From: MaxxDaddy@aol.com Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 11:11:12 -0400 Subject: TAB:POLICE_DOG_BLUES BY BLIND BLAKE
POLICEDOG BLUES By Blind Blake Transcribed by MaxxDaddy
This is Blake`s only song in open E tuning Ry Cooder does a faithful rendition on his eponymous album, and Jorma Kaukonen does a good version on Splashdown and Quah. Cephas and Wiggins do an interesting interpretation on Guitar Man and Stephan Grossman has a few versions out.
Open E tuning: EBEGBE (open D also works)
These are the main chords:
E A E/C E/C B -----0----------0--------------------------------------------------------- -----0----------2--------------------------------------------------------- -----0----------1----------4-------------3-----------2----------------- -----0----------0----------3-------------2-----------1----------------- -----0----------2-------------------------------------------------------- -----0-------------------------------------------------------------------
(2X) Verse: All my life I`ve been a travelin man --0----------------------------||---0-------0--------------------------------- --- -----3--2---0-----------------||--------0------------2------------------------ - -----------------------0-------||--------------------------1------------------ ---- --------------0----3------0---||------0------0-----------------0--------0-----
All my life I`ve been a travelin --0--------------------0--------0------------------------------------- -----3--2--0-------------3-(4)-----2---------2--------2------------ --------------------0----------------------1--------1----------1------ ------------0---3------0---------------0--------0---------0--------- ----------------------------------2---------2--------2---------2------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------0-------------------------------------------------- --0-------------------3--2--0--------------------------------------- -------0---------------------------0------you get the idea---- -----3--------------------------3------------------------------------ --0-------0-----------------0---------------------------------------- ---------------0------------------------------------------------------
I shipped my trunks down to Tennessee (2X) Hard to tell about a man like me
I met a little gal couldn`t get her off my mind (2X) She passed me up said she didn`t like my kind
I`m scared to bark around her house at night (2X) She`s got a police dog that`s cravin` for a fight
His name is Rambler and when he gets the chance (2X) He leaves his mark on everybody`s pants
I guess I`m gonna travel now guess I`ll let her be (2X) Before she sicks that police dog on me
It`s a fun song once you get the breaks tight. Play along with the CD Ragtimes Foremost Fingerpicker to get the phrasing right. Any comments, positive or negative should go to MaxxDaddy@aol.com.
