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Sad Days Lonely Nights by Junior Kimbrough
Sad Days Lonely Nights
Tuning:Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:no capo
This is the main riff, ad variations
eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------5h7-5---5-------------5h7-5-------|
Db|--7---7---------7-------7---7-----------7---|
Ab|----0---0-----------------0---0-------0-----|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|
My momma told me
I was a child
She said, "Son
You're gonna have hard days"
My daddy told me too
He said, "Son
You're gonna have sad days
Lonely nights
Stand alone
Head hung down
Tears runnin' down"
Done got old
Sad days, lonely nights
Done overtaken me
Sometimes I set alone
I wonder about the things
My mum and daddy told me
Sad days, lonely nights
Come overtaking me
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Open G tuning
Intro
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3h5---3p0-3-----0----0---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3b------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0---0--0--0----0--0------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat until your blues are gone.
Keep the bass G string going with your thumb as a constant rhythm, and then add the
other notes with your middle and index fingers. This is the main riff. Repeat it with some
variation throughout - it's the blues, Junior didn't play it the same every time, and
neither should you.
Here's a simple variation I use. As long as you keep the rhythm going with your thumb,
nearly anything can work.
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3h5-3--0h3-0---0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------3--3b------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0---0--0---0--0--0---0---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
My momma told me
I was a child
She said, "Son
You're gonna have hard days"
My daddy told me too
He said, "Son
You're gonna have sad days
Lonely nights
Stand alone
Head hung down
Tears runnin' down"
Done got old
Sad days, lonely nights
Done overtaken me
Sometimes I set alone
I wonder about the things
My mum and daddy told me
Sad days, lonely nights
Come overtaking me
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