Whipping Post

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  • h = hammer on ^ | / = slide up \ = slide down
    p = pull off | = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chord
     
  • INTRO (bass guitar)
    |---------------------------------------|
    |---------------------------------------|
  • |-------------------------------3h5-3---|
    |-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5-| repeat
     
  • The guitars join. First, one doubles the bass line. Then the other does this.
    |---------------------------------------|
    |-------------------------------5h8-5---|
  • |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-5-7-|
    |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----------7-|
    |---------------------------------------|
  • |---------------------------------------| repeat
     
    FIRST VERSE
  • (chord progression: guitars, organ)
    A Bm C Bm
    I've been run down.
  • I've been lied to.
    And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
    She took all my money.
  • Wrecked my new car.
    And now she's with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.
     
  • PRE-CHORUS
    ^full (release silent)
    |-------------------------10|-10-8-------------------|
  • |--------------------8-10----------10-8--------------|
    |-----------------/9---------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------|
  • |-----------4-5--------------------------------------|
    |-5---8----------------------------------------------|
    sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am [I use this one])
  •  
    ^full^full ^full
    |------------------------17-20|--20|-20-17-20|-------|
  • |------------------17-20-----------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------|
    |-----------5----------------------------------------|
  • |-5---7-------7-5------------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------|
    sometimes I feel (again, one fill I use)
  •  
    CHORUS
    A ~~~~~~~
  • |---------------5--5---------------------|
    |---------------5--5-8-5-----------------|
    |---------------6----7-5-5-7--5----------|
  • |---------------7--------5-7--5----------|
    |---------------7------------------------|
    |---------------5------------------------| repeat (at the word "tied")
  • Like I've been tied to the whipping post
     
    A (strum and mute)
  • Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.
     
    BRIDGE
  • ^full ^full ~~~~~~~~
    |--|--|------|--|------------|---------------------10h12p10----|
    |-5|--|-----5|--|------------|10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13-|
  • |-7|--V--5--7|--V--5-7p5-----|-----9p7-----9-11-12----------12-|
    |------------------------7---|---------10----------------------|
    |----------------------------|---------------------------------|
  • |----------------------------|---------------------------------| repeat bar
    full unison bends* and releases(organ) (guitar)
    These organ and guitar parts kind of overlap
  • GUITAR SOLO
    (rhythm same as VERSES)
    (in the key of Am. [try Am pentatonic, A aeolian, C ionian, D dorian, etc.])
  •  
    SECOND VERSE
    (music same as FIRST VERSE)
  • My friends tell me
    That I've been such a fool
    And I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.
  • I drown myself in sorrow.
    Cause I look at what you've done.
    But nothing seems to change. The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.
  •  
    PRE-CHORUS
     
  • CHORUS
     
    BRIDGE
  •  
    GUITAR SOLO
     
  • Then we encounter this two octave run of the A aeolian mode
    |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
    |-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-------------------|
  • |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------|
     
    |-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5\--|
  • |-------------------------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--------------|
    |-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  • |--------------------------------------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • And now a rhythm and lead trade off...
    A Bm C Bm <---------rhythm guitar, organ }
    ^full ^full ^full ^full }
  • |-----17|------17|------17|------17|---| }
    |-----20|------20|------20|------20|---|<--lead guitar }
    |--------------------------------------| }repeat
  • |--------------------------------------| }
    |--------------------------------------| }
    |-5-5------7-7------8-8------7-7-------|<--bass guitar }
  • The bass notes are played by the bass guitar, and the rhythm guitar and
    organ play out the corresponding full major or minor chords written above
    the tab. The treble part consists of unison bends* played by the lead
  • guitar.
     
    PRE-CHORUS
  • N.C. (lead fill blues feel)
    Some-times I feel...
     
  • CHORUS
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