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Working Man Blues Tab by Merle Haggard

Working Man Blues tab by Merle Haggard

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Merle Haggard - Working Man Blues
Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cm8hgoLc80

Intro:
    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--5--x---------------------------|
D|-------------------------5-------|-------7--x-5--x-----------------|
A|----------------------/7---------|-----------------7--x--5--3------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1      2      3      4 +          1      2      3      4  +
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

Verse:
    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    D                                 D
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|
G|-----10h11-12-x-10h11-12-x-10h11-|-----10h11-12-x-10h11-12-x-10h11-|
D|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--10-----10---------10-----------|--10-----10---------10-----------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +        1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +

    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    E7                                D7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----9---x-9--x----9----9-x-x----|-----7---x-7--x-7----------------|
G|-----x---x-x--x---------x-x-x----|-----x---x-x--x-x----------------|
D|-----9---x-9--x------9--9-x-x----|-----7---x-7--x-7----------------|
A|--7-------------7----------------|--5-------------5----------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------0-3h4--|
    1  +   2  +   3  +   4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

Outro:
    A                                 A
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5----------------|
G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6--------------|
D|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5----------7-----|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------0--7h9-------|
E|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5-----------------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +

    A
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9------9------9------9------9----9-------------------------------|
D|--9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-9-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    1    +   2    +    3   +    4    +

    A
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------10-------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    1    +   2    +


************************************

| /    slide up
| h    hammer-on
| b    bend
| x    mute

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