Diving Duck Blues


Taj Mahal Diving Duck Blues Written by Sleepy John Estes/Arranged by Taj Mahal From 1967 self-titled Album Tabbed by Rxm Rxmcgree@hotmail.com Awesome riff follows a fairly standard 12 bar blues pattern in G. e|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------| G|-5-7-3-5---------|-----------------| D|---------3-5-----|-------------3---| A|-------------3-5-|----------3h5----| E|-----------------|-3---------------| e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----5---3-------|-----5---3-------|-----5---3-------|-----5---3-------| A|-------5---5-3---|-------5---5-3---|-------5---5-3---|-------5---5-3---| E|-3-3-----------6-|-3-3-----------6-|-3-3-----------6-|-3-3-----------6-| e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----5---3-------|-----5---3-------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-------5---5-3---|-------5---5-3---|-----5---3-------|-----5---3-------| A|-3-3-----------6-|-3-3-----------6-|-------5---5-3---|-------5---5-3---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-----------6-|-3-3-----------6-| e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-5-7-3-5---------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------3-5-----|-----5---3-------|-------------3---| A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------3-5-|-------5---5-3---|----------3h5----| E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-----------6-|-3---------------| The solo is mainly on the Gm pentatonic. Fairly easy to get close but difficult if you it exact. Comment if you want me to tab it. If you were whiskey and I was a diving I was a diving, I was a diving duck If the river was whiskey baby and I was a diving duck OOO I would dive on the bottom Baby and I'd never come up You know the sun gon to shine here in my back door In my lonesome back, Y'know in my lonesome back door someday The sun gonna shine in my lonesome backdoor someday You know the wend gonna rise up And blow my natural blues away Let me be you sidetrack baby, Honey to your mainline To your natural main, to you natural mainline girl Let me be your sidetrack, baby to your natural mainline girl I'm a dole rolling daddy Roll you from sun to sun Solo Put your arms around me baby like a circle around the sun won't you Do me pretty mama like your easy rider done Won't you put your arms around me baby, honey like a circle around the rising sun Won't you do me pretty baby Like my easy rider done If the river was whiskey and I was a diving baby I was a diving, I was a diving duck If the river was whiskey baby and I was a diving duck OOO I would dive on the bottom Baby and I'd never come u I'd dive on the bottom Baby and I'd never come up