Come On In My Kitchen (Take 1)

tab version 2

lyrics

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soundclip

by Robert Johnson
recording of 1st of 5 sessions, November 23 1936, San Antonio, Texas
from The Complete Recordings (CBS 467246 2 & Columbia/Legacy C2K-46222 & Columbia 4622 & Sony 64916), copyright notice

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From: tron@elrayo.rhein-main.de (markus tron)

I think Johnsons guitar is tuned in open A, with a capo at

the second fret. I play it in open A.

I play this with my fingers and a heavy metal bottleneck.

Sometimes I use a thumb-pick for a louder bass line.

I use at least (as a minimum size) 0.13" sized strings!

~Title: Come on in my kitchen

Artist: Robert Johnson

Descriptions:

/ : pick first note and slide up to second without picking second note.

\ : pick first note and slide down to second without picking second note.

~ : slight vibrato with bottleneck

h : hammer on (with bottleneck)

p : pull off (if possible with bottleneck)

d : dampen (with left or right hand) as soon as you play next note

~Title: Robert Johnson

Artist: Come on in my kitchen

INTRO:

e -|-/12--/12-/12------------12--------|-

C#-|------/12-/12------10/12----12-----|-

A -|----------/12------------------/12-|-

E -|---------------0-0-----------------|-

A -|---------------0-0-----------------|-

E -|-----------------------------------|-

e -|------------------------------|-

C#-|------------------------------|-

A -|------------------------------|-

E -|-----0--2-2--1-1--0--0-0--0-0-|-

A -|-0-3-----------------7-7--7-7-|-

E -|--------2-2--1-1--0-----------|-

FIRST VERSE:

e -|-------/12/12-----------/12/12-/12---------|-

C#-|-------/12/12-----------/12/12-/12-12------|-

A -|-----------------------------------12------|-

E -|-0--0---0--0-----0-0-----0--0---0------0-0-|-

A -|-0--0---0--0-----0-0-----0--0---0------0-0-|-

E -|-------------------------------------------|-

A Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

e -|-/12/12-/12/12-----------/12/12-/12---------|-

C#-|-/12/12-/12/12-----------/12/12-/12-12------|-

A -|------------------------------------12------|-

E -|--0--0---0--0-----0-0-----0--0---0------0-0-|-

A -|--0--0---0--0-----0-0-----0--0---0------0-0-|-

E -|--------------------------------------------|-

A Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

e -|-/12/12------------------|-------------------------|-

C#-|-/12/12------------------|-------------------------|-

A -|-------------------------|-----------------12\7----|-

E -|--0--0-------------------|--0-0--------------------|-

A -|--0--0-------------------|--0-0--------------------|-

E -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-

A You better come on in my kitchen babe,

e -|---/12/12--\10--------------0--/5--5--------------|-

C#-|---/12/12--\10--10--10/12-------------------------|-

A -|----------------10--10/12-------------------------|-

E -|--------------------------------------------------|-

A -|--------------------------------------------------|-

E -|--------------------------------------------------|-

A it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

e -|---------------------------|--3/5-5\3----------------|-

C#-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-

A -|---------------------------|-----------3/5-5\3-------|-

E -|--5--5\3--0----------------|-------------------------|-

A -|-------------3\5-3-0-----0-|-------------------------|-

E -|---------------------3-----|-------------------------|-

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additional lyrics:

The woman I love took from my best friend

Some joker got lucky stole her back again

You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

Oh-ah she's gone I know she won't come back

I've taken the last nickel out of her 'nation sack

You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

BRIGDGE:

(spoken

"Baby can't you hear that wind howl 'n' all?

Oh-ah can't you hear that wind would howl?

You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors)

When a woman gets in trouble everybody throws her down

Looking for her good friend none can be found

You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

Winter time's comin' it's gon' be slow

You can't make the winter, babe that's dry long so

You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

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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 Rory Block's version of that song.

She's a fantastic slide player and the way she's playin' that

song is worth to buy her record... AND...

... the above transcription is closer to the way she plays the

song then Robert recorded it. He plays it more up tempo

on the take I've got. But on the other side, I've heared about

him playing this song very slow, each time playin' in front

of an audience.

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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