Smokestack Lightning Chords & Tabs
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 20:16:35 +0800 (WST)
From: "Greg O'Beirne"
Subject: TAB: "Smokestack Lightning" by Howlin' Wolf
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Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
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Written by Howlin' Wolf (aka Chester Burnett)
Transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
First Riff:
2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B --5-------8-----------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------7-------------------------------
D --------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------
A --------------------------------------------------7-----5-------
E ----------------------------------------------------------0-----
Second Riff:
2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B --5-------3-----------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------7-------------------------------
D --------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------
A --------------------------------------------------7-----5-------
E ----------------------------------------------------------0-----
Harmonica Riff (arranged for guitar):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/howlin_wolf/smokestack_lightning_tab.html ]
2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
B -5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5-----0-5-----0-
G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
B -5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5-----0-5-----0-
G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
B -5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5---12~~~~~~~---
G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
I've done the time thingies on top of each bit as 234 1234 1 instead
of the usual 1234 1234 as that's the way the riffs are phrased.
I hope it make sense when you're playing it :) Throughout the song,
play a mixture of the first and second riffs. The harmonica comes
in after every second verse. I was going to write the lyrics but I
can't decipher many of them :)
Any comments/corrections/suggestions welcome... :)
Cheers,
--
Greg O'Beirne
woyf@perth.dialix.oz.au
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
