13 Step Boogie Martin Sexton
transcribed by Logan Mayfield
This is kind of hard to TAB out just right cause its so jazz/improv oriented. At anyrate
i'll give you the chords for sure and some TAB. Focus on a good walking bass and hit the
chords when you can. I used the studio version to get some of the chords and then pulled
the rest from "Live Wide Open". The chords are above where they sound in the TAB, I'll
put just the important notes in the Tab, feel free to add more notes from the chords (which
are listed below). Theres a lot of palm muting and stuff here. One last note, swing the
heck out of this song, beats 2 and 4 are your friend. Good luck!
Standard Tuning
Chords
E - 022100
EMaj7 - 021100
A - 002220
B9 - x21222
B13 - x21244 (played in place of B9 sometimes)
A+5 - x123xx (this is an A with the 5 sharped, i have it this way to get that E# in
the bass)
F#m7 - 2x2222
B7+9 - x2123x (B7 add sharp 9)
Intro Riff
E-----12--12--12------------------------------------------------| B-----10--11--12------------------------------------------------| G-----11--12--13------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------0-------------------------------------------|
Verse
[E] [EMaj7] [A] [B9]
E----------------------------| B----------------------------| G-----1-----1------2-----2---| D-----2-----1------2-----1---| A---------------0--0--2--2---| E--0--0--4--4----------------|
Chorus
A A+5 E F#m7 B9 E (Improv)
E-----------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------1/2--2---| G----2----3-----------------2-----2-----1----0----0---| D----2----2-----------------2-----1-----2----1/2--2---| A--0-0--1-1--2--3--4-----------2--2-----2-------------| E---------------------4--2--2---------0---------------|
(The last time on the chorus, instead of throwing some lick on the E (improv),
hit a B7+9, as listed above)
Here are the lyrics with just the chords above them, so you can get the timing. Use
the TAB above as a guide.
My [E]bab[EMaj7]y she l[A]oves me [B9]so
My little[E] bab[EMaj7]y she never t[A]ells me [B9]no
My sweet [E]ba[EMaj7]by never gonna [A]let her [B9]go
E EMaj7 A B9 (B13 works well here)
Not today, anyway
You know my [E]ho[EMaj7]ney she c[A]omforts [B9]me
My little [E]hon[EMaj7]ey crumpets w[A]ith my [B9]tea
In the mo[E]rni[EMaj7]ng it just h[A]appens to [B9]be
That I've f[E]all[EMaj7]en in love
Least I t[A]hink it's l[B9]ove
[A]Since you're [A+5]new and your [E]eyes are blue
I think [F#m7]I'll show you [B9]around the b[E]lock
There's a [A]little place c[A+5]alled The [E]Step Thirteen
And, [F#m7]man does that [B9]old joint [E]roc[B7+9]k
You know it [E]rocks about this [EMaj7]time every [A]night
Let's go [B9]have us a b[E]all[EMaj7] [A] [B9]
We'll do the [E]thirteen step b[EMaj7]oogie
Come [A]boogie with m[B9]e
The [E]thirteen step [EMaj7]boogie
Come [A]boogie a w[B9]hile
The t[E]hirteen step [Emaj7]boogie
Come [A]boogie the [B9]night [E]away[Emaj7] [A] [B9]
My [E]bab[EMaj7]y almost [A]every n[B9]ight
My little [E]hon[EMaj7]ey she likes to [A]hold me so [B9]tight
She's a [E]tee[EMaj7]nage girl
It's way too e[A]asy to be [B9]right
But I'm [E]there by he[EMaj7]r side
T[A]hanks for the [B9]ride
[A]Since you're [A+5]new and your [E]eyes are blue
Think I[F#m7]'ll show you a[B9]round the [E]block
There's a [A]little place [A+5]called S[E]tep Thirteen
And, [F#m7]man, does that [B9]old joint r[E]ock[B7+9]
You know it r[E]ocks around this [EMaj7]time every ni[A]ght
Let's go [B9]have us a [E]ball[EMaj7] [A] [B9]
We'll do the [E]thirteen step b[EMaj7]oogie
Come [A]boogie with [B9]me
The t[E]hirteen step b[EMaj7]oogie
Come b[A]oogie a [B9]while
The t[E]hirteen step [EMaj7]boogie
Come [A]boogie the n[B9]ight [E]away[EMaj7] [A] [B9]
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