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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.
Im not able to transcribe Jormas 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 Im 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 Im 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 Im 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 aint no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Said Uncle Sam aint no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Well theres 40,000 guys in the service
Theys doin somethin somewhere they just dont understand
Well Im gonna do some fightin
Of that I can be sure.
Well Im gonna do some fightin
Of that you can be sure.
Well I want to kill somebody
Wont have to break no kind of law.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know Im headed off for war.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know Im headed off for war.
Well I want to kill somebody
Wont have to break no kind of law.
