Bob Dylan - Kindhearted Woman Blues guitar tab

Kindhearted Woman Blues

Written by Robert Johnson

Played by Bob Dylan on the second Gaslight tape (late October 1962)

Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

Capo 2nd fret (sounding key F# major)

A single "h" means a hammer-on from an open string.

Use the basic chord shapes E7=0xx430, A7=x02223 and B=22xxxx, and the licks that you'll find in the tab, and play around with those, rather than trying to follow the tab slavishly. The second and third verses follow more or less the same pattern as the first.

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A E7

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|-----3-------------------|-----3-------3------------|--------------------------|

|-----2-----2-------------|-----2-------2------------|------3---3-3---3---------|

|---------2-------23232---|---------2-------232323---|------------------3p2-0---|

|-------2-----------------|-----------2-----------0--|----0---------------------|

|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----0------------------|--------------------------|

|-----------------0-------|--------------------------|-0--------0-0---0-------0-|

B7

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|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------0-------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------0---|

|----0h2-----2-0-----------|-2----h2-----------------|-----------------------0-|

|------0-----0---2-0-------|---------1-0-------1---0-|-2-----2-----------------|

|-0------0-----------3---0-|-0---0-0-----0---0-------|-2-----2---2-2---2-2-----|

A6 E7

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|-----2-------------------|------------------0---------|-------------------------|

|-2--(2)--2---------------|----------3-------3---------|-------------------------|

|----(2)------3-----2-----|-------2h3--3-4-----42-0---|-------------------------|

|-----------------------2-|-------0--------------0---2-|------h2---2-------------|

|-0---------0-0-----0-----|----------------------------|-------0---------0-2-0---|

|-------------------------|-0---0----------------------|-0---0-------0---------3-|

: . . . : . . . : . . .

|-----------------------------|-----------------0-0---0-|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------3-3---3-|-3---3-----------3-3---3-|

|-----------------------------|-----------------4-4---4-|-----------4-------------|

|-----0h2-----2------h2-h2-h2-|-2---2-----2-------------|-------------------------|

|-----0---------------0-------|-----------0-------------|-------------------------|

|-0-----------0-0---0---------|-0---0-------0-----0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|

A7

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|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----3-------------------|

|-3---3-------------------|-------------|-------------------0-----|-----------------------2-|

|-4---42-0---------------|-------------|-----------------------0-|-------------23--------2-|

|-----------2------h2---2-|-0-----------|------h2---2-2-----2-----|-------------------------|

|-------------------0-----|-----2-0-----|-------------------------|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|

|-0---0-0-----0---0-------|-------0---3-|-0---0-0-----0-----------|-------------------------|

E

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|-3-----5------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

|-----2-----2--------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

|-----------2--------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

|-------------2---h2-|------h2----p0-----|---------0-2-0-----|-------h2--h2-----2-------|

|-0---0-0---0-0------|-------0-----0---2-|-----0-2-----------|------------0-----0-------|

|--------------------|-0---0-------------|-0---------------3-|-0---0--0-----0-----0---0-|

A E7

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|-------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|

|-------------------------||/3-----------------3---3-|---------------------------|

|-------------------------||/4-------------------4---|-------------------42-0---|

|-2---2-----2-------------||-------------------------|-------------------------2-|

|-0---0-----0-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|

|-------------0-----0-----||-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-------0-----|

I got a kind-hearted woman studies evil all the

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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|------h2-----2-0-2-0---------0-------|------h2-----2-----------|----h2-------------------|

|-------0-----0---------2-------------|-------0---------0-2-----|-----0-------------------|

|-0---0-------------0-----0-----3---0-|-0---0-------0---------0-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|

time. I got a

A7 E7

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|-----3-----------------3-|-------------------------|--------------------------|

|-----2-------------2-----|-------------------------|---------3-------3--------|

|-----2-------------------|-----------232-----2-----|------/4---4-4-----2-0---|

|-----2-------------------|-----------------------0-|-2-----0------------0---2-|

|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|--------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0------------------------|

kind- hearted woman studies evil all the time

B

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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|------h2-----2---2-------------------|-2----h2-----------------|-------------------------|

|-------0---------0-------0h2-0-------|-------0---0-------------|-----2-----------2-------|

|-0---0-------0-----0---0-------3---0-|-0-----------0-----0-----|-2-----2---2-2-----2---0-|

oh, she wants to kill me just to

A7 E7

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|-----3-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-2-----------------------|-------------3-------3---------|-------------------------------|

|-2-----------------------|-------2/4-----2/4-----42-0---|-------------------------------|

|----------------------h2-|---------0-------0-------0---2-|------h2-----2-----------------|

|-0-----0-----0-----------|-------------------------------|-------0-----------2-----------|

|-----------------0-0---0-|-0---0-------------------------|-0---0-----------0-----0-3---0-|

have it on her mind

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|-------------------------------|---------------------|

|-------------------------------|-1-----1-------------|

|-2----h2-----------------------|-2-----2-------------|

|-------0---------0-2-----------|-2----h2-------------|

|-0---0-------0-----0---0-3---0-|-------------0-----0-|

she got a ...

E7

She got a .32 special, built on a cross of wood

A7 E7

She got a .32 special, built on a cross of wood

B A7 E7

I got a 38-20, man, that's twice as good.

Sometime I'm thinking, you're too good to die

Sometime I'm thinking, you're too good to die

Other times I'm a-thinking you ought to be buried alive.