BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO As recorded by Muddy Waters (From the 1960 Album THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS) Words and Music by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Rogers - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Muddy Waters - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret' Intro & Interlude Q=123(8=s8) $$ N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret) ~~~~~~~~ E E E E E +E E E +Q Q H E Q E E E E E +H H |---3-3-0-3b4-(3)-0---|--------------|---3--0-/5s3-0---|-------------| |-------------------5-|-(5)----------|---------------3-|-(3)---------| |---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| |---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| |---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| |---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| E Q E E E E E +Q Q E E E E |---3--0-/5s3-0---|--------------------| |---------------5-|-(5)--/5--5s3-0-----| |-----------------|----------------2b4r| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| +E E E E E +E E E +Q. Q. E E |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-(2)-0-2-0-2b4r(2)-0---|------------------| |---------------------2-|-(2)--------------| |-----------------------|-------0tr2---0---| |-----------------------|----------------3-| 1st - 7th Verses $ B7 N.C. Q E E +H H Q E E E +E E E +H H Q E E |----2-2-(2)----||----------3-0-|-3b5r(3)-0-0-(0)----|---------3-0-| |----0-0-(0)----||o-------------|--------------------|-------------| |----2-2-(2)----||--------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||o-------------|--------------------|-------------| |-0-------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------| | | Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret) | W H Q E E Q E E +H H Q E E |---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||o-------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------| |---------------||o---------0-0-|--------------------|---------0-0-| |---------------||--------------|-3-------0-0-(0)----|-------------| E +E E E +H Q E E Q E E |-3b5r(3)-0----------|-3b4--0--------------| |-----------3-(3)----|--------3b3.5----3-0-| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| | | Q E E +H W |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-3-------0-0-(0)----|---------------------| To Dbl. Coda To Coda Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q. E |---------------------|------------------------| |-3--0----------------|------------------------| |------2b4r(2)-0-2-0--|-2b4--0-----------------| |---------------------|--------2-(2)-----------| |---------------------|----------------0tr2----| |---------------------|------------------------| | | H Q Q Q E E +H |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |----------------3----|-3----0-0-(0)-----------| Harmonica Solo E5 6/4 4/4 |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| +Q E E Q E Q E Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------2-2--2-----||-/12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-| |----------------0-0--0----o||-/12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-| |---------------------2-----||----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------||----------------------------------------------| |-(0tr2)--0----------------o||----------------------------------------------| |-----------3-0-------------||----------------------------------------------| | | W 3x E E E E E E E E |---------------------------||----------------------------------------------| |--------------------------o||----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------||----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------||----------------------------------------------| |--------------------------o||---2----2----------------2----2-----4----4----| |---------------------------||---0----0-----3----4-----0----0-----0----0----| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| E E E E E E E E E E E E |-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12--| |-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12--| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---2----2------------------2----2------4----4-----| |---0----0------3----4------0----0------0----0-----| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| E E E E E E E E E E E E |-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-| |-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |---2----2------------------2----2------4----4----| |---0----0------3----4------0----0------0----0----| A5 |---3---| E E E E E H Q Q E Q. Q Q H |-/12-12---12-12-----------|---------7-0------|-3---3-------------| |-/12-12---12--------------|-----8------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------|-2-2-----2-2--4-4-|-2-2-----2-2-4-4---| |---2----2---------2-2-4-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-0---| |---0----0-----3-4-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-------------------| E5 E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E |---3b3.5-----0-------|-------------------| |---------------3-0---|-------------3-2-2-| |-------------------3-|-2-0-2-(0)---------| |---------------------|-----------2-------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |-2-2---------2-2-4-4-|-2-2-------2-2-4-4-| |-0-0-----3-4-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-3--4--0-0-0-0-| N.C. E E E E +E Q. E E E E Q E E |---0----------------|---0-----------------| |-3---3-4-(4)-4------|-3---(2)-0---------0-| |--------------------|-----------2b4---2---| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| | | Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-4--------4--6--4---|-----------2---2-0-2-| |-----5-6----------6-|-0----3--4-----------| |--------------------|---------------------| D.S. al Coda & B7 N.C. B7 N.C. 6/4 +E Q. E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E E S S E E Q Q |---------------------|----2-2-(2)-2------||------------2---2-2-2b3--0--| |-(0)-3------0--------|----0-0-(0)-0------||--------------0-0-0---------| |--------------3-2--0-|----2-2-(2)-2------||----------------2-2---------| |---------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------||-(2)--0---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------||--------3-0-----------------| | | +Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E W |---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------| |-(2)-----------------|-------------------||----------------------------| |------------0-1-2----|------------2------||----------------------------| |--------3-4-------/3-|-0------------2--2-||----------------------------| Outro D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda && N.C. E7 4/4 6/4 E +E E E +H Q E E +E E Q Q E E Q E E +W |-3b4-(3)-0-----------||--------------0-----------|-0--/4-------------------*| |-----------/5-(5)----||----------------0--1--2---|-3--/5-------------------*| |---------------------||-2b3--0---------1--2--3-0-|-4-----------------------*| |---------------------||--------2-(2)-------------|-------2-(2)-------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| | | W Q Q H H H Q E E +H |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*| |---------------------||-0------------------------|--------------0-0-(0)----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths