Robert Johnson

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Love In Vain (Take 2)

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by Robert Johnson
recording of 4th of 5 sessions, June 20 1937, Dallas, Texas
from
The Complete Recordings (CBS 467246 2 & Columbia/Legacy C2K-46222 & Columbia 4622 & Sony 64916), copyright notice

#----------------------------------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

 

 

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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

 

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(xx): he's doing these "fills" throug out the whole song.

try to place these things for your own!

 

 

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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

 

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