------|
D|-----------------0h2-------2-0----|
A|-------------------------------3--|
E|----------------------------------|
I don't need your constant heartache
All I have is my guitar and you
I turned thirty one years old today
All you gave me was that store bought blues
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
I long for those days of simple times
Day's when guitar strings a cost a dime
I'm the only one for you there is
Help me down baby , hell that is yeah
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
Mmm mmmmm
I sold my soul for a pack of cigarettes yeah!
Mississippi is where I think my best
My string is crazy , I keep her sane
After me baby there's no one to blame
And I know how that lonesome
Lonesome road blues can be
Like a devil race car baby
Lonesome road comfort me
Like a devil race car baby
These ol' blues comfort me yeah
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
-------------