Jockey Full of Bourbon - Joe Bonamassa (Cover)
Standard Tuning - ( E A D G B E )
Key - F minor/ G# Major
Piano intro Chords
* = Palm Mute P = Pull off B = Bend t = Trill r = Release bend
sb = Slow Bend
Fm C Bbm
There are small licks which are played behind the vocal line during the verses,
anything in the key of F minor will work just fine.
This riff is played a few times throughout the song.
|--------1---------------------1----------------------|
|--------1--------6-9-6--------1------4---------------|
|--------1--4/5-8--------------1--3/5---5-4-3--1------|
|--------3---------------------3-----------------3p1--| X2
|--------3---------------------3----------------------|
|--1--1--1---------------1--1--1----------------------|
* *
Verse 1
Fm C Fm
Edna million in a drop dead suit, Dutch pink on a downtown train
Fm C Fm
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot, I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Fm C Fm
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest, I been drinking from the broken cup
Fm C Fm
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest, I'm full of bourbon and i can't stand up
Chorus 1
Bb Fm
Hey little bird , fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone
Bb Fm
Hey little bird , you fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone
Back to intro riff with small change..
After this is played once it does a different lick at the end, listenn for timing.
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|--------1--------6-9-6--------1------4---------------|---------6--11b13-9------------------|
|--------1--4/5-8--------------1--3/5---5-4-3--1------|---4/5-8------------10-3-1-----------|
|--------3---------------------3-----------------3p1--|---------------------------3-1--1t3--|
|--------3---------------------3----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--1--1--1---------------1--1--1----------------------|-------------------------------------|
Verse 2
Fm C Fm
Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head, I'm stepping on the devil's tail
Fm C Fm
Across the stripes of a full moon's head, All through the bar's of a Cuban jail
Fm C Fm
Bloody finger's on a purple knife, Flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass
Fm C Fm
I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife, Admire the view from the top of the mast
Chrorus 2
Bbm Fm
Hey little bird , fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone
Bbm Fm
Hey little bird , you fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone
Intro Riff
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_bonamassa/jockey_full_of_bourbon_tab.html ]
Just before solo begins hold the F note and dont play the lick, listen for timing.
|--------1---------------------1----------------------|
|--------1--------6-9-6--------1------4---------------|
|--------1--4/5-8--------------1--3/5---5-4-3--1------|
|--------3---------------------3-----------------3p1--|
|--------3---------------------3----------------------|
|--1--1--1---------------1--1--1----------------------|
Solo
|--13~--------13-------13-------13-13-----13-----------------------------------|
|--13~--16b18----16b18----16b18----16b18-----16-13-------13--------------------|
|--13~---------------------------------------------15b17----15-13----13h15h13--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------15-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13~--------13-------------16b18--13----------13-----|
|--13~--16b18----16b18r16-13-----------16p13----16b18--|
|--13~---------------------------------------15--------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--13~----------------------------------------------|
|--13~----------------------------------------------|
|--13~--15sb17-13-----------13h15-13h15-13h15p13~---|
|-----------------15--13-15-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--16b18r16-13-16-13-------13-----------------------------------------------------1~---|
|--------------------16b18----16-13-----------------------------------------------1~---|
|-----------------------------------15b17r15-13-----3b5-3b5r3p1----1--------------1~---|
|-----------------------------------------------15--------------3----3-1---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4--1------|
The last few licks are not 100% but they will fit with
the song.
Verse 3
Fm C Fm
Yellow sheets on a Hong Kong bed, Stazybo horn and a slingerland ride
Fm C Fm
To the carnival is what she said, A couple hundred dollars makes it dark inside
Fm C Fm
Edna million in a drop dead suit, Dutch pink on a downtown train
Fm C Fm
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot, I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Chrorus 3&4
Bbm Fm
Hey little bird , fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone
Bbm Fm
Hey little bird , you fly away home
C Fm
Your house is on fire , your children alone X2
Back to main riff...
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|--------1--------6-9-6--------1------4---------------|
|--------1--4/5-8--------------1--3/5---5-4-3--1------|
|--------3---------------------3-----------------3p1--| X2
|--------3---------------------3----------------------|
|--1--1--1---------------1--1--1----------------------|
Outro Chords
Fm C Bbm
When i decided to learn this song i noticed that there was no tabs for
it, so i worked it out and wanted to post it so other could learn it easier than
what i did, if you have any questions or anything like that for me be sure to
email me at christophmac@hotmail.co.uk.
