Roadhouse Blues

[pravashpradhan]

Hey hey hey hey Mary Lou...!!!

I remember a song by that name!!

Hi,
Im new here. From India, and a blues harp enthusiast - Been playing for a few years - normallly jam at some pubs for a couple of songs etc. Although I hit a few bum notes once in a while, the crowds seem to quite lke the stuff I play, and I too love it... So who cares!!!

Landed up here looking for the tabs of Road house Blues! Was so excited to get the tabs, but for some reason starting off with hole 2 draw just wasnt happening!

Seemed to almost kinda happen beginning on hole 4 draw I think it was??? And my god it sure was TOUGH !!! I play totally by ear, and I can generally jam on almost any blues track, once I get the scale, but Roadhouse blues has been really tough!! Could be because I just play my own improvs on the other tracks and here I was trying to do ditto - but even then it seems like a fairly simple riff - is the key absolutely ok? I mean the song on Guitar A and harp on E ??

Could anybody please throw some light on this ??? Thanks a ton,

Pravash

[Mary Lou]

Hi! ;-)
I'm Mary Lou. Nice to meet a fellow harper!!
It's A-harp. Guess it's something like that... The tabs are from www.harmonica.ru - I translated the conventional signs for you... Haven't played it yet, but the guys there are great harpers, so I think they've tabbed it right =)

Roadhouse Blues

^ = blow
~ = draw+bend (grace note from bend to "pure note")
! = bend (1/2 tone)
" " = tremolo
all remaining notes = blow
__________________________________________________ _________________________

Guitar: E
A Harp: | 2| 2 2 2 43| 2 2 2 43| 2 2 2 43| 2 2 2 4 4|32 2 2 4 4|32
^ ^ ^ ^ ^




2 2 4 4|32 2 2 4 4|32 3 2 | 2 2 2 44| 2 2 2 44 |2 2 2 4 4
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Keep your eyes on the road your



2 2 2 44 | 3 4 4 432| 3 2 2 | 2 2 2 4 4
^ ^ ~ ^
hands upon the wheel Keep your eyes on the road your



2 2 2 44| 3 4 4 432|3 2 2 |
^ ^
hands upon the wheel yeah we're goin to the roadhouse we're


| |3 2 2|2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43
^ ^ ^ ^
gonna have a real good time yeah



2 2 2 4 3 | 2 2 2 4 3|2344 454432|3 2 2
^ ^ ^ ~
back at a roadhouse I got some wonder lows(?) yeah



2 2 2 4 3 | 2 2 2 4 3| 34 4 432|3 2 2
^ ^ ^ ~
back at a roadhouse I got some wonder lows(?) and



5 5 4 5 6 | 6 5 4 4 |3 2 2 2|3 2 2
^ ^ ^ ~ ~
that's for the people like to go down slow let it


A
3 4 4 4|4 4 4 4 432 | 5 5 |6 5 5 | 6 5 |6 5 5
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
roll baby roll let it roll baby roll let it roll baby roll let it


B CCCB E
| | 2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43|444444|432 2 2 43|
^ ^ ^ ^
roll all night long



2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43|2 2 2 43| |4 4 4 5|3 2 2 | 3 2 2 | |4 5 4 3 2| |
^ ^ ^ ~ ~ ~ ~




4 5 4 3 2| 43| 2 2 1 22 | 2 2 2 4 3 | 1 2 2 3 |
~ ~ ^ ! ^ ~
you gotta roll roll roll you gotta thrill my soul al-



2 2 2 3 2|1 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2
~
right Roll roll roll rolla thrill my soulagotta peepaconchachewchomp



2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2

conkconkconkagotta eatchapoonaneatcha bopaloolaneatcha bompakeychomp



3 4 444 |"45" 4 4| 32 234| 4 4 3 2 32|2 | 2 2 2 4| 4 4 432|
~ ^ ~ ^ ^ ^ ~
eatsomfunky right Ashen lady



|4 3 2 3 2 | 2|3 3 2 | 234|432 2 2
~ ^
Ashen lady give up your vows give up your vows



4|4 4 3 2| 4|4 4 3 2 | 44|3 1 2|
^ ~ ! ^ ~ ! ~~ ^
Save our city Save our city right now



2 34 34 43|2 4 3 | | | 3 4 4 432
^ ^ ^
Well I woke up this mornin and I got myself a beer



4 3 3 | | | 2 4 4 432|4 3 3 3
~ ^ ~
well I woke up this mornin and I got myself a beer The


A
4 3 4 3 4 3 | 6 5 4 4 |3 2 2 1 2 2|3 2 2 | "45"
^ ~ ^
future's uncertain and the end is always near Let it roll baby



432 3 3 2 |"45" |432 3 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2

roll let it roll baby roll let it roll baby roll let it


B B C C# D Eb E
4 | 5 | | 2 1

roll all night long