Shake Your Moneymaker Chords & Tabs
Shake Your Moneymaker Tab
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SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER - Elmore James
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Tabbed by:refewz
Tuning: Open D (DADF#AD)
This song has a fun and easy solo to play with a slide, from the king of
slide guitar himself. The other tabs here don't do this song justice.
INTRO: *
D |--/12------0---|
A |--/12------0---|
F#|--/12----------|
D |---------------|
A |---------------|
D |---------------|
*quickly, but lightly strum this chord
VERSE:
Elmore plays two different riffs during the verses. Listen to the recording
to find out when to play which riff.
Riff 1
D |--/12-/12-/12-/12-/12---|
A |--/12-/12-/12-/12-/12---|
F#|--/12-/12-/12-/12-/12---|
D |------------------------|
A |------------------------|
D |------------------------|
Riff 2
D |--/12-12~\-|-/12-12~\----|
A |--/12-12~\-|-/12-12~\----|
F#|-----------|-------------|
D |-----------|-------------|
A |-----------|-------------|
D |-----------|-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james_elmore/shake_your_moneymaker_tab_ver_2.html ]
SOLO:
D G D
D |-7-8-10-8-7-----|-7-8-10-8-7-----|---------------|-7-8-10-8-7--------|
A |-7-8-10-8-7-/5--|-7-8-10-8-7-/5--|-5-7-8-7-5-----|-7-8-10-8-7-/5-----|
F#|------------/5--|------------/5--|-5-7-8-7-5-/5--|------------/5-----|
D |----------------|----------------|-----------/5--|-------------------|
A |----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
D |----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
A G D
D |--------/7-|--------/5-|-/12-/12-/12-/12-/12----|
A |----7------|----5------|-/12-/12-/12-/12-/12----|
F#|-/7---7----|-/5---5----|-/12-/12-/12-/12-/12---o|
D |-----------|-----------|-----------------------o|
A |-----------|-----------|------------------------|
D |-----------|-----------|------------------------|
He plays the solo part again near the end but replaces the last measure with this
OUTRO:
D |--12-10-------------/12--|
A |--------12\---------/12--|
F#|-----------/12-----------|
D |--------------12~--------|
A |-----------------12\-----|
D |-------------------------|