Guitar chords with lyrics
Unlce Sam Blues - Hot Tuna
from first album, recorded live Sept. 1969
written out by Jim in Cleveland
(jarmstr@worldnet.att.net)
This is only my impression of the song.
I’m not able to transcribe Jorma’s fingerpicking fills or solos. The
tab below is designed to give the rhythm of this 12 bar blues in A, by
using your pinkie to add a rhythm note to the 
A augmentedA and 
D MajorD chords.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
BB -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G+G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D MajorD -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A augmentedA -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
Got my questionnaire baby
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
BB -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G+G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D MajorD -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
You know I’m headed off for war
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
BB -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G+G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D MajorD -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A augmentedA -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
BB -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G+G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D MajorD -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A augmentedA -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
BB -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G+G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D MajorD -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
Got ..
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
BB -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G+G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D MajorD -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
You ...
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
BB -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G+G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D MajorD -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A augmentedA -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
BB -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G+G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D MajorD -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A augmentedA -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E MajorE -------------------------------------
G+G E MajorE
Well ..
D7D7 A augmentedA - turnaround
Well ..
Turnaround -
Put 3 fingers into a D7D7 shape with the G+G and E MajorE
strings fingered on the ninth fret, slide down to eighth,
then seventh; then play A augmentedA chord, then D, Eb, E. Thusly:
E_----9--------8--------7-----5----------
BB -------8--------7--------6--5--7--8--9-
G+G -9--------8--------7--------6--7--8--9-
D MajorD ----------------------------7--7--8--9-
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------
Uncle ..
but ..
Said ..
but ...
Well ..
They’s ..
Well ..
Of ...
Well ..
Of ...
Well I ..
Won’t ...
Got ..
You ...
Got ..
You ...
Well ..
Won’t ...
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Uncle Sam Blues' by Hot Tuna, a blues band formed in 1969 from San Francisco, USA
