The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post

      
 
 "Whipping Post" Words and Music by Gregg Allman as performed by The Allman
 Brothers Band.
 
 *My transcription can be used in addition to the one submitted by Mike
 detail, but putting Mike's and mine together will probably give everyone a
 more complete picture of how to play this song. There is also bass tab
 
 h = hammer on ^ | / = slide up \ = slide down
 p = pull off | = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chord
 
 INTRO (bass guitar)

 |---------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------3h5-3---|
 |-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5-| repeat
 

 
 The 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-|
 |---------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------| repeat
 

 
 FIRST VERSE
 (chord progression: guitars, organ)
 A  Bm  C  Bm       
 I'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)
 
 CHORUS
 A ~~~~~~~

 |---------------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 post
 
 A (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 bar
 

 full unison bends* and releases(organ) (guitar)
 These organ and guitar parts kind of overlap
 GUITAR 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 me
 That I've been such a fool
 And 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-CHORUS
 
 CHORUS
 
 BRIDGE
 
 GUITAR SOLO
 
 Then 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