Buddy Guy
I Smell Trouble Bass Tab
Buddy Guy
I smell trouble
Bass Tabs
Tuning : EADG
Tempo: 201 bpm
Key signature: C
Intro: 00:01
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A|--------------|-----8--8-7-8-|-8----11--8-11-9|-
E|-----8--8-7-8-|-7-8----------|---10-----------|-
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D|---------------|-
A|-11-9---8-10---|-
E|------8------8-|-
Verse1: 00:15
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Lord knows I've tried
To do what's right
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One whole year of staying home
Both day and night
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'Cause I smell a mean trouble
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Way over yonder you know I heard a mean, yeah
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A|-10------------------||-8-------------------|-
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Always in trouble people
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A|------7--7/8--8/9--9/10---10-------10-------|-
E|-8--8/--------------------------------------|-
Lord they just won't let me be
Verse2: 01:42
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The people talk about me
Both night and day
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E|-8-------------------------------------------|-
I said, Lord please forgive them
And go the other way
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A|-8-------------------||-8-------------------|-
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'Cause I smell a mean trouble
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E|-8-------------------||-----------------------|-
Lord I smell trouble ahead of me, oh yeah
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A|-10------------------||-8-------------------|-
E|---------------------||---------------------|-
Yes, we're always in trouble
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D|-----------------------------7--10----------|-
A|------7--7/8--8/9--9/10---10-------10-------|-
E|-8--8/--------------------------------------|-
Lord, they just won't let me be
Instrumental: 00:58
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D|--------------7--7/101010--888--777----------|-
A|---7--7-10-10/----------------------101010/8-|-
E|-8-------------------------------------------|-
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A|-8-------------------||-8-------------------|-
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E|-8-------------------||-----------------------|-
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A|-10------------------||-8-------------------|-
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A|------7--7/8--8/9--9/10---10-------10-------|-
E|-8--8/--------------------------------------|-
Outro: 02:25
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E|-8---------8---------||-8-------------------|-
And from now on
I will not run and hide
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E|-8---------8---------||-8-------------------|-
I'll face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by
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A|-8-------------------||-8-------------------|-
E|---------------------||---------------------|-
'Cause I smell a mean trouble
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A|---7--7-10-10/-------||--------------10--9/10-|-
E|-8-------------------||-----------------------|-
Way over yonder, I say I heard a mean
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D|----9--9-12----------||---------------------|-
A|-10------------------||-8.------------------|-
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Yes, we're always in trouble
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A|-10-9-8---|-10-9-8---||-10g------|----------|-
E|--------8-|--------8-||-------8~-|-8888--8~-|-
They just won't, they just won't
Lord, they just won't let me be, oh yeah
End: 03:17
Tablature Legend ----------------
| S slap
| P pop
| x mute note
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| g grace note
| ~ vibrato
| ^ brush up
