---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I Had Possesion Over Judgment Day By: Robert Johnson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: sammc Email: sammc@look.ca Tuning: Open G Tuning (D G D G B D) Capo: 2 Slide: Slide Required Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: Please note the following tab is very close to the artist's work. I have transcribed the piece completely and it is to be read with the capo on the second fret in Open G Tuning (D G D G B D) and with a slide. (Intro:) d|--/12---12---12---/12---12---12---/12---0---------------------------------| B|--/12---12---12---/12---12---12---/12---0---------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---------| D|--------------------------------------------3---3---3---2---2---2---------| G|----0---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|------------------0---5~~~---/5---5---5---/5---5---5---0---3--------------| B|------------------0----------/5---5---5---/5---5---5---0---3--------------| G|--0---0---0---0---0----------/5---5---5---/5---5---5---0---3--------------| D|--1---1---1---0-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| If I had possession over Judgment Day (Repeat 3 times) d|--!---------------------------------!---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---/5---| B|--!-@---0---/3--------------------@-!---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---/5---| G|--!-----0---/3---0-------0----------!---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---/5---| D|--!------------------0-------/3-----!-------------------------------------| G|--!-@-----------------------------@-!-------------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| If I had possession over Judgment Day d|--0---0---0---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--0---0---0---0---/3------------------------0---/3---/3---0---------------| G|--0---0---0---0---/3---0-------0--------0---0---/3---/3---0------------0--| D|---------------------------0-------/3-------------------------0---/3------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' have no right to pray d|--!-------------------------------------!---------------------------------| B|--!-@------------0--------------------@-!---0---/3---/3---0---------------| G|--!-----0---/3---0-------0--------0-----!---0---/3---/3---0------------0--| D|--!------------------0-------/3---------!---------------------0---/3------| G|--!-@---------------------------------@-!---------------------------------| D|--!-------------------------------------!---------------------------------| !(Repeat phrase at big repeat sign) d|------!----/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12----------| B|--0---!-@--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12----------| G|--0---!-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0---!-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------!-@-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------!-------------------------------------------------------------------| ! And I went to the mountain lookin' far as my eyes could see (Big Repeat Sign) ! d|--------------------------------!--------------------------------------!-! B|-----------0--------------------!-@---0---/3---/3---0----------------@-!@! G|--0---/3---0-------0--------0---!-----0---/3---/3---0------------0-----!-! D|---------------0-------/3-------!-----------------------0---/3---------!-! G|--------------------------------!-@----------------------------------@-!@! D|--------------------------------!--------------------------------------!-! ! d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Some other man got my woman and the -'a lonesome blues got me d|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| B|--!-@------------0----------------@-!---0---/3---/3---0-------------------| G|--!-----0---/3---0------------0-----!---0---/3---/3---0------------0------| D|--!------------------0---/3---------!---------------------0---/3----------| G|--!-@-----------------------------@-!-------------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| d|------5---------------------------5---------------------------------------| B|------5-----5---5---5---5---------5---------------------------------------| G|------5-----5---5---5---5---------5---------------------------------------| D|------0-----5---5---5---5---------0---------------------------------------| G|------0---------------------------0---------------------------------------| D|------0---------------------------0---------------------------------------| and I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long d|--!--------------------------------------!--------------------------------| B|--!-@---0---/3---/3---0----------------@-!--------------------------------| G|--!-----0---/3---/3---0------------0-----!--------------------------------| D|--!-----------------------0---/3---------!--------------------------------| G|--!-@----------------------------------@-!--------------------------------| D|--!--------------------------------------!--------------------------------| d|--!-----5---5---5---7---5---5---5---7-----!-------------------------------| B|--!-@---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---@-!-------------------------------| G|--!-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----!-------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------------!-------------------------------| G|--!-@-----------------------------------@-!-------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------------!-------------------------------| and I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long d|--!-------------------------------------!---7---7---7---9---7---10---9---7-| B|--!-@------------0--------------------@-!---7---7---7---7---7----7---7---7-| G|--!-----0---/3---0-------0--------0-----!---7---7---7---7---7----7---7---7-| D|--!------------------0-------/3---------!----------------------------------| G|--!-@---------------------------------@-!----------------------------------| D|--!-------------------------------------!----------------------------------| Boy, I woke up this morning (Repeat 3 times) d|--5---5---5---7---5---8---7---5---!---------------------------------!-----| B|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---!-@---0---/3---0----------------@-!-----| G|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---!-----0---/3---0------------0-----!-----| D|----------------------------------!------------------0---/3---------!-----| G|----------------------------------!-@-----------------------------@-!-----| D|----------------------------------!---------------------------------!-----| my biscuit was gone d|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| B|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away (Repeat 3 times) d|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| B|--!-@---0---/3---0----------------@-!-------------------------------------| G|--!-----0---/3---0------------0-----!-------------------------------------| D|--!------------------0---/3---------!-------------------------------------| G|--!-@-----------------------------@-!-------------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| (Spoken) I didn't like the way she done d|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| B|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Had to fold my arms and I slowly walked away d|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| B|--!-@---0---/3---0----------------@-!---0---/3---/3---0-------------------| G|--!-----0---/3---0------------0-----!---0---/3---/3---0------------0------| D|--!------------------0---/3---------!---------------------0---/3----------| G|--!-@-----------------------------@-!-------------------------------------| D|--!---------------------------------!-------------------------------------| d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/5---5---5---5---5---/7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5--------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--/5---5---5---5---5---/7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5--------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I said in my mind "Yo," trouble gon' come some day d|----------------------------!--------------------------------------!------| B|--0---/3---0----------------!-@---0---/3---/3---0----------------@-!------| G|--0---/3---0------------0---!-----0---/3---/3---0------------0-----!------| D|---------------0---/3-------!-----------------------0---/3---------!------| G|----------------------------!-@----------------------------------@-!------| D|----------------------------!--------------------------------------!------| d|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| B|--/12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Now run here baby set down on my knee d|-------------------------------------/19---19---19---19---18---18---16----| B|--0---/3---/3---0----------------0---/19---19---19---19---18---18---16----| G|--0---/3---/3---0------------0---0----------------------------------------| D|--------------------0---/3------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Now run here baby set down d|--16---14---14---12---12---12---------------------------------------------| B|--16---14---14---12---12---12---0---/3---0----------------0---/3---0------| G|--------------------------------0---/3---0------------0---0---/3---0------| D|---------------------------------------------0---/3--------------------0--| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| on my knee d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------0----------------------------------------------------------| G|-------0---0---0---/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5--------| D|--/3----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---/5---5---5---5---5--------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I wanna tell you all about the way they treated me (Outro:) d|-----------------------------------------------------5~~~-----------------| B|--0---/3---/3---0----------------0---0---0---0---0------------------------| G|--0---/3---/3---0----------------0---3---2---1---0------------------------| D|--------------------0---/3---0-------------------0------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | @ Repeat at next @ ============================================================================