[ Предположительная тональность: D ] Song: Mississippi Heavy Water Blues Artist: Doc Watson Album: Pickin' The Blues (1985) Transcribed By: Steve Sladkowski (iamthewalrus89@hotmail.com) Here's another one from Doc & Merle Watson's great album Pickin' The Blues. It's in A, and for the most part follows a simple I-IV-I-V-I blues pattern. Standard Tuning Chords Used: A5: (x022xx) D7: (xx0212) E7: (020130) A7: (x02223) A7*: (x02020) Other Notation: h: hammer-on /: slide up ~: let ring Intro/Verse Shuffle: e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|--2-2---2--2-2---2-----| D|--2-2h4-2--2-2h4-2-----| A|--0-0---0--0-0---0-----| E|-----------------------| play this twice for the intro, and throughout the verse whenever there is an A chord Verse: A5 (w/shuffle) Walkin' down the levy D7 With my head hangin' low A5 Lookin' for my sweet mama, Lord E7 A But she ain't here no more A5 I'm in Mississippi, D7 There's mud all in my shoes, A5 Folks in Lou'siana, E7 A Got them high water blues Chorus: Let A Ring---> D7 That's why I'm cryin', A5 A7 Can't keep from cryin', D7 E7 A5 Riff Miss'ippi heavy water blues the riff is: e|--2-0-0h2/5--| B|-------------| on the recording it's played on a slide guitar, so you can mimic it the octave lower as: e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|--2--2---2~~~~2---2-----| D|--2--2h4-2~~~~2h4-2-----| A|--0--0---0~~~~0---0-----| E|------------------------| The song goes back into: Verse Chorus and into the Bridge: D7 A Mama, D7 A7* Mama, D7 E7 A riff Your daddy misses you Listen to the recording to get the song structure, but it's pretty straightforward. Enjoy, and if anyone has any Doc requests, I'll try my best to post them. -SS