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-------------------------------------------------------------------
harm.
-(12)-------------(12)--------------|--------2------------------------
-----(12)-------------(12)----------|-----0-----3-(4)---0-----------
---------(12)-------------(12)------|---------------------------------1
-------------(12)-------------(12)--|----------------------------------
---------------------------------------|--0--------------------0--1--2--
---------------------------------------|----------------------------------
(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-----
--------------------------------||-------------------2--------2---------------
----
--------------------------------||--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------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
man * Stayin` alone and doin` the best I can
---|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
---|----3--2--0---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------
---|-------------------0------2----3-------4----------------------3----------2
------0--
---|------------0--3----0---1-----2-------3----------------------2----------1-
-----0--
---|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------
0--|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
1st break (2X) harm.
--------7---------------9--||----------(12)-----------------(12)---
-8-(9)---------8-(9)-----||----------------(12)------------------
----------------------------||---------------------(12)-------------
-----------0----------------||-0------------------------(12)--------
-----------------------------||--------------------------------------
-0----------------------0---||----0---------------------------------
p
--------------------0----3-(4)--0------3-2--0-------0------------
-(12)---------------2--2------------------------2-------0---------
-----(12)--------1-------------------1-----------------------0-----
----------0-----------------------0-------------0----------3----0--
------------1--2---------2-------------2----------------0----------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
return to *
2nd break
-----------------------||----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------||----------------------------------------------------
--0--1---2---3---0-||----0-1--2--3--0---1--2--3--0--0---0---etc.-
0----2---3---4---0-||--0---2--3--4--0---2--3--4--0--0---0--------
-----------------------||----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------||----------------------------------------------------
3rd break
-------------------------------------------------0---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------3--2--0----------
------------------------------------------------------------------0-etc.
---------------------------------------------------------------3-------
---0----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0------0------------------
-0----2----3----4----0----2----3----4------0---------------------
4th break (4X)
-(12)-----------------||----------0------3---0-------3-2--0----0-
------(12)------------||------------------------------------2--------
-----------(12)-------||-------1--1---1-----------1----------------
-----------------(12)-||------------------------0-----------0--------
------------------------||-1--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.
