Dust My Broom Chords & Tabs
Song: Dust My Broom (Lyrics and Music by Robert Johnson)
Artist: Elmore James
Album: Got To Move
Tabbed by: Francisco & Vitor Ribeiro Suman
This is one of the most traditional blues tunes ever, and has been played in many
different ways by a lot of different artists. By playing this Elmore James version
you can have the idea of what to play if you want a different version. James used
a bottleneck, his trademark. If you have one, use it, it will sound a lot better.
Have fun folks!
This should work with most of his songs, like "Baby Please Set A Date"
and many others. Most of all is a variation of this, like "I Can't
Hold Out", you just have to figure it out.
Symbols used:
--\-- Slide down
--/-- Slide up
--b-- Bend
Guitar 1 (solo) plays this:
E |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------|
B |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15------15------------------|
G#|---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------15------15----11/12-----| repeat it
E |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------12-| one more
B |-----------------------------------------------------------| time
E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
Then move to this:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elmore_james/dust_my_broom_tab.html ]
E |-----------13-------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------13---------------------------------------------|
G#|---11/13-----------13\----------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
B |---------------------------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7\---|
E |---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
Then move back to this one:
E |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------|
B |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15------15------------------|
G#|---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------15------15----11/12-----|
E |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------12-|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
Then move to this:
E |-----------13---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------13-----------------------------------------------|
G#|---11/13-----------13\------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
B |---------------------------7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9\--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7\---|
E |---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
Then you play this ending riff:
E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |---5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2------0-0---|
E |------------------------3b--------|
Or you can substitute for this one if you want:
E |------------------------------------|
B |-----0-----0-----0------------0-----|
G#|------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------0--0-----|
B |---3---3-2---2-1---1-0--0-----------|
E |------------------------------------|
All of this is playd while guitar 2 (rhythm) plays E A and B chords
(listen to the tune!)
Brasil gets the blues (too!)
Have fun folks
Chico & Vitor