HOT TUNA - "uncle sam blues" Tablature
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:14:13 -0500
From: Jim in Cleveland <jarmstr@NospaMworldnet.att.net>
Subject: TAB: Uncle Same Blues by Hot Tuna
Unlce Sam Blues - Hot Tuna
from first album, recorded live Sept. 1969
written out by Jim in Cleveland
(jarmstr@worldnet.att.net)
This is only my impression of the song.
I’m not able to transcribe Jorma’s fingerpicking fills or solos. The
tab below is designed to give the rhythm of this 12 bar blues in A, by
using your pinkie to add a rhythm note to the A and D chords.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
Got my questionnaire baby
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
You know I’m headed off for war
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
Got my questionnaire baby
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
You know I’m headed off for war.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
G E
Well now I’m gonna do some fightin’
D7 A - turnaround
Well no one knows what for
Turnaround -
Put 3 fingers into a D7 shape with the G and E
strings fingered on the ninth fret, slide down to eighth,
then seventh; then play A chord, then D, Eb, E. Thusly:
E_----9--------8--------7-----5----------
B -------8--------7--------6--5--7--8--9-
G -9--------8--------7--------6--7--8--9-
D ----------------------------7--7--8--9-
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------
Uncle Sam ain’t no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Said Uncle Sam ain’t no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Well there’s 40,000 guys in the service
They’s doin’ somethin’ somewhere they just don’t understand
Well I’m gonna do some fightin’
Of that I can be sure.
Well I’m gonna do some fightin’
Of that you can be sure.
Well I want to kill somebody
Won’t have to break no kind of law.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know I’m headed off for war.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know I’m headed off for war.
Well I want to kill somebody
Won’t have to break no kind of law.
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