[iglidewell]

Can I get some suggestions for songs that have a lot of slide parts if not all slide, something like Running on Faith or Twice as Hard

[grzegorz_panek]

Anything by Ry Cooder.

Johnny Winter (before Dadfad comes and mentions him)
Rory Gallagher, lots of his stuff.


If you want to dig deeper into old blues stuff, try anything by Blind Willie Johnson. Half of Robert Johnson Tunes were done with slide, like Come on in my Kitchen or If I had Possession over Judgement day.

[B.B. Hudson]

Muddy Waters: I Can't Be Satisfied, I Feel Like Going Home, Louisianna Blues

[dadfad]

As you can see from the above posts the list is long, mostly old blues tunes. The best slide work is done in an open tuning. The old Mississippi Fred McDowell tune "You Got To Move" (covered by the Rolling Stones) is a fairly straightforward and relatively un-complex tune to start with, in open-G DGDGBD.

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YOU GOT TO MOVE by Mississippi Fred McDowell, as taught circa 1969, Como, MS
Tabbed by Dadfad (John M)  duolian@msn.com  (Dadfad@dadfad.com)  9/19/02
Using: Microsoft Notepad, Courier New Regular 10 Font (printing information)

This tune is shown in Open-G tuning (DGDGBD). It can also be done using an
Open-A (EAEAC#E). In my opinion Open-G is preferable because there is less
tension on your guitar neck and less chance of string breakage. The tab is
identical for either tuning. This tune should be done finger-style, using
The thumb and one or more fingers. The 5-string bass-note can be droned with
the treble slide work when or if you feel it's appropriate. This is a very
basic slide tune, done in a very improvisational style. Fred never played it
exactly the same way twice.


D__________>10__>12__________________>12___>12____________________________
B______>12_____________________________________>12________________________
G__>12______________________________________________>12___________________
D_____________________0___>3___0__________________________0___>3____0_____
G_____________________0___>3___0__________________________0___>3____0_____
D_________________________________________________________________________
  You  got ta move...                 You got ta move....


D)__>12__12__12__12__>10__10__10__10__>12__________________________________
B)________________________________________>11__>12_________________________
G)__________________________________________________>12____________________
D)________________________________________________________0__>3___0________
G)________________________________________________________0__>3___0________
D)_________________________________________________________________________
  You got ta move...chile don't ya know... you got ta move


D)_________________________________________________________________________
B)_________________>12__________________>12________________________________
G)_______>10__>12____________________________>12<__________________________
D)__>12____________________0__>3__0________________>12_____________________
G)_________________________0__>3__0________________________________________
D)_________________________________________________________________________
 Cause when the Lord...             ...gets ready...

D____________________________________>5__5_____________________>5____5_____
B)_________________________________________________________________________
G)__>10__>12__>10__>12_____________________________________________________
D)_______________________0___>3___0_____________0__>3__0___________________
G)_______________________0___>3___0______0______0__>3__0_____________0_____
D)_________________________________________________________________________
  You got ta move...                            (Leading Into Next Verse)>


That's a progression for one verse. The same progression, with a few improv
changes if desired, can be used for all verses and a guitar break, should
you want one. Here's another progression which can be used for another verse
to add a little change to the texture of the tune. This progression will rely
a bit more on chording and less on slide than the previous one.  

D)______________0________________0__0____________________________________
B)______0___1____________________________________________________________
G)__0__________________________________>3___0____________________________
D)______0______________0__>3__0________>3_______0__>3__0_________________
G)__0___________0______0__>3__0_____________0___0__>3__0_________________
D)_______________________________________________________________________
  You may be high...        ...you may be low....  

D)__0__0___0___0______0__0__0__0____0__0____0___0________________________
B)__0__0___0___0______1__1__1__1____1__1____1___0________________________
G)__0__0___0___0______0__0__0__0____3__3____0___0________________________
D)__0__0___0___0______2__2__2__2____2__2____2___0______0__>0___0_________
G)__0__0___0___0______0__0__0__0____0__0____0___0______0__>0___0_________
D)_______________________________________________________________________
  You may be rich, honey-chile, ...you may be poor

D)_______________________________________________________________________
B)________________0______________0___1___1_______________________________
G)_________0______0______________0___0___0_______________________________
D)__0h2___________0___0__>3__0___0___2___2_______________________________
G)________________0___0__>3__0___0___3___0_______________________________
D)_______________________________________________________________________
 But when the Lord....     ...gets ready...

D_______________________________________>5____5____5____________________
B)______________________________________________________________________
G)_________________0____________________________________________________
D)_________________0______0__>3__0______________________________________
G)____3b___0_______0______0__>3__0_______0____0___0_____________________
D)____________0b________________________________________________________
   You  got  to  move.

The above uses more chording for the I, IV and V position changes. These chord
structures are generalities. They can be changed or substituted to preference,
or mixed with parts from the very first upper slide progression. Let me stress
how improvisational this style is. Use this tab as a starting point, then do
it your way. The way you feel it. The Rolling Stones did, as have lots of other
people, myself included. Good luck. Any questions please feel to e-mail me.
-Dadfad


               YOU GOT TO MOVE (by Mississippi Fred McDowell)
 
               You got ta move.
               You got ta move.
               You got ta move, chile, don't ya know
               You got ta move
               Cause when our Lord gets ready
               You gotta move

               You may be high
               You may be low
               You may be rich, honey chile,
               You may be poor
               But when the Lord gets ready
               You got ta move

               You see that gal
               She walks the street,
               You see that police man
               A walkin' on his beat,
               When the Lord gets ready
               They got ta move

               (Moan one verse)

               You got ta move.
               You got ta move.
               You got ta move, chile, don't ya know
               You got ta move
               Yeah, when the Lord gets ready
               You got ta move

[grzegorz_panek]

Sounds cool!

And when he detunes to open G, he can try Come on in my Kitchen too.

[okiejohn]

I have a tab for You Gotta Move in open D, but I can't do tabs for crap....I tried one for a fella that wanted a version of Steel Guitar Rag a while back....I'll tell ya where I found it though if you're interested.

It came from a site called slidingzone, there's several slide arrangements there besides Gotta Move.

[dadfad]

Sounds cool! 

And when he detunes to open G, he can try Come on in my Kitchen too.

Yes, a lot of the same moves on both "You Got To Move" and "Come On In My Kitchen". Robert used double-stop slides (sliding two pinched notes at once) in "Kitchen" which is slightly (just slightly) more difficult. Otherwise, the two tunes are very similar as far as the slide work.

[iglidewell]

Cool, thansk for the suggestions

[grzegorz_panek]

Sounds cool! 

And when he detunes to open G, he can try Come on in my Kitchen too.

Yes, a lot of the same moves on both "You Got To Move" and "Come On In My Kitchen". Robert used double-stop slides (sliding two pinched notes at once) in "Kitchen" which is slightly (just slightly) more difficult. Otherwise, the two tunes are very similar as far as the slide work.

By the way, John, I've recently found a use for electric guitars (hadn't played Goldie for a while).

For now my standard electric tuning is open G. (On which I play Robert tunes. seems like I need another acoustic badly!)

[dadfad]

I understand exactly what you mean. Once I had a couple of nice electric and acoustic guitars, it was those damned open-tunings that first drove me to start aquiring more (and more) (and more! ).

[okiejohn]

I spect a guy needs one for open D, and open G, and one for standard tuning, then an electric for each, and maybe a 12 string.....well then ya gotta get some with high actions for the slide stuff......maybe about dozen guitars around the house would do.

That should be about right, got that many guns....now if I can get the redhead to allow some more girls around.......

[AcousticSmash]

In My Time Of Dying and Travelling Riverside Blues by Led Zeppelin are awesome slide guitar songs. The correct tab should be in standard tuning for In My Time of Dying cause thats they way its tuned off the DVD. I have played both tunes and the bridge sections in both songs are hard to play. I suggest to go to http://www.power-tabs.net and download the software and the tabs and play them with the program. I have yet to find the bridge part tabbed out for In My Time of Dying that is not in power tab format.

[grzegorz_panek]

In My Time Of Dying and Travelling Riverside Blues by Led Zeppelin are awesome slide guitar songs. The correct tab should be in standard tuning for In My Time of Dying cause thats they way its tuned off the DVD. I have played both tunes and the bridge sections in both songs are hard to play. I suggest to go to http://www.power-tabs.net and download the software and the tabs and play them with the program. I have yet to find the bridge part tabbed out for In My Time of Dying that is not in power tab format.

The original by Johnson was even better.

Another Robert open G tune

[dadfad]

I spect a guy needs one for open  D, and open G,  and one for standard tuning, then an electric for each, and maybe a 12 string.....well then ya gotta get some with high actions for the slide stuff......maybe about dozen guitars around the house would do.

That should be about right, got that many guns....now if I can get the redhead to allow some more girls around.......    

...and then Open-Dm. And then DADGAD. And then Cut-Throat. And then Scotch-B. And then because you also want the "resonator sound". And then.....just because it looks pretty! No end to it. (Well, almost no end. I expect my last guitar will be this one I've been on a waiting list to have built for almost two years now by this luthier in Virginia. After that I figure I'll have run out of excuses as to why I sound like sh!t half the time! ).




(I've kept a little bit better handle on the guns. Not much better, but a little bit. I guess you could say I've kept a grip on it. A custom made molded grip! hahaha! )


(sometimes I just crack myself up.......)

[B.B. Hudson]

My new acoustic hasn't left Open-G since I bought it. I've started learning old tunes in the new tuning, relearned scales etc. to compensate. The Dorian is especially comfortable to play in it.

[okiejohn]

I spect a guy needs one for open  D, and open G,  and one for standard tuning, then an electric for each, and maybe a 12 string.....well then ya gotta get some with high actions for the slide stuff......maybe about dozen guitars around the house would do.

That should be about right, got that many guns....now if I can get the redhead to allow some more girls around.......    

...and then Open-Dm. And then DADGAD. And then Cut-Throat. And then Scotch-B. And then because you also want the "resonator sound". And then.....just because it looks pretty! No end to it. (Well, almost no end. I expect my last guitar will be this one I've been on a waiting list to have built for almost two years now by this luthier in Virginia. After that I figure I'll have run out of excuses as to why I sound like sh!t half the time! ).




(I've kept a little bit better handle on the guns. Not much better, but a little bit. I guess you could say I've kept a grip on it. A custom made molded grip! hahaha! )


(sometimes I just crack myself up.......)

Yes Sir, I knew you had some more tunings.

That special hand made guitar sounds like a real winner, but are you sure that's gonna be it?

There's always another one out there that ya just gotta have.

[ibanez6]

My nomination for a great slide tune is Ry Cooder's cover of a Chuck Berry song, "13 question method" Fantastic fun song. Don't have a tab for it though......
wish I did but.

Leo Kotke did a pretty cool slide cover of Larry Carlton's Sleepwalk, worth a listen.

[dadfad]

I have a tab I did of Santo and Johnny's version of "Sleepwalk" if he wants it. (I think that was the original version, but I'm not positive. It was out when I was a little kid.)

[ibanez6]

dadfad

Would love any tabs you have for sleepwalk, how do I get 'em?

Thanks.

[dadfad]

This is pretty much it. Hope it helps...

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#-- Intended for study only, etc, etc, etc blah, blah, blah............     --#
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Author/Artist: Santo and Johnny
Title: Sleep Walk
Transcribed by: John M (Dadfad)
Email: duolian@msn.com

A small portion tabbed in the key of C (standard tuning)

-8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
---8--6--8--9--8--6-----8--6--8--9--8--6--8-----8---------------5--5--5-|
---------------------------------------------9----9---------5-5-------5-|
-----------------------------------------------------10--7------------5-|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ^    Fm    ^ G ^ C  ^     Fm     ^ G ^   C     ^  Am  ^  Fm  ^G^ C ^      

--------12--------------------------------------------------------
-------------12---------------------------------------------------
-13/14------------------------------------------------------------
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(higher-pitched little lick)

This should be enough to do the whole tune from.

Note: The recording is actually in the Key of C#. He
     probably tuned it a half-step up so the strings
     would have a little more tension on them and be
     easier for him to slide with less fret-rattle, etc.
     Below the tab lines I wrote what chord of the pro-
     gression you (or a rhythm player) would be in at
     approximately that point of the slide-lead (using
     C, Fm, G and Am).