First Shot Missed Him tab by Hurt Mississippi John

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First Shot Missed Him
Mississippi John Hurt (Last Sessions)
tab by Torbjørn Nymo (metonymo @ mail . ru)
Font: courier new




C(add9)
 :    .    .    .
-0---------0-------------0-------
-----3---1-------3---------3-----
-----0-------0-------0-------0---
-------------2-----------2-------
-3---------------3---------------
---------------------------------

 F(add9)
 :    .    .    .
---------------------------------
-1---------1-—---------1---------
-----2---0---0---2---0------0h2s-
-3-----------3-----------3-------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------

0h2s : pick loose string, hammer
on the second fret, and pull off


G(add9)
 :    .    .    .
---------------------------------
--0--------0-----------1*--------
-0---2---0---0---2---0------0h2s-
-------------0-------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
         *sometimes 0

C(6)
 :    .    .    .
---------------------------------
-1---------1-----------1---------
-----2---0---0---2---0-------0---
---------------------------------
-3-----------3-----------3-------
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The first shot missed him, a mile away
The last shot got him, so they say
Oh, the last shot got him
Oh, the last shot got him


She cooked good biscuits, so they say
...
Oh, she cooked good biscuits, so they say
...


Oh, She got good business, so they say
She got good business, so they say
She got good business
Oh, she got good business


I wanna trade with you, so they say
I wanna trade with you, so they say
Well, wanna trade with you
...


Oh you got good business, so they say
You got good business, so they say
You got good business
Oh, you got good business


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First Shot Missed Him (strumming)

Nice to play strumming, vary the chords with
add9 chords, hammering down and letting up:

C majorC    x32010   FF   x33211   G+G    320003
Cadd9Cadd9  x32030   Fadd9Fadd9 x32011   Gadd9Gadd9  300003
Cadd9* x30010   Fadd9* xx3213   Gadd9* 300203


Strumming something like this gives that "jumping" play:

Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC          Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9*
 The first shot missed him, a mile away
Fadd9Fadd9 FF         Fadd9Fadd9 FF Fadd9*
 The last shot got him, so they say
Gadd9Gadd9 G+G           Gadd9Gadd9 G+G  Gadd9*
  Oh, the last shot got him
Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC           Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC Cadd9*
  Oh, the last shot got him


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There is also a song called “The Last Shot Got Him” by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith with
some other lyrics than the version by John Hurt. “The first shot missed him by a nose,
and the next shot tore right through his clothes”. Cecil Mack and Chris Smith also tells
about the third, forth and fifth shot.

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If you have some other versions in text or mp3 of this song, comments or corrections,
please mail me at
metonymo @ mail . ru