BLIND BLAKE - Rope Stretchin' Blues
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This is an unusual type of song for Blake that has a chord progression
similar to Rev. Gary Davis' Hesitation Blues. The solo is frenetic, 
almost note heavy and awkward.  

Intro:
Am                   E                         Am  E  Am G  C
------------------------0-----0----------------------------------
-3(4)-3--1--3--1----------3-4---3-(4)-3--1-----1---0--1--0--1----
------------------2--1---------------------2---2---1--2--0--0----
---------------------2-------------------------2---2--2----------
--------------------------------------------0---------------3----
---------------------0---------------------------0-------3-------

Verse:
 Am        E              Am                   F
------------------------------------0----------1--1--1--1--1--1--------
-1-1--1--1-0-0--0--0--1---1-1--3--1---1---1----1--1--1--1--1--1--------
-2-2--2--2-1-1--1--1--2---2-2-----2-2---3---3--------------------------
---2-----2---2-----2------2-------2---------------3-----3-----3--------
-0---------2----------0------------------------------------------------
------0---------0-----------0------------------1-----1-----1-----------

            G            C  G          D7/F# G7   C       
1--1--------3---1----0---3--3-3---3--3--2-2--1-1-----------3-----0---
1--1---1--1--------1--------------0----1----0-----1----------3(4)--1-
-------0--0--------0------------------------------0--0-1-0---------0-
---3------2-----0-------------0-----0----0----0----------------------
-------3-----------3-----3------------------------3----------------3-
1-----------3---------------3----3-----2----3------------------------

SOLO

16th strumming Am E7 Am E7 Am C7

-----------------------0-1-2-5-5--5--3-0----------3-1--------3-
-3(4)-3-1---1-1--1-3-4-------------------1------------3-1----1-
----------2-------------------------------2-1-0---------0--0---
--------3-----------------------0------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------3----
-1-----------1----------3-----3-------3------------1-----------

-3/5-3-0------------------------1---------------1-------0-----------3-3-
---------3-0----------1-3(4)-1-----3-1------------3-0-----3-0-------1---
-------------0-0-0-2-------------------2-1-0-----------0-------2-----0--
-----2--------------------------3------------3-2-----------------3-2-2--
-3------------------------------------------------------------------3---
-------------3--------1-------------------------1-----------------------