Midnight Blues tab by The Allman Brothers Band

Tabs

Midnight Blues
Alman Brothers

   a.k.a.Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day
      Blind Willie McTell

Tabbed by Englishjohn

Intro and instrumentals (add your own variations!)
Tune guitar to open G+G

  slide                 not slide
D MajorD | ------12---12--x-----12----12----------0--0--------12h-----|
BB | 10/12----12----x--/12----12-----/12------1---1--0--12h-----|
G+G | ---------------x-----------------12------0---0--0--12h-----|
D MajorD | ---------------x-------------------------2---2--0--12h-----|
G+G | ---------------x--------------------------------0----------|
D MajorD | -----------------------------------------------------------|

  slide                 not slide  slide
D MajorD | ----5---5/7----5--5-0----------------0--0----------12---|
BB | 3/5---5-----/5--5----------------------1---1----/12-----|
G+G | -------------------------/3\-0---------0---0------------|
D MajorD | ---------------------------------------2---2------------|
G+G | --------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD | --------------------------------------------------------|

  slide                 not slide  slide
D MajorD | ----7---7/9----5--5-7--5--------------0--0--------12h--0-|
BB | 5/7---7-----/5---5----------------------1---1-0---12h--0-|
G+G | ----------------------------------------0---0-0---12h--0-|
D MajorD | ----------------------------------------2---2-0---12h--0-|
G+G | ---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD | ---------------------------------------------------------|

Every now and then throw in one of these at the end of a line
the harmonic on 12 fret is also an arpeggio
    not slide
D MajorD | ---0--0-------12h--0-|
BB | ----1---1-0---12h--0-|
G+G | ----0---0-0---12h--0-|
D MajorD | ----2---2-0---12h--0-|
G+G | ---------------------|
D MajorD | ---------------------|

D MajorD | -5--0------------|
BB | ------0----------|
G+G | --------/3-0-----|
D MajorD | -----------------|
G+G | -----------------|
D MajorD | -----------------|

    Lord now,
  wake up mama,   don’t you sleep so hard

  slide     not slide             slide
D MajorD | ------12------3--0------------------------3-0--------12--------12h-----|
BB | 10/12----12---3--0------------------------3-0---10/12---/12--------12--|h
G+G | --------------3--0------------------------3-0---------------12---------|
D MajorD | --------------3--0------------------------3-0--------------------------|
G+G | --------------3--3------------------------3-0--------------------------|
D MajorD | -----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   Wake up mama, don’t you sleep so hard
  slide                 not slide
D MajorD | --3/5====-------5----5----5\0----------0--0-------12h-----|
BB | --3/5-----------------------------------1---1--0--12h-----|
G+G | --3/5--------------------------/3--0----0---0--0--12h-----|
D MajorD | --3/5-----------------------------------2---2--0--12h-----|
G+G | ----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD | ----------------------------------------------------------|

Lord them blues out there walkin' walk on out on my yard
  slide                        not slide
D MajorD | ------/7----------------------------5--55-0----------0--0-------12h---|
BB | ------/7------------------------/5--------------------1---1--0--12h---|
G+G | ------/7-------------------------------------/3---0---0---0--0--12h---|
D MajorD | ------/7----------------------------------------------2---2--0--12h---|
G+G | ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD | ----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Got the blues like midnight, honey won't be long 'fore day
Got the blues like midnight, honey won't be long 'fore day
Lord I wish that tornado would blow my blues away

Instrumental

Lord, I can tell my bulldog when I hear him bark
I can tell my bulldog when I hear him bark
Lord, I can tell my baby, when I hear her in the dark.