Mary Had a Little Lamb Tabs & Lyrics by Buddy Guy
Mary Had a Little Lamb
guitar tabs lyrics
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
As recorded by Buddy Guy
(From the 1967 Album A MAN & THE BLUES)
Music by Buddy Guy
Transcribed by Cam Penny
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Blues Q=127
N.C. E7
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E Q E. S S S E +E E e E Q S S S S E E
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|----3--3-3---3-(3)-3-|-3-------------------|
|-----------------|----1--1-1---1-(1)-1-|-1-------------------|
|-------0---------|-2-------------------|---------------------|
|---0-2---0-2-0---|---------------------|--------0h2-2-2-0----|
|---------------3-|---------------------|------------------3--|
A7
Q E. S S S E +E E +E E S E S E E S S S S e E E. S S S E +E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----3--3-3---3-(3)-3--|
|----3--3-3---3-(3)-3-|-(3)---------------------|-----2--2-2---2-(2)-2--|
|----1--1-1---1-(1)-1-|-(1)---------0-0-2-3-2-0-|-----------------------|
|-2-------------------|-------2-2-2-------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----4-------------------|-0---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E7
E E E E E E E E Q E. S S S E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3---------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2---------------|------3--3-3---3-(3)-3-|-(3)-----------------|
|-----------------|------1--1-1---1-(1)-1-|-(1)-----(0)---------|
|-------0---------|-(2)-------------------|-----------------0-0-|
|---0-2---0-2-0---|-----------------------|-----0-2-----0-2-----|
|---------------3-|-----------------------|---------------------|
B7 A7 E7
Q E. S S S E E E E E E. S S S E E E E E E. S S S E E E
|----5--5-5---5-----|-----3--3-3---3-----|--------------------|
|----4--4-4---4-----|-----2--2-2---2-----|-----3--3-3---3-3-2-|
|---------------4-0-|-2--------------2-0-|-----1--1-1---1-1-0-|
|-4-------------4-0-|-2--------------2-0-|-2-2----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Verse
A7
E E Q H Q E. S S S E e E e E Q H
|-------------||-----3--3-3---3-3-3-|-3-----------|
|-3-----------||o----2--2-2---2-2-2-|-2-----------|
|-1-----------||--------------------|-------------|
|-------------||--------------------|-------------|
|-------------||o-------------------|-------------|
|-------------||--------------------|-------------|
E7 B7
Q E. S S S E E E +E E Q H Q E. S S S E +E E
|----0--0-0---0---0-|-(0)-----------|----5--5-5---5-(5)---|
|----3--3-3---3---3-|-(3)-----------|----4--4-4---4-(4)---|
|----1--1-1---1---1-|-(1)-----------|----4--4-4---4-(4)---|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
1. 2.
A7 E7
~~~~~
W Q E. S S S E +E E W Q H.
|----------|----0--0-0---0-(0)---|-----------||-------------||
|----------|----3--3-3---3-(3)---|----------o||----15b17----||
|----------|----1--1-1---1-(1)---|-----------||-------------||
|----------|---------------------|-----------||-------------||
|----------|---------------------|----------o||-------------||
|----------|---------------------|-----------||-------------||
Guitar Solo
A7 E7
S S e Q H E E E E e e S S S S Q Q H
|-12---------------|------12-15-15b17-15b17-15-12-15p12-|-12----------|
|----15p12---------|---15----------------------12-15p12-|-------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------------------------|-------------|
E E S S E E S S +S E.
|---17b19-17-15----17b19-17-15b15.5==(15)r-15b15.5-|
|---------------17---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
B7 A7
~~~~
S +E +S +Q H E e e e e e S S S S
|-17b19==(17)r(17)-(17)-------|------15-17-17b19-17b19-17-15--------|
|-----------------------------|---17-------------------------17-15--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E7 A7
~~ ~~
Q E E S S E E E E Q. H S S S S E E Q Q
|-----15----x-15---15-15-|---17b19--------|-17-15------15-15-----15b15.5--|
|-17-----17--------------|----------------|-------17---------17-----------|
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S
|---17b19-17-15-17b17.5-14b16-17-15-------|
|-----------------------------------17-15-|
|-----------------------------------17-15-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
E7
~~
Q Q Q E E E E Q H
|-----15b15.5-------15-|-17-15s12-------|
|-17----------------15-|-17-15s12-------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
B7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E S S S S E Q
|---------------12----------------|
|-15b17===(15)r----15-12----12----|
|------------------------14-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
A7 E7
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E E +S S S S E E E E S E. H.
|----------------12------------------------------|---------------|
|---15b17==(15)r-12-15-12------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------14b16-14-14b14.5-12b14-|-12------------|
|------------------------------------------------|----14--14-----|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
Verse
E7
Gtr I Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~
W Wx15 E a a E +H.
|----------||-------------|-----------------------||
|----------||-------------|-------15b17==(15)r----||
|----------||-------------|-----x-----------------||
|----------||-------------|---x-------------------||
|----------||-------------|-----------------------||
|----------||-------------|-----------------------||
Outro-Guitar Solo
A7 E7
~~
q Q H H E E S S S S Q Q H
|-15b17----------|------17b19-17b19-17-15-------|-----15b15.5-------|
|----------------|---------------------15-17-15-|-17----------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
B7
~~~~
E e e e E E S S E S +E +S +Q H
|------15-17-17b19-17b19-17-15-17-|-17b19==(17)r(17)-(17)-------|
|---17----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A7
E e e e E E S S S S
|------15-17-17b19-17b19-17-15-------|
|---17----------------------15-17-17-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
E7 A7
~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q Q e E Q E Q E Q Q Q E E E S E. e E Q
|-----15b15.5--15-15----|---19b22----17-19-------|-------------------------|
|-17--------------------|------------------19b21-|-19-17-19----17--19------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|----------18-------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
E7
~~
E e e e E E E E a +S +S S S Q Q E E
|------17-19-19b21-19-17-------|---------------------------------12-|
|---19-------19b21-------19b20-|-19b21==(19)r(19)p17----17----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------18-------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12------------------------|
|-------14----12-14-14pb16-14-12-----|
|--------------------------------14--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
B7
E E Q E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|-------15------------------------|
|-14b16----14b16--14pb15-12----12-|
|---------------------------14----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
A7 E7
E Q. S S S S E E Q E. S E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---12----------------------|-----12-------14----12-|
|---12----------------------|-----12--12---14-14-12-|
|---------14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14--------------------|
|---------------------12-12-|-11--------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A7
+Q E E +Q E E Q E E E Q E Q Q H
|----------------------------|-----12------------|-------------*|
|----------------------------|-----12-----14--12-|-------------*|
|-(12)b12.5----12-(12)-------|------------14--12-|-12----------*|
|--------------12-(12)-------|-14----------------|-------------*|
|--------------12-(12)--12---|-------------------|-------------*|
|----------------------------|-------------------|-------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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