John Lee Hooker

whiskey and wimmen(Tabs)

John Lee Hooker

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	        standard tuning 
 (notes in relation to capo) 
 
 
the blues line is not quite standard 12 bar blues, the lyrics are, just not the music. 
 
INTRO 
 
e|----------------------| 
B|o--------------------o| 
G|----------------------| Repeat 3x 
D|o--------------------o| 
A|----------2-2-4-2-4---| 
E|--0-0-4-4-------------| 
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a 
 
 
e|-----------------------|-------------| 
B|-----------------------|-------------| 
G|-----------------------|-------------| 
D|----------4-(4)/6\4\2--|--2-2-2/4\2--| 
A|-----------------------|-------------| 
E|--0-0-4-4--------------|-------------| 
    1 + 2 +       3 4 +   1 2 + 3 a 4 
 
e|----------------------| 
B|o--------------------o| 
G|----------------------| Repeat x3 
D|o--------------------o| 
A|----------2-2-4-2-4---| 
E|--0-0-4-4-------------| 
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a 
 
 
e|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| *Tag* 
D|----------2-2-4-2-4---| 
A|--0-0-4-4-------------| 
E|----------------------| 
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a 
 
 
Verse# --see message at bottom 
 
e|----------------------| 
B|o--------------------o| 
G|----------------------| 
D|o--------------------o| 
A|----------2-2-4--4----| 
E|--0-0-4-4-------------| 
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4  + 
 
Whiskey and Wimmin almost wrecked my life 
Whiskey and wimmin almost wrecked my life 
Werent for whiskey and wimmin, i have money today (play *Tag*) 
 
Nightlife Nightlife Nightlife 
aint no good aint no good for me 
I had a good start but wimmin and whiskey tore it down 
 
e|-- 
B|-- 
G|-- 
D|2- hit that note a couple of times inbetween the verse.. some slight bending on some notes. 
A|-- 
E|-- 
 
Whiskey and Wimmin aint no good for me 
Whiskey and wimmin aint no good aint no good for me 
I had a lot of money, and big fine car, but i lost everything i had 
aw i did 
 
during the end part here, hit 
e|--- 
B|--- 
G|-8- a cuple of times, some single note hits 
D|--- 
A|--- 
E|--- 
 
I had a lot of money at one time but nightlife, and whiskey wrecked my life. 
 
 
#to make it sound better, you could play it as a standard blues, 12 bar progression. The  
appears to be playing a regular blues underneath what the guitar does. The recording I  
is somewhat muddy in terms of that, but this is what it sounds like to me. 
 
| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| ~  vibrato 
| +  harmonic 
| x  Mute note 
 

	        

Written by John Lee Hooker

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