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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

Skip James

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Date: May 2001

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James (performed by: Chris Carter King)

Tuning: DADFAD

Chords:

I'm not sure what the chords are called in a D tuning so...

Tab 1: Intro

  D |----------------------------0-------------------------|
  A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3-----3-----3----------------|
  F |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--4--------4--4----------------|
  D |-3--0--2--0-----------0-------------------------------|
  A |-------------3--0--2-----------------0----------------|
  D |-------------------------0----------------------------|

Tab 2: Verse and Chorus (pretty much the whole song)


  D |-------------0------------------------------------------|
  A |-0--0--0--0--0------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------|
  F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------|
  D |-------0--3-----3---0-------------0--3---0-----0--------|
  A |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------|
  D |--------------------------------------------------------|

               Hard times here		  everywhere you go


  D |--------------0-----------------------------------------|
  A |-0--0--0--0---0-----0-------0--0--0---------------------|
  F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0---------------------|
  D |--------------------------------------------------------|
  A |-------0--3------3--0-------------0---------------------|
  D |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------|

               time are harder	       much harder than


  D |-------------0--------------------------0---------------|  The 5-4-0------------------------| is a slide from 5 to 4,
  A |-------------0--------------------------0---------------|  then a pull off from 4 to 0------|
  F |----------------0--------------------------0------------|  The 5-7-5-5-4-0------------------| is a quick slide
  D |-5--4--0-----------5--7--5--5--4--0---------------------|  from 5-7-5, then a slide from 5--|
  A |--------------------------------------------------------|  to 4 with a pull off to 0--------|  This
  D |----------0--------------------------0------------------------------------------------------|  repeats 2 to 4 times depending.

      before


  Note 1: there are many variations to the finger picking to give the song life
        throughout the tune.  add soul, pain and heartache.

  Note 2: i'm sure there are some mistakes in my tabs, but you'll get the jist.