Tabs
This is a short acoustic fingerstyle blues ditty written by Tom
Johnston It can be found on the Doobie Brothers' 1972 recording
Toulouse Street. From what I could gather, the tuning for the song
is: EADGAD (I could be wrong, but it sounds right).
The guitar is also capoed on the first fret. All finger positions
are relative to the capo.
Snake Man by Tom Johnston, copyright 1972; Warner Bros. Records
(bpm=108) 1:35
Acoustic guitar, tuned EADGAD, capo 1 (Rhythm figure 1)
**Intro:
G7G7
|D---------||-----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0---|
|A---------||------------------------------------------------|
|G---------||-----0-----------0-----------0-----------------*| 4x
|D---------||--------0-----------0-----------0--------------*|
|A---------||------------------------------------------------|
|E---1--2--||--3-----------3-----------3---------------------|
first verse:
"Well I'm worried
G7G7
|D--------|----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0--|------------
|A--------|----------------------------------------------|------------
|G--------|----0-----------0-----------0-----------------|------------
|D--------|-------0-----------0-----------0--------------|---/5---3---
|A--------|----------------------------------------------|------------
|E---1--2-|--3-----------3-----------3-------------------|------------
on my trail
G7G7
|D------------------|-----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0---|
|A------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|G------------------|-----0-----------0-----------0------------------|
|D------------------|--------0-----------0-----------0---------------|
|A---3-----1--------|------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------3----|--------------3-----------3---------------------|
I'm worried
G7G7 
C9C9
|D-----------3-----------3----------------|--------0------------------
|A----------------------------------------|---------------------------
|G-----0-----------0-----------0----------|-----------3----------0h2p0
|D--------0-----------0-----------0-------|-----2---------0h2---------
|A-----------------------------------1--2-|--3----------------3-------
|E--3-----------3-----------3-------------|---------------------------
C9C9 G7G7
|D-----|--------0----------------------|----------3-----------3-------
|A-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------
|G-----|-----------3-------------------|----0-----------0-------------
|D---0-|-----2---------0h2-------------|-------0-----------0----------
|A-----|--3---------------------1p3--1-|------------------------------
|E-----|-------------------------------|--3-----------3-----------3----
and I only
G7G7 
D9D9
|D---------3------2p0-|----------3-----------3-----------------|------
|A--------------------|----------------------------------------|------
|G---0----------------|----0-----------0-----------0-----------|------
|D------0-------------|-------0-----------0-----------0--------|------
|A--------------------|----------------------------------------|------
|E--------------------|-3-----------3-----------3---------0--1-|--2---
G7G7
|D--2------2-------2-------|------------------------------|----------3
|A----3------3-------3-----|------------------------------|-----------
|G-------------------------|------------------------------|----0------
|D-------0-------0------0--|--/5-------3------------------|-------0---
|A-------------------------|------------------3---1-------|-----------
|E-------------------------|---------------------------3--|-----------
G7G7
|D-----------3-----------3------2p0-|-----------3-----------3---------
|A----------------------------------|---------------------------------
|G-----0-----------0----------------|-----0-----------0-----------0---
|D--------0-----------0-------------|--------0-----------0-----------0
|A----------------------------------|---------------------------------
|E--3-----------3-------------------|--3-----------3-----------3------
|D---------|
|A---------|
|G---------|
|D---------| continue rhythm figure 1 thoughout second verse
|A---------|
|E--1--2---|
second verse:
G7G7
Black eagle
C7C7
Black eagle
D7D7 G7G7
Perches ...
**Outro (pretty tricky, but it sounds cool)
Em11Em11 
D/F#D/F# 
G+G
|D--------------0-------------------0------------|------0-------------
|A-----------0-----0-----0-----------------------|--------------------
|G-------------------------------2-----2-----2---|---4-----4-----4----
|D--------------------2-----2/4-----------4-----4/5-----------5-------
|A-----------------------------------------------|--------------------
|E---3/---0--------------------------------------|--------------------
D/F#D/F# 
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
|D-----------0------------|------0-------------------0-----------|----
|A------------------------|--------------------------------------|----
|G--------2-----2-----2---|---0-----0-----0-------2-----2-----2--|----
|D---5\4-----------4-----4\2-----------2-----2/4-----------4----4/5---
|A------------------------|--------------------------------------|----
|E------------------------|--------------------------------------|----
D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 
D MajorD
|D------0-------------------0-------------|------0--------------------
|A----------------------------------------|---------------------------
|G---4-----4-----4-------2-----2-----2----|---0-----0-----0-------2---
|D------------5-----5\4-----------4------4\2-----------2-----2p0------
|A----------------------------------------|---------------------------
|E----------------------------------------|---------------------------
C6/9
|D---0-------|---0---------------------|
|A-----------|---0---------------------|
|G------2----|---0---------------------|
|D---------0-|---2---------------------|
|A-----------|---3---------------------|
|E-----------|-------------------1--2--|
* Go back to rhythm figure 1 and play to fadeout
Note: I don't know how it was done, but it almost sounds like there
is a second guitar playing a percussive part under the main
guitar part. I tried to emulate it the best I could with the
picking pattern.
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h= hammer on
p= pull off
()= ghost note (sometimes barely audible notes, optional)
b= bend
r= bend release
/= slide up to note
\= slide down to note
~= vibrato
t= tap note with picking hand
= harmonics
*
*= repeat from beginning
Transribed without ANY reference to published material
