Lucky Man tab by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tabs

This song is in the key of BB minor Aoleon. IT IS TUNED IN Eb MajorEb TUNING-(down a half step) I
using a 12-string guitar just as skynyrd, I do and it sound fantastic! I admit, some
are not perfect, but this is to the best of my ability.

Chords:
 Dmaj  ???  Bm? Dmaj Amaj  B minorBm Gmaj  E minorEm
e 10  e 9  e 7 e -  e 5  e 2 e 3  e 0
BB 10  BB 10  BB 7 BB -  BB 5  BB 2 BB 3  BB 0
G+G 11  G+G 9  G+G 7 G+G 7  G+G 6  G+G 3 G+G 4  G+G 0
D MajorD 12  D MajorD 11  D MajorD 9 D MajorD 7  D MajorD 7  D MajorD 4 D MajorD 5  D MajorD 2
A augmentedA 12  A augmentedA 9  A augmentedA 9 A augmentedA 5  A augmentedA 7  A augmentedA 4 A augmentedA 5  A augmentedA 2
E MajorE 10  E MajorE -  E MajorE 7 E MajorE -  E MajorE 5  E MajorE 2 E MajorE 3  E MajorE 0

Key : B minorBm Aoleon

Intro chords :

  Dmaj (12th fret)  ???     Bm?    Bm?

e-------10-------------9--------C--------C---------10-|
B-10--------10------9------9----H--------H---10/12----|
G--------------11-----9---------O--------O---------7--|
D----12---12-------11----11-11--R--------R---7/9------|
A-12----------------------------D--------D------------|
E-------------------------------S--------S------------|

e-------10-------------9--------C--------C-9/10-7-----|
B-10--------10------9------9----H--------H------------|
G--------------11-----9---------O--------O-6/7 -4-----|
D----12---12-------11----11-11--R--------R------------|
A-12----------------------------D--------D------------|
E-------------------------------S--------S------------|

Okay. The verse is the same as the intro, but you hold those Bm? chords, no 12 string
over them. Do this for 3 verses, the fourth is:

Em----Em----Gmaj---Amaj---- Then

I'd find an open space for me to live out all my dreams
      E minorEm          Gmaj      Amaj

Then the chorus, which is as follows. *note, the guitar is kept in time, the singer
I think about 1/4 measure before the repeat of the chorus.

Lucky man     Strong man  Tear   Weaker /
Dmaj (7th fret)  A augmentedA       B minorBm    G+G    / 2 times

Then there is this

Iremember all the things that I been through
  EM                 Amaj
Gave myself to all those people I once knew
     E minorEm       Gmaj     Amaj   Amaj

Here is the fun!! the first Rossington lead.
The backup for here is as follows:

Dmaj (7th fret)  A augmentedA       B minorBm    G+G

The lead is this: *not in time with the chords above*

e--------------------------------------------17---------17B-17B~~~~~-|
B------------------------------------------17B~-17RB-15--------------|
G-RB9-9B-9B~9B-9BR-7-9-9B-9-9~~------14-16---------------------------|
D--------------------------------/16---------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat the verse and the chorus.

Repeat the chorus but DO NOT SING IT. This is the fun part for us guitarist, the 2nd
for Rossington. you repeat the ENTIRE chorus as the back up for the guitar and piano. the
is as follows: * If you want to try to figure out the piano, it is in DmDm Aoleon.*

e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------17B-17B-17B-17BRB-P15-|
G-9B-9B~~~~9BRB-P7-9-9B-9~9~9~9~/-------14-16-----------------------|
D-----------------------------------/16-----------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----17~15-------------------------15-17-17B-17B~~~17B~17RB-15-17-17--|BB
G-16-------16-14-------------14-16------------------------------------|
D----------------16----14-16------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-17-17~17~------------------10B--------------------------------------|
G-------------------7-9-9B-9B----9B~~~9BRB-P7---9-7-------------------|
D-----------------/9--------------------------9-----9-7-7~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Piano

Then you do the chorus as follows:

Lucky man     Strong man  Tear   Weaker /
Dmaj (7th fret)  A augmentedA       B minorBm    G+G    / 2 times

then you do this :

Im a lucky man, I've given all I can
   Dmaj      Amaj       B minorBm Amaj   Gmaj

Gary lead over the above, it is as follows

e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------15~15-15-14~14-14-12---------------|(Let feedback)
G-9B-9B~~~9RB-7-9-9B-9----------14-16------------------------------------|
D-------------------------14-16------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Now is the very ending, you repeat the intro 1 time, then play the verse over and over
you fade out. Hughie Thomasson played lead here; And it is on the B minorBm Aoleon scale, very simple.

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