#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tron@elrayo.rhein-main.de (markus tron) I thing Robert Johnson plays in standard tuning and capoed his guitar somewhere... I play it in G (standard tuning). ~Title: Love in vain Artist: Robert Johnson INTRO: e -|-10--10-10--9---9--9--9--9--9---8--|-8--8--8--8-----| B -|-12--12-12--11--11-11-11-11-11--10-|-10-10-10-10----| G -|-----------------------------------|-------------0--| D -|-----------------------------------|----------------| A -|-----------------------------------|----------------| E -|-----------------------------------|----------------| e -|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|----2--2--2---------------| B -|-------------------------|----1--1--1---------------| G -|-------0-----------------|----2--2--2---------------| D -|-------3-----2---2-3--1--|--0---------------0-------| A -|-------------------------|------------------0-------| E -|-------------------------|--------------------------| And I FIRST VERSE: e -|-3-----------------3-----|-1-----------------1------| B -|-------------------------|--------------------------| G -|-------------------------|--------------------------| D -|-------------------------|--------------------------| A -|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2------| E -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3------| G followed her to the station (xx) e -|-1-----------------------|-1---1-1------------------| B -|-3-----------------------|---3---3------------------| G -|-------------------------|--------------------------| D -|-------------------------|--------------------------| A -|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2------| E -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3------| G7 with her suitcase in my hand And I e -|-3-----3-----------3-----|-------3-----------1------| B -|-------1-----------1-----|-1------------------------| G -|-------------------------|--------------------------| D -|-------------2-----2-----|-2-----------2-----2------| A -|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----3-----3------| E -|-------------------------|--------------------------| C followed her to the station with her suitcase in my hand e -|-------1-----------2-----|-3------------------------| B -|-3-----3-----------1-----|--------------------------| G -|-0-----------------------|--------------------------| D -|-------------------0-----|--------------------------| A -|-------------2-----------|-2-----2-----2------------| E -|-3-----3-----3-----------|-3-----3-----3------------| G7 Well, it's e -|-3------------------------| B -|--------------------------| G -|-------------------3------| D -|-2-----2-----2-----0------| A -|-0-----0-----0-----0------| E -|-------------0------------| A7/5 hard to tell, it's hard to tell e -|-----------------------------| B -|-----------------------------| G -|-----------------------------| D -|-0-----0-----0-----0---------| A -|-0-----0-----0-----0---------| E -|-2---------------------------| D7 when all your love's in vain. e -|-------------------------|-------2-----2-----2------| B -|-0----0-----0------------|-1-----1-----1-----1------| G -|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2------| D -|-3----2-----1-----0------|-------0-----------0------| A -|-------------------------|-------------------0------| E -|-------------------------|--------------------------| G All my love's in vain ------------------------ additional lyrics: When the train rolled up to the station, I looked her in the eye When the train rolled up to the station, I looked her in the eye Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome and I could not help but cry All my love's in vain When the train left the station with two lights on behind When the train left the station with two lights on behind Well the blue light was my blues and the red light was my mind All my love's in vain Ohh ho ho ho Willie Mae Ohh ho ho ho Willie Mae Ohh ho ho ho Willie Mae All my love's in vain ------------------------ (xx): he's doing these "fills" throug out the whole song. try to place these things for your own! ------------------------ The above is a very easy way to play that Robert Johnson song. For a more detailed transcription I would recommend: Scott Ainslie's "Robert Johnson complete guitar transcription". It's NO book for beginners! BTW listen to Bob Brozman's version of that song!!! He plays it with a bottleneck and offers a lot of real great slide licks in that song. I prefer to play Bob's version of this song. I hope this tab's not too bad, and you folks can work with it. have fun markus PS: Any corrections or comments welcome! Any Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher or Muddy Waters tab would be very welcome! markus tron tron@elrayo.rhein-main.de blues and beyond?