artist : george harrison
song : woman don’t you cry for me
album : the early takes ( 2011 )
tempo : 4 | 4
url :
style : early take : simple open – strung blues guitar accompaniment with jew’s harp .
tuning : open E
chords :
654321 = ebeabbe
E : 000000
E7 : 030000
A : 555555
A7 : 585555
B : 777777
B7 : 797777
spoken :
“is it coming through”
“one and two and three and a four__”
intro : ( riff through open strumming & jew’s harp over )
| E E7 E | E E7 E |
chorus :
E E7 E
gotta leave you here ,
E E7 E E7
i’m gonna leave you at the sta – tion .
E E7 E E7
i’ve got a long way to go baby ,
E E7 E
woman don’t you cry for m – E .
verse 1 :
E E7 E
ain’t got time to play ,
E E7 E E7
i don’t need no complication .
E E7 E E7
i’ve got a long way to go baby ,
E E7 E
woman don’t you cry for m – E .
E E7 E
i can’t take no more ,
E E7 E E7
i don’t need no aggravation .
E E7 E E7
i’ve got a long way to go baby ,
E E7 E
woman don’t you cry for m – E .
verse 2 :
A A7 A
theres no one place i want to be ,
A A7 A A7
attachment only hurts and locks you in tight .
A A7 A A7
better catch it for yourself ,
A A7 E E7 E
before the end comes A – long .
A A7 A
theres just one thing i got to see ,
A A7 A A7
thats the lord got to keep him in sight .
A A7 A A7
take care of yourself baby ,
A A7 E E7 E
c’mon wont you let me B – E .
instrumental : ( riff through open strumming & jew’s harp over )
| E | E7 E | E E7 | E E7 |
| E E7 | E E7 | E | E7 E |
| E | E7 E | E E7 | E E7 |
| E E7 | E E7 | E | E7 E |
repeat chorus
coda : [ accelerando ]
| A – A7 – A | B – B7 – B | E – E7 – E |
[ end ]
notes .
1 . you can see why people like alvin lee and eric clapton loved him so much;
george was never really considered a guitar god , he was always incredibly
economical , and its perhaps surprising that all these virtuosos were such big
fans of his style . i like the fact that you can actually hear him dig in and
play . this is one of the earliest recordings on the album , and weve been trying
to figure out who else plays on it . working from the recording date and who george
would have been with at the time , we think it might be a guy who worked for apple
called jonathan clyde playing jews harp .
takes – track – by – track – 544713/8
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