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It Hurts Me Too
James Elmore
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IT HURTS ME TOO
As recorded by Elmore James
(From the 1992 Album ELMORE JAMES : KING OF THE SLIDE GUITAR)
Words & Music by Elmore James
Gtr I (D A D F# A D) - 'Elmore James - Lead w/slide overdriven acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Taylor - Rhythm - overdriven acoustic'
Gtr III (D A D F# A D) - 'James Williamson Bass line - dirty acoustic'
Intro
Q.=62
12/8
w/Bass Fig 1 - see below
Gtr I
Q E Q E a Q. Q. Q a E a E. S E
|----/12-12--12-|-10s12------------10s12-10s12--10----|
|---------------|----------------------------------12-|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. Q. E a Q S S E E
|-12-----------10s12--------------|
|-12------------------12s10-------|
|---------------------------11----|
|------------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
a Q. Q. E E E S S E S S Q. Q. Q E Q E
|-----------------10-------------------------------------------/12-12--12-|
|-------------------10-12s10----------------------------------/12-12---12-|
|----------------------------11-------------------------------------------|
|-10s12-------------------------12s10s===12-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| a E E E E E E a E E E E E E a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3-5----5---3---3--5----5---------3----3-5----5---3-----3--5---5-|
|--3h=4----4-5----5-3h4--4--5----5--------3h=4--4-5----5--3h4-----4--5---5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 1
Q. Q E Q E E E S S
|----/15-------17--------------/15-15------------|
|---------------------------------------15-------|
|------------------------------------------15----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----10----10-12---12----10----10-12---12-------|
|-10h=11----11-12---12-10h11----11-12---12-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~~~~
Q. S S Q E a Q S S E E
|---/12------12s10----------10s12---------------|
|------------------12---------------12s10-------|
|-----------------------------------------11----|
|--------------------------------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----5----5--7-------7---5-------5--7--------7-|
|-5h==6----6--7-------7-5h6-------6--7--------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~
a Q. Q. H. W
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|-10s12--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q. Q.
|-----5----5-8----8-7----7-6---4-|-5----------------------||
|-----7----7-7----7-8----8-8---6-|-7---8-8--8-(8)---------||
|--------------------------------|-----6-6--6-(6)---------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
end Rhy Fig 1-|
Verse 1
w/Rhy Fig 1
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
Q. E E E Q. Q. W
|-------------/12-12-12----12---------------------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse 2
w/Rhy Fig 1
|---------------------------------------|
E a Q a Q a E a Q. Q.
|-------10s12----10s12---10s12-10s12-----------------|
|-------10s12----10s12---10s12-10s12-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
Q. E E E Q. Q. W
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse 3
w/Rhy Fig 1
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E Q. W
|----/12-12-12--9-12-12----/12-12-12-12-------|------------------------------|
|----/12-12-12----12-12----/12-12-12-12-------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
W H. Q a E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------10s12-12--12-12-||
|-------------------------|------------------10s12-12--------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1
a Q. Q. E Q E E S S
|-10s12----------------------/12----12-10-------|
|----------------------------/12----------12s10s|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. Q. E a Q E E E
|----------------------------10s12-------------|
|----12-------------------------------11-------|
|----------------------------------------11----|
|-------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. Q. E a Q S S E E
|----------------------10s12---------------|
|------------------------------12s10-------|
|------------------------------------11-11-|
|---12-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. Q. Q E E E E
|------------------------/12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------/12-12-12-12-|
|---11--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Q. E Q E Q E E S S
|----/16-------17s16----------/15----16s14-------|
|---------------------------------------------14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~~
E Q Q. E Q S S S S E
|---12-14--------------15---12s10-----------|
|---------------------------------12s10-----|
|---------------------------------------11--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. Q. H. W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse 4
w/Rhy Fig 1 - 1st 6 bars
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
~~~
Q. E E E Q. Q. W
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +H.
|-5---5-8---8-7---7-6---4-|-5-----6--5-(5)----*|
|-7---7-7---7-8---8-8---6-|-7-----6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------5--4-(4)----*|
|-------------------------|-------6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------------------*|
Bass Fig 1
Gtr I
H. Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|---------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||o----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||---------------------0-|--------------------0-|
|---------||o-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|
|---------||--0--0-0--0-0--4-------|-0--0-0--0-0--4-------|
G D
Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------5-|--------------------5-|--------------------0-|
|-5--5-7--7-5--5-5-7---|-5--5-7--7-5--5-5-7---|-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|
|-5--5-5--5-5----------|-5--5-5--5-5----------|-0--0-0--0-0--4-------|
A
Q E Q E Q E E E E W W 6x
|-----------------------|--------------|-------||
|-----------------------|--------------|------o||
|-----------------------|--------------|-------||
|---------------------7-|--------------|-------||
|-7--7-9--9-7-----7-9---|--------------|------o||
|-7--7-7--7-7--11-------|--------------|-------||
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