Poor Boy Tabs by Howlin' Wolf

Poor Boy tab by Howlin' Wolf

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POOR BOY

As recorded by Howlin' Wolf
(From the 1966 Album THE REAL FOLK BLUES)

Words and Music by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hubert Sumlin - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=166(8=s8)
 N.C.    Dm
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
 W     Q  E   E E E E E
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----12b14-10-12-10-------|
|----------|-------------------12-10-|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-12----------10--|-12-------------10-12-10-|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)----------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|


  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-12----------10--|-12-------------10-12-10-|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)----------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|


 A7
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-----12------12--|-----12----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----12------12--|-----12----------------|
|-----11------11--|-----11----------------|
|-12--------------|-12-------------10-12--|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)--------|


 Dm              G7
 Q q Q q  Q q E E q   Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-------------|--------------|-----10------10--|-----10---------------|
|----6-----6--|----6---------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----7-----7--|----7----5----|-----10------10--|-----10---------------|
|----7--7--7--|----7--7---7--|------9-------9--|------9---------------|
|-5-----------|-5------------|-10--------------|-10----------------8--|
|-------------|--------------|---------10------|--------10-(10)-10----|


  Q  q Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-----10-----10--|-----10------------------|
|-----10-----10--|-----10------------------|
|-12-------------|-12-------------10-12-10-|
|----------------|--------12-(12)----------|
|----------------|-------------------------|


  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------||
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------||
|-12----------10--|-12-------------10-12-12-||
|---------12------|--------12-(12)----------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||


  1st - 4th Verses
  $
  Dm
   Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
||------10------10--|-----10------------------|
||o-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
||------10------10--|-----10------------------|
||--12--------------|-12-------------10-12-10-|
||o---------12------|--------12-(12)----------|
||------------------|-------------------------|


  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-----10----------|------------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10-----------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10-----------------|
|-12----------10--|-12----------------10---|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)-12------|
|-----------------|------------------------|


  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------|
|-12--------------|-12----------------------|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)-10-10-11-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|


 A7
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-----12------12--|-----12------------12--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----12------12--|-----12------------12--|
|-----11------11--|-----11------------11--|
|-12--------------|-12--------------------|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)-12-----|


 Dm
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----10----------|-----10----------------|
|-----10----------|-----10----------------|
|-12----------10--|-12-------------10-12--|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)--------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|


 G7
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q
|-----10------10--|-----10------------10--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------------10--|
|------9-------9--|------9-------------9--|
|-10--------------|-10--------------------|
|---------10------|--------10-(10)-10-----|


 Dm
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----10----------|-----10------------------|
|-----10----------|-----10------------------|
|-12----------10--|-12-------------10-10-11-|
|---------12------|--------12-(12)----------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|


          1.,D.S.
     To Coda
  Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----10------10--|-----10-----------------o||
|-----10------10--|-----10------------------||
|-12----------10--|-12-------------12-12----||
|---------12------|--------12-(12)-------0-o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||


             Guitar Solo
 2.
              Dm
  Q  e E +E  E q   Q   Q   E E E E
|-----------------------||---------------------------|
|-----10----------------||---------------12-10-------|
|-----10----------------||-12b14--12b14--------12-10-|
|-12-------------10-12--||---------------------------|
|--------12-(12)--------||---------------------------|
|-----------------------||---------------------------|


  Q   E E E E E E  Q  q  Q  q
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-12b13--12-10-------------|-----10------10--|
|-12b13--12-10-12-10-------|-----10------10--|
|--------------------12-10-|-12----------10--|
|--------------------------|---------12------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|


                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  e E +E  E E E  Q   Q    +E  E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----10------------------|----------------------10-13-10-|
|-----10---------------10-|-12b14--12b14===(12)r----------|
|-12-------------10-12----|-------------------------------|
|--------12-(12)----------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|


                 A7
  Q    E E Q    E E  Q  q  Q  q
|----------10-10-------------x-|-----12------12--|
|-13b13.5--------13b13.5--10-x-|-----11------11--|
|----------------------------x-|-----12------12--|
|------------------------------|-----11------11--|
|------------------------------|-12--------------|
|------------------------------|---------12------|


             Dm
  Q  e E +E  Q  E  Q    H   E    E
|-----12----------------|----------10----13b13.5-10-|
|-----11-------------10-|-13b13.5-------------------|
|-----12---------12-----|---------------------------|
|-----11----------------|---------------------------|
|-12-----12-(12)--------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|


                G7
  Q    E E +Q  E E  Q   E E E E E E
|-13b13.5-----10-(10)--------|------------------------------|
|----------13----------13-10-|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-12b14--12-10-12-10----12b14==|
|----------------------------|--------------------12--------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|


                  Dm
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     |----3-----|
  +Q  S +S  E E E E E E  Q   Q    +E  e E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------10---13b15==|
|-(12)--12r(12)p10----10-12-10----|-12b14--12b14===(12)r-------------|
|------------------12----------12-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  +E  +E  E E E E a E E  Q  q  Q  q
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-(13)r(13)-10------------------|-----10------10---|
|--------------12-10----10h12---|-----10------10---|
|--------------------12---------|-12----------10---|
|-------------------------------|---------12-------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|


             Outro
      D.S. al Coda &
              Dm
  Q  e E +E  E q   Q  e E +E  E q    Q  q  Q  q
|-----------------------||-----------------------||------10------10--|
|-----10----------------||-----10----------------||o-----10------10--|
|-----10----------------||-----10----------------||------10------10--|
|-12-------------10-12--||-12----------------10--||--12--------------|
|--------12-(12)--------||--------12-(12)-12-----||o---------12------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------||------------------|


  Q  e E +E  E q   Q  q  Q  q   Q  e E +E  E q  3x
|-----------------------|-----10------10--|------------------------||
|-----10----------------|-----10------10--|-----10----------------o||
|-----10----------------|-----10------10--|-----10-----------------||
|-12----------------10--|-12--------------|-12----------------10---||
|--------12-(12)-12-----|---------12------|--------12-(12)-12-----o||
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths




I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
What the others do, the world can't do me no harm
I'm a poor boy, a long way from home

Babe I can't stay here long, babe I can't stay here long
What the others do, the world can't do me no harm
I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home

Well my, baby's dead and gone
Well my, baby's dead and gone
Well, well, well, well I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home

And the world, can't do me no harm
And the world, can't do me no harm
Oh , no no no no, I'm a long way from home

World can't do me no harm
World can't do me no harm

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