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Uncle Sam Blues
Hot Tuna
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:14:13 -0500
From: Jim in Cleveland
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.