From landdug@why.net Tue Apr 8 13:06:18 1997Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 22:08:28 -0700From: Doug LandryTo: guitar@olga.netSubject: TAB: 'Whipping Post' by 'Gregg Allman'"Whipping Post" Words and Music by Gregg Allman as performed by The AllmanBrothers Band.Transcribed by Terry Landry (tlandry@acad.udallas.edu or landdug@why.net)*My transcription can be used in addition to the one submitted by MikeDuncan (mduncan@ag.Arizona.EDU). My transcription has a little moredetail, but putting Mike's and mine together will probably give everyone amore complete picture of how to play this song. There is also bass tabsubmitted by mike@honet7.att.com, and guitar chords submitted by Glen Macon(macon@cbmvax.commodore.com)h = hammer on ^ / = slide up \ = slide downp = pull off = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chordINTRO (bass guitar)--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- -------------------------------3h5-3--- -3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5- repeatThe guitars join. First, one doubles the bass line. Then the other does this.--------------------------------------- -------------------------------5h8-5--- -5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-5-7- -5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----------7- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- repeatFIRST VERSE(chord progression: guitars, organ)A Bm C BmI've been run down.I've been lied to.And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.She took all my money.Wrecked my new car.And now she's with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.PRE-CHORUS^full (release silent)-------------------------10 -10-8------------------- --------------------8-10----------10-8-------------- -----------------/9--------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -----------4-5-------------------------------------- -5---8----------------------------------------------sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am (I use this one))^full^full ^full------------------------17-20 --20 -20-17-20 ------- ------------------17-20----------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -----------5---------------------------------------- -5---7-------7-5------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------sometimes I feel (again, one fill I use)CHORUSA ~~~~~~~---------------5--5--------------------- ---------------5--5-8-5----------------- ---------------6----7-5-5-7--5---------- ---------------7--------5-7--5---------- ---------------7------------------------ ---------------5------------------------ repeat (at the word "tied")Like I've been tied to the whipping postA (strum and mute)Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.BRIDGE^full ^full ~~~~~~~~-- -- ------ -- ------------ ---------------------10h12p10---- -5 -- -----5 -- ------------ 10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13- -7 --V--5--7 --V--5-7p5----- -----9p7-----9-11-12----------12- ------------------------7--- ---------10---------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------- repeat barfull unison bends* and releases(organ) (guitar)These organ and guitar parts kind of overlapGUITAR SOLO(rhythm same as VERSES)(in the key of Am. (try Am pentatonic, A aeolian, C ionian, D dorian, etc.))SECOND VERSE(music same as FIRST VERSE)My friends tell meThat I've been such a foolAnd I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.I drown myself in sorrow.Cause I look at what you've done.But nothing seems to change. The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.PRE-CHORUSCHORUSBRIDGEGUITAR SOLOThen we encounter this two octave run of the A aeolian mode--------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7- -------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8------------------- -5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5\-- -------------------------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-------------- -4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------And now a rhythm and lead trade off...A Bm C Bm <--bass guitar }The bass notes are played by the bass guitar, and the rhythm guitar andorgan play out the corresponding full major or minor chords written abovethe tab. The treble part consists of unison bends* played by the leadguitar.PRE-CHORUSN.C. (lead fill blues feel)Some-times I feel...CHORUS* when playing a unison bend, two notes are played, and the lower of thetwo is bent up to match the pitch of the higher one. The higher one is notbent.
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