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This is an awesome fun riff, that you can play with many blues 
songs, not just this one.  This is in A but you can play it anywhere. 
 This song is normally played in A or E.

Intro
|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-6---4-7-4-|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7-------5-------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|

Verse (its the same for all the verses)
|-----------------|
|-------4-5-4-----|   x3
|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-5---------------|

|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-------6-7-6-----|   
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-------9-6-|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7---------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|

Chorus
|-----------------|
|-------4-5-4-----|   x3
|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-5---------------|

|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-6---4-7-4-|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7-------5-------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|

Bridge from Chorus to Solo
|-----------------|
|-------4-5-4-----|   x3
|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-5---------------|

|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-6---4-7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7-------5-------|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|

Guitar Solo

|------------------| (hit the 5 right when the guitar does. *Listen to the song and  
|------------------|  you'll understand)
|------------------|
|--5---5----5--5-5-|

|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-6---4-7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7-------5-------|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|

|------------------| 
|------------------|  
|------------------|
|--5---5----5--5-5-|

|-------4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---4-7-------7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|---6-9-6---4-7-4-|-------4-5-4-----|
|-5---------------|---4-7-------7-4-|-7-------5-------|---4-7-------7-4-|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------| ...then go back into the verse