Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band
<br/> <br/> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 22:08:28 -0700<br/> From: Doug Landry <br/> To: guitar@olga.net<br/> Subject: TAB: 'Whipping Post' by 'Gregg Allman'<br/> <br/> "Whipping Post" Words and Music by Gregg Allman as performed by The Allman<br/> Brothers Band.<br/> <br/> Transcribed by Terry Landry (tlandry@acad.udallas.edu or landdug@why.net)<br/> <br/> *My transcription can be used in addition to the one submitted by Mike<br/> Duncan (mduncan@ag.Arizona.EDU). My transcription has a little more<br/> detail, but putting Mike's and mine together will probably give everyone a<br/> more complete picture of how to play this song. There is also bass tab<br/> submitted by mike@honet7.att.com, and guitar chords submitted by Glen Macon<br/> (macon@cbmvax.commodore.com)<br/> <br/> h = hammer on ^ | / = slide up \ = slide down<br/> p = pull off | = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chord<br/> <br/> INTRO (bass guitar)<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> |-------------------------------3h5-3---|<br/> |-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5-| repeat<br/> <br/> The guitars join. First, one doubles the bass line. Then the other does this.<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> |-------------------------------5h8-5---|<br/> |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-5-7-|<br/> |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----------7-|<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------| repeat<br/> <br/> FIRST VERSE<br/> (chord progression: guitars, organ)<br/> A Bm C Bm<br/> I've been run down.<br/> I've been lied to.<br/> And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.<br/> She took all my money.<br/> Wrecked my new car.<br/> And now she's with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.<br/> <br/> PRE-CHORUS<br/> ^full (release silent)<br/> |-------------------------10|-10-8-------------------|<br/> |--------------------8-10----------10-8--------------|<br/> |-----------------/9---------------------------------|<br/> |----------------------------------------------------|<br/> |-----------4-5--------------------------------------|<br/> |-5---8----------------------------------------------|<br/> sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am [I use this one])<br/> <br/> ^full^full ^full<br/> |------------------------17-20|--20|-20-17-20|-------|<br/> |------------------17-20-----------------------------|<br/> |----------------------------------------------------|<br/> |-----------5----------------------------------------|<br/> |-5---7-------7-5------------------------------------|<br/> |----------------------------------------------------|<br/> sometimes I feel (again, one fill I use)<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> A ~~~~~~~<br/> |---------------5--5---------------------|<br/> |---------------5--5-8-5-----------------|<br/> |---------------6----7-5-5-7--5----------|<br/> |---------------7--------5-7--5----------|<br/> |---------------7------------------------|<br/> |---------------5------------------------| repeat (at the word "tied")<br/> Like I've been tied to the whipping post<br/> <br/> A (strum and mute)<br/> Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.<br/> <br/> BRIDGE<br/> ^full ^full ~~~~~~~~<br/> |--|--|------|--|------------|---------------------10h12p10----|<br/> |-5|--|-----5|--|------------|10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13-|<br/> |-7|--V--5--7|--V--5-7p5-----|-----9p7-----9-11-12----------12-|<br/> |------------------------7---|---------10----------------------|<br/> |----------------------------|---------------------------------|<br/> |----------------------------|---------------------------------| repeat bar<br/> full unison bends* and releases(organ) (guitar)<br/> These organ and guitar parts kind of overlap<br/> GUITAR SOLO<br/> (rhythm same as VERSES)<br/> (in the key of Am. [try Am pentatonic, A aeolian, C ionian, D dorian, etc.])<br/> <br/> SECOND VERSE<br/> (music same as FIRST VERSE)<br/> My friends tell me<br/> That I've been such a fool<br/> And I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.<br/> I drown myself in sorrow.<br/> Cause I look at what you've done.<br/> But nothing seems to change. The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.<br/> <br/> PRE-CHORUS<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> BRIDGE<br/> <br/> GUITAR SOLO<br/> <br/> Then we encounter this two octave run of the A aeolian mode<br/> |---------------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|<br/> |-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-------------------|<br/> |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------|<br/> <br/> |-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5\--|<br/> |-------------------------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--------------|<br/> |-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|<br/> |--------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> |--------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> |--------------------------------------------------------------|<br/> <br/> And now a rhythm and lead trade off...<br/> A Bm C Bm <--bass guitar }<br/> The bass notes are played by the bass guitar, and the rhythm guitar and<br/> organ play out the corresponding full major or minor chords written above<br/> the tab. The treble part consists of unison bends* played by the lead<br/> guitar.<br/> <br/> PRE-CHORUS<br/> N.C. (lead fill blues feel)<br/> Some-times I feel...<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> * when playing a unison bend, two notes are played, and the lower of the<br/> two is bent up to match the pitch of the higher one. The higher one is not<br/> bent.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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