Eric Clapton - Crossroads guitar tab

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From uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!glasgow!dam Wed Aug 26 16:49:53 PDT 1992

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From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab

Subject: Re: Tab for Crossroads

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Date: 25 Aug 92 12:42:58 GMT

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Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

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shotokan@diku.dk (Kim H|glund) writes:

>ICCEK@ASUACAD.BITNET (Chris Kavanagh) writes:

>>Would anyone happen to know the chords to claptons crossroads.?

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A (with a bit of fiddling about dropping the A 3rd string to a G etc)

D7 C

A

E D7 C

A

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A D7 D7 C

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

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

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

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

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

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

|-----Rpt. 4times-----|-- Pick notes----|

Back to the A pattern then it's just rock 'n roll from there on in, though

use the D7 pattern after the rock 'n roll E

Try using different variations on the chords to make it more interesting.

Such as going from an open E to an E7 plyed as a C7 shape at the fourth fret

but missing out the barre and hitting the top and bottom open strings.

Try the same with the A:- play it as an E shape at the 5th but miss out the

barre (don't hit the open B though). Mess around with it a bit, don't copy it

slavishly These are useful variations to add during the singing parts.

If you switch it to E, A7, B, these variations work pretty well.

Hey! what do I know anyway? I only play this stuff and it sounds ok to me!

Dave

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