13 Step Boogie Tabs & Lyrics by Martin Sexton
13 Step Boogie
guitar tabs lyrics
transcribed by Logan Mayfield
This is kind of hard to TAB out just right cause its so jazz/improv oriented. At anyrate
i'll give you the chords for sure and some TAB. Focus on a good walking bass and hit the
chords when you can. I used the studio version to get some of the chords and then pulled
the rest from "Live Wide Open". The chords are above where they sound in the TAB, I'll
put just the important notes in the Tab, feel free to add more notes from the chords (which
are listed below). Theres a lot of palm muting and stuff here. One last note, swing the
heck out of this song, beats 2 and 4 are your friend. Good luck!
Standard Tuning
Chords
E - 022100
EMaj7 - 021100
A - 002220
B9 - x21222
B13 - x21244 (played in place of B9 sometimes)
A+5 - x123xx (this is an A with the 5 sharped, i have it this way to get that E# in
the bass)
F#m7 - 2x2222
B7+9 - x2123x (B7 add sharp 9)
Intro Riff
E-----12--12--12------------------------------------------------|
B-----10--11--12------------------------------------------------|
G-----11--12--13------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------0-------------------------------------------|
Verse
E EMaj7 A B9
E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G-----1-----1------2-----2---|
D-----2-----1------2-----1---|
A---------------0--0--2--2---|
E--0--0--4--4----------------|
Chorus
A A+5 E F#m7 B9 E (Improv)
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------1/2--2---|
G----2----3-----------------2-----2-----1----0----0---|
D----2----2-----------------2-----1-----2----1/2--2---|
A--0-0--1-1--2--3--4-----------2--2-----2-------------|
E---------------------4--2--2---------0---------------|
(The last time on the chorus, instead of throwing some lick on the E [improv],
hit a B7+9, as listed above)
Here are the lyrics with just the chords above them, so you can get the timing. Use
the TAB above as a guide.
E EMaj7 A B9
My baby she loves me so
E EMaj7 A B9
My little baby she never tells me no
E EMaj7 A B9
My sweet baby never gonna let her go
E EMaj7 A B9 (B13 works well here)
Not today, anyway
E EMaj7 A B9
You know my honey she comforts me
E EMaj7 A B9
My little honey crumpets with my tea
E EMaj7 A B9
In the morning it just happens to be
E EMaj7
That I've fallen in love
A B9
Least I think it's love
A A+5 E
Since you're new and your eyes are blue
F#m7 B9 E
I think I'll show you around the block
A A+5 E
There's a little place called The Step Thirteen
F#m7 B9 E B7+9
And, man does that old joint rock
E EMaj7 A
You know it rocks about this time every night
B9 E EMaj7 A B9
Let's go have us a ball
E EMaj7
We'll do the thirteen step boogie
A B9
Come boogie with me
E EMaj7
The thirteen step boogie
A B9
Come boogie a while
E Emaj7
The thirteen step boogie
A B9 E Emaj7 A B9
Come boogie the night away
E EMaj7 A B9
My baby almost every night
E EMaj7 A B9
My little honey she likes to hold me so tight
E EMaj7
She's a teenage girl
A B9
It's way too easy to be right
E EMaj7
But I'm there by her side
A B9
Thanks for the ride
A A+5 E
Since you're new and your eyes are blue
F#m7 B9 E
Think I'll show you around the block
A A+5 E
There's a little place called Step Thirteen
F#m7 B9 E B7+9
And, man, does that old joint rock
E EMaj7 A
You know it rocks around this time every night
B9 E EMaj7 A B9
Let's go have us a ball
E EMaj7
We'll do the thirteen step boogie
A B9
Come boogie with me
E EMaj7
The thirteen step boogie
A B9
Come boogie a while
E EMaj7
The thirteen step boogie
A B9 E EMaj7 A B9
Come boogie the night away
