Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 19:49:09 PDT
From: Martin Hermans
Here is another tab for your page. It is much more complete than
the one you currently have.
"My Head's in Mississippi"
by ZZ Top
from the album RECYCLER
OK, I finally got around to typing up the rest of this.
As usual, I left the final solo for you to figure out
on your own.
[play with shuffle feel]
Intro
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|
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\\
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|
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-------5h7p5p0|
---5----------|
-0---0--------|
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\\
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---5-7---|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---5-7---|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|
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-5b---------------|--------5-----|
-5b---------------|----5h7--7-5-7|
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\\
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|
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------5-----------|
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\\
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|
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\\
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----2-----2-----2-| [drums for three bars]
----2-----2-----2-|
-0--------0-----0-|
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For the first verse
Riff A
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|----2-----2-----2-|----2---------|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|----2-----2-----2-|----2---------|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|-0--------0-----0-|----0---------|
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|----2-----2-----2-|---------5-------|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7---|----2-----2-----2-|-----5-7---7-5-2-|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0-------|-0--------0-----0-|---0-0-----------|
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end of Riff A
and repeat Riff A. Then play:
Riff B
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--5---5-------|5-----5-------|--3---3--------|3-----3---------|
--5---5-------|5-----5-------|--3---3--------|3-----3---------|
--3---5-------|3-----3-------|--1---1--------|1-----1---------|
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----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7-7--|----2-----2-----2-|-2------------|
----2-----2-----2-|----7---7-7-7--|----2-----2-----2-|-2------------|
-0--------0-----0-|--0---0--------|-0------0-0-----0-|-0------------|
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end of Riff B
Then the little drum solo happens again.
Play verse 2 with riff A twice and then riff B once
Now for the solo. Since this song is a shuffle, I used triplet counting
on top of each bar so you can count along as if it were in strict time
(if you need to). The artificial harmonics I marked as "ah" are second
harmonics (exactly two octaves up). Listen to the record if you need help
finding the right pinch harmonics
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-2-----------------8b7-----|-(7)---------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|-0-------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
[last measure of Riff B]
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|-------------ah----ah----|
G-|--(7)----------------------|(7)bnd-slow8-5-----5-----|
D-|---------------------------|-----------------------7-|
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|---------5---------------2-|-----2p0---0-2---0-2-----|
A-|-------------7-3---2-3-----|---------0-------------0-|
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-5/7---5-------7---5-----ah|-------------------------|
D-|-------------7-------7---7-|-------------------4-/-7-|
A-|-----0---------------------|-------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
^grace note
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|----5-----------------------|-------------------------|
G-|--------7-7---8-bend7-5---7-|-7---5-------------------|
D-|--------------------------7-|-7-----7---7-------------|
A-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|----------------5-----7---7-|----5/7------------------|
D-|--------------------7-------|-0-----------------------|
A-|----------------------------|-------0---0-0---0-0---0-|
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
^grace note
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|---------------------------|-----ah----------------ah|
B-|-------------------8-10----|-10--10------8-----10--10|
G-|------------7/9----------9-|-------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|
^grace note
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|----------------8-----------|-------------------------|
B-|--------------------10----8-|9\7-p57b9--5-------------|
G-|----------------------9-----|9\7-p57b9----5-----7---5-|
D-|----------------------------|-----------------7-------|
A-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
^^^^ don't get confused
here, I had to cram!
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
E-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-------7b9----7-----7-----|7b9---7b9---7b9---7b9----|
D-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
and... pinch! pinch! pinch! pinch! pinch!
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & A
E-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-7b9--5-------------ah----|-7-----7---7-5-----7---5\|
D-|------------7-----5-5-----|-7---5-5---7-5-----7---5\|
A-|------------0-----------7-|-5---------------5-------|
E-|--------3-/4--------------|-------------------------|
pinch! (Ha, ha, ha, now you're playing like Billy!)
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1&a2&a3&a4&a
E-|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
B-|---------------------------|-------------------------|------------dive-----|
G-|--\2-----------------------|-----------------------2-|-(2)--------bomb!----|
D-|--\2-----------------------|-----------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
A-|-------------0-3-p-0-------|-0---0-3---0-------0---0-|-(0)-----------------|
E-|-------0-3-----------3-p-0-|-------------3---0-------|---------------------|
[drums again] and then comes the third verse.
Questions about playing this song: hermans@usc.edu