Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band
"Whipping Post" Words and Music by Gregg Allman as performed by The Allman
Brothers Band.
*My transcription can be used in addition to the one submitted by Mike
detail, but putting Mike's and mine together will probably give everyone a
more complete picture of how to play this song. There is also bass tab
h = hammer on ^ | / = slide up \ = slide down
p = pull off | = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chord
INTRO (bass guitar)
|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------3h5-3---| |-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5-| repeat
The guitars join. First, one doubles the bass line. Then the other does this.
|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------5h8-5---| |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-5-7-| |-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----------7-| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| repeat
FIRST VERSE
(chord progression: guitars, organ)
[A]I'v[Bm]e be[C]en [Bm]run down.
I've been lied to.
And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money.
Wrecked my new car.
And now she's with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.
PRE-CHORUS
^full (release silent)
|-------------------------10|-10-8-------------------| |--------------------8-10----------10-8--------------| |-----------------/9---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-----------4-5--------------------------------------| |-5---8----------------------------------------------|
sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am (I use this one))
^full^full ^full
|------------------------17-20|--20|-20-17-20|-------| |------------------17-20-----------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-----------5----------------------------------------| |-5---7-------7-5------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------|
sometimes I feel (again, one fill I use)
CHORUS
A ~~~~~~~
|---------------5--5---------------------| |---------------5--5-8-5-----------------| |---------------6----7-5-5-7--5----------| |---------------7--------5-7--5----------| |---------------7------------------------| |---------------5------------------------| repeat (at the word "tied")
Like I've been tied to the whipping post
A (strum and mute)
Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.
BRIDGE
^full ^full ~~~~~~~~
|--|--|------|--|------------|---------------------10h12p10----| |-5|--|-----5|--|------------|10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13-| |-7|--V--5--7|--V--5-7p5-----|-----9p7-----9-11-12----------12-| |------------------------7---|---------10----------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------------| repeat bar
full unison bends* and releases(organ) (guitar)
These organ and guitar parts kind of overlap
GUITAR SOLO
(rhythm same as VERSES)
(in the key of Am. (try Am pentatonic, A aeolian, C ionian, D dorian, etc.))
SECOND VERSE
(music same as FIRST VERSE)
My friends tell me
That I've been such a fool
And I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.
I drown myself in sorrow.
Cause I look at what you've done.
But nothing seems to change. The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE
GUITAR SOLO
Then we encounter this two octave run of the A aeolian mode
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-| |-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-------------------| |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5\--| |-------------------------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--------------| |-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
And now a rhythm and lead trade off...
[A] [Bm] [C] [Bm]
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