Whiskey and Wimmen Tabs & Lyrics by John Lee Hooker

Whiskey and Wimmen

guitar tabs lyrics

John Lee Hooker

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Whiskey and Wimmen - John Lee Hooker
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standard tuning
capo 1 (notes in relation to capo)


the blues line is not quite standard 12 bar blues, the lyrics are, just not the music.

INTRO

e|----------------------|
B|o--------------------o|
G|----------------------| Repeat 3x
D|o--------------------o|
A|----------2-2-4-2-4---|
E|--0-0-4-4-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a


e|-----------------------|---------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------|
D|----------4-(4)/642--|--2-2-2/42-------|
A|-----------------------|---------------|
E|--0-0-4-4--------------|---------------|
1 + 2 + 3 4 + 1 2 + 3 a 4

e|----------------------|
B|o--------------------o|
G|----------------------| Repeat x3
D|o--------------------o|
A|----------2-2-4-2-4---|
E|--0-0-4-4-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a


e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------| *Tag*
D|----------2-2-4-2-4---|
A|--0-0-4-4-------------|
E|----------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + a


Verse# --see message at bottom

e|----------------------|
B|o--------------------o|
G|----------------------|
D|o--------------------o|
A|----------2-2-4--4----|
E|--0-0-4-4-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Whiskey and Wimmin almost wrecked my life
Whiskey and wimmin almost wrecked my life
Werent for whiskey and wimmin, i have money today (play *Tag*)

Nightlife Nightlife Nightlife
aint no good aint no good for me
I had a good start but wimmin and whiskey tore it down

e|--
B|--
G|--
D|2- hit that note a couple of times inbetween the verse
A|--
E|--

Whiskey and Wimmin aint no good for me
Whiskey and wimmin aint no good aint no good for me
I had a lot of money, and big fine car, but i lost everything i had
aw i did

during the end part here, hit
e|---
B|---
G|-8- a cuple of times, some single note hits
D|---
A|---
E|---

I had a lot of money at one time but nightlife, and whiskey wrecked my life.


#to make it sound better, you could play it as a standard blues, 12 bar progression. The
appears to be playing a regular blues underneath what the guitar does. The recording I
is somewhat muddy in terms of that, but this is what it sounds like to me.

| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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