Tabs
I thing Robert Johnson plays in standard tuning
and capoed his guitar somewhere...
I play it in 
G+G (standard tuning).
~Title: Love in vain
Artist: Robert Johnson
INTRO:
e -|-10--10-10--9---9--9--9--9--9---8--|-8--8--8--8----|-
BB -|-12--12-12--11--11-11-11-11-11--10-|-10-10-10-10---|-
G+G -|-----------------------------------|-------------0-|-
D MajorD -|-----------------------------------|---------------|-
A augmentedA -|-----------------------------------|---------------|-
E MajorE -|-----------------------------------|---------------|-
e -|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|----2--2--2--------------|-
BB -|-------------------------|----1--1--1--------------|-
G+G -|-------0-----------------|----2--2--2--------------|-
D MajorD -|-------3-----2---2-3--1--|--0---------------0------|-
A augmentedA -|-------------------------|------------------0------|-
E MajorE -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
And I
FIRST VERSE:
e -|-3-----------------3-----|-1-----------------1-----|-
BB -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
G+G -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
D MajorD -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
A augmentedA -|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-
E MajorE -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-
G+G followed her to ...
(xx)
e -|-1-----------------------|-1---1-1-----------------|-
BB -|-3-----------------------|---3---3-----------------|-
G+G -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
D MajorD -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
A augmentedA -|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-
E MajorE -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-
G7G7 with her suitcase ...
e -|-3-----3-----------3-----|-------3-----------1-----|-
BB -|-------1-----------1-----|-1-----------------------|-
G+G -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
D MajorD -|-------------2-----2-----|-2-----------2-----2-----|-
A augmentedA -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-
E MajorE -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
C majorC followed her to the station ...
e -|-------1-----------2-----|-3-----------------------|-
BB -|-3-----3-----------1-----|-------------------------|-
G+G -|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-
D MajorD -|-------------------0-----|-------------------------|-
A augmentedA -|-------------2-----------|-2-----2-----2-----------|-
E MajorE -|-3-----3-----3-----------|-3-----3-----3-----------|-
G7G7 Well, it's
e -|-3-----------------------|-
BB -|-------------------------|-
G+G -|-------------------3-----|-
D MajorD -|-2-----2-----2-----0-----|-
A augmentedA -|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-
E MajorE -|-------------0-----------|-
A7/5 hard to tell, ...
e -|----------------------------|-
BB -|----------------------------|-
G+G -|----------------------------|-
D MajorD -|-0-----0-----0-----0--------|-
A augmentedA -|-0-----0-----0-----0--------|-
E MajorE -|-2--------------------------|-
D7D7 when all your ...
e -|-------------------------|-------2-----2-----2-----|-
BB -|-0----0-----0------------|-1-----1-----1-----1-----|-
G+G -|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-
D MajorD -|-3----2-----1-----0------|-------0-----------0-----|-
A augmentedA -|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|-
E MajorE -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
G+G All my love's ...
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(xx): he's doing these "fills" throug out the whole song.
try to place these things for your own!
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The above is a very easy way to play that Robert Johnson song.
For a more detailed transcription I would recommend:
Scott Ainslie's "Robert Johnson complete guitar transcription".
It's NO book for beginners!
BTW listen to Bob Brozman's version of that song!!!
He plays it with a bottleneck and offers a lot of real
great slide licks in that song. I prefer to play Bob's
version of this song.
I hope this tab's not too bad, and you folks can work with it.
have fun
markus
PS: Any corrections or comments welcome!
Any Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher or Muddy Waters tab would be very welcome!
markus tron
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blues and beyondŠ
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