Dust My Broom tab by Elmore James

Tabs

Song: Dust My Broom (Lyrics and Music by Robert Johnson)
Artist: Elmore James
Album: Got To Move

Tabbed by: Francisco & Vitor Ribeiro Suman
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This is one of the most traditional blues tunes ever, and has been
played in many different ways by a lot of different artists. By playing
this Elmore James version you can have the idea of what to play if you
want a different version. James used a bottleneck, his trademark. If
you have one, use it, it will sound a lot better.


Symbols used:

--\-- Slide down
--/-- Slide up
--b-- Bend

Guitar 1 (solo) plays this:

E MajorE |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------|
BB |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15------15------------------|
G#G#|---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------15------15----11/12-----|repeat it
E MajorE |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------12-| one more
BB |-----------------------------------------------------------|  time
E MajorE |-----------------------------------------------------------|


Then move to this:

E MajorE |-----------13-------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------13---------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---11/13-----------13\----------------------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
BB |---------------------------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7\---|
E MajorE |---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|


Then move back to this one:

E MajorE |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------|
BB |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15------15------------------|
G#G#|---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------15------15----11/12-----|
E MajorE |---/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------12-|
BB |-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-----------------------------------------------------------|

Then move to this:

E MajorE |-----------13---------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------13-----------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---11/13-----------13\------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|
BB |---------------------------7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9\--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7\---|
E MajorE |---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|


Then you play this ending riff:

E MajorE |----------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------------|
BB |---5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2------0-0---|
E MajorE |------------------------3b--------|


You can substitute for this one if you want too:

E MajorE |------------------------------------|
BB |-----0-----0-----0------------0-----|
G#G#|------------------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------0--0-----|
BB |---3---3-2---2-1---1-0--0-----------|
E MajorE |------------------------------------|


While guitar 2 (rhythm) plays E MajorE A augmentedA and BB chords (listen to the tune!)


Brasil gets the blues (too!)
Have fun folks!
Chico & Vitor