Dyin’ Crapshooter's Blues Blind Willie McTell (capo 2. band) tab by Torbjørn Nymo (metonymo @ mail . ru) Em H7 (H7-5#9 H7)* Little Jesse was a gambler, night and day Asus2 Em Well, he used crooked cards and dice Em H7 (H7-5#9 H7) A sinful guy, good hearted, but had no soul Asus2 Em Heart was hard and cold like ice Jesse was a wild reckless gambler, won a gang of change Although' a many gambler's heart he left in pain When he began to spend a-loose his money, he began to be blue and all alone But boy, this heart had even turned to stone What broke Jesse's heart, while he was blue and all alone Sweet Lorena packed up and gone Police walked up and shot my friend Jesse down (He said) boy, I got to die today F#7 He had a gang of crapshooters and gamblers at his bedside H7 Em Here are the words he had to say: Em (H7) I guess I ought to know - - Em Exactly how I want to go (How you wanna go, Jesse?) Em H7 Em Eight crapshooters to be my pallbearers, let them be veiled down in black Em H7 H7/f#** Em I want nine men going to the graveyard, buddy, and eight men comin' back F#7 I want a gang of gamblers gathered 'round my coffin-side H7 Em Crooked card printed on my hearse H7 - - - H7 - Don't say the crapshooters will never grieve over me - - H7*** My life been a doggone curse Em H7 Em Send poker players to the graveyard, dig my grave with the ace of spades Em H7 H7/f# Em I want twelve polices in my funeral march, high sheriff playin' blackjack, lead the parade F#7 I want the judge and solicitor who jailed me fourteen times H7 Em put a pair of dice in my shoes (then what else?) G E7 Let a deck of cards be my tombstone, buddy (A7 D7 G)**** Em I got the dyin’ crapshooter's blues Em H7 Sixteen real good crapshooters, sixteen bootleggers to sing a song Em H7 H7/f# Em Sixteen racket men gamblin', couple tend bar while I'm rollin' along Em H7 He wanted 22 womens out of the Hampton Hotel, 26 off-a South Bell Em H7 H7/f# Em 29 women out of North Atlanta, know little Jesse didn't pass out so swell Em His head was achin', heart was thumpin' H7 Em Little Jesse went down bouncin' and jumpin' […went to hell bouncin’…] F#7 H7 Folks, don't be standin' 'round ol' Jesse cryin' Am Em H7 Em He wants everybody to do the Charleston whiles he's dyin’ Em One foot up, and a toenail dragging Am H7 Em Throw my friend Jesse in the hoodoo wagon G (g - f# - e)***** E7 Come here mama with that can of booze A7 D7 G The dyin’ crapshooter's, blues, I mean A7 D7 G The dyin’ crapshooter's blues... ---------- coda from another version A7 D7 G The Dyin Crapshooter's, leavin' the world A7 D7 G The Dyin' Crapshooter's, goin' down slow A7 D7 G With the Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues ---------- Em 022000/075000 Asus2 x02200 Am x02210 H7 x21202/x24242 H7-5#9 x2123x H7/f# 2x1202 F#7 242322 G 320003 G/f# 220003/20xxxx E7 020100/020130 A7 x02020 D7 200212/x00212 Dyin’ Crapshooter's Blues (from "Atlanta Twelve String", capo 2. fret) Intro (/ = slide): H7/d# Em H7 /-5#9 Em ... : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . --2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---------------0---------------2---2---------------0-----| --0---0-0-0-0-0---0---------------0-------0-------0---0---3---3-------0-----| --2/--3-3-3-3-3---2---0-----------0---0---0---2---2-------2---2-------0-----| --1/--2-2-2-2-2---1-------2-------2---2---2---1---------------1---2---2-----| ------------------------------2-------2-------2-------------------2---------| ------------------------------0-----------------------------------0---------| Embellishments: * ** H7 H7-5#9 H7 H7 H7/f# Em --2--------------(2)--- --2----2------2---0---| --0-------3-------0---- --0----0---0--0---0---| --2-------2-------2---- --2----2---2--2---0---| --1------(1)-----(1)--- --1----1---1------2---| --2------(2)-----(2)--- --2----x---x------2---| ----------------------- -------2--------------| (x = mute) *** ***** H7 Em G g f# e E7 --2-------(2)--(0)--- -(3)-----------------(0)--0--| ---0------(0)--(0)--- -(0)-----------------(0)--0--| ----2------2----0---- --0-------------------1---1--| -----1-----1----2---- --0-------------------0---0--| ------2----2----2---- --2-------------------2---2--| -------0--------0---- --3----3----2----0----0------| ...that can of booze... **** Descending bass (replaces A7 D7 G) (x = mute): E7 e d c h a g g f# f e Em ... . . : . . . : . . . : . --0---------------------------------------------------------------------0-0------| --0-----------------------------------------------------------------0---0-0------| --1-----------------------------------------x-----x-----x-----x-----0---0-0------| --0-----------x-----x-----x-----x-----------5-----4-----3-----2-----2---2--------| --2-----------5-----3-----2-----0-----------------------------------2------------| --------0-----------------------------3------------------------------------------| I got the dyin’ crapshooter's blues...