Bob Away My Blues The Marshall Tucker Band
[E6] [F6] [F#6] [G6] [A7]
1 ------------------------------------------------------|E 2 -2--3--4---5--8---------------------------------------|B 3 -1--2--3---4--6---------------------------------------|G 4 -2--3--4---5--7---------------------------------------|D 5 -2--3--4---5--7---------------------------------------|A 6 ------------------------------------------------------|E
After the intro, thats where standard blues comes in, the chords are
- E, C#7, F#9, B7, G#7, A, D9
[E] [C#7] [F#9] [B7] [G#7] [A] [D9]
1 -9---9---9---7---4--5--5------------------------------|E 2 -9---9---9---7---4--5--5------------------------------|B 3 -9---10--9---8---5--6--5------------------------------|G 4 -9---9---8---7---4--7--4------------------------------|D 5 -7---11--9---9---6--7--5------------------------------|A 6 -X---9---X---7---4--5--X------------------------------|E
So those are the chord shapes to play this. The real genius is how
Toy put these together. If you just play those chords in the order they are presented
will be off to a great start. lets put the chords over some of the lyrics and you will
able to put this together. Its a short song with a very sweet feel. If you wanted to
and play a nice solo into it I would suggest using full verse as that song is layed
in tight verses. From the intro, the first word of the song is sung on the A7 as shown above.
[A7]I'm goin [E]down to the [C#7]river, got my [F#9]cane p[B7]oll in my [E]hand [B7]
[E]Got my [C#7]red worms, in this [F#9]maxwellhouse coffee [B7]can
I'm gonna [E]sit back under a [G#7]shade tree by the [A]river bank where its [D9]cool
[E]I'm gonna close my eyes and [C#7]dream and let [F#9]cork [B7]bob away my [E]blues.
Now then to play and sing this your gonna have to learn to sing it just the way Doug
sings it. Toy Caldwell was quite happy to shoehorn lots of words into the same timeing, so
the last verse it seems like you have lots of time between E and C#7, but you really
you have to fit all of that in in just a touch more then you had with the first verse.
So there you are, another MTB song for you to work on. Now if you really want to get
down MTB style, go out and **buy** the DVD, listen to it, watch them play it and you will
what I mean.
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