Smokestack Lightnin

Smokestack lightnin’   howlin’ wolf (aka Chester Arthur Burnett)

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An early song from howlin’ wolf styled after his heroes early delta blues style.  The
song consists of two guitar riffs; the song opens with the first riff played 4 times then
second riff then the first again with a  blues (harp) harmonica instrumental just after 
two. And there are some root notes thrown in from time to time it sounds about right.


X = mute notes


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First Riff:
 e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |-X-5------8-----------------------------------------------------|
 G |--------------------------------7-------------------------------|
 D |--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------|
 A |--------------------------------------------------7-----5-------|
 E |----------------------------------------------------------0-----|

Second Riff:

 e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B |---X-5-------3--------------------------------------------------|
 G |--------------------------------7-------------------------------|
 D |--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------|
 A |--------------------------------------------------7-----5-------|
 E |----------------------------------------------------------0-X-X-|


enjoy!