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Band/Artist: Back Door Slam
Song: Back Door Slam (Robert Cray Cover)
Tabbed By: Jon Sowash (West Chester, PA)
[Intro/Main Riff]
|e-----------| |e----------|
|b--------10-| |b--------9-|
|g----7------| |g----7-----|
|d-/9---9----| |d-/9---9---| Repeat x2
|a-----------| |a----------|
|E-----------| |E----------|
[Verse]
|e-7-x-7-x-7------| |e-7-x-7-x-7--7--7--7--|
|b-7-x-7-x-7------| |b-7-x-7-x-10-10-10-10-|
|g-7-x-7-x-7h9p7--| |g-7-x-7-x-7--7--7--7--|
|d-x-x-x-x-x----9-| |d-x-x-x-x-9--9--9--9--|
|a-x-x-x-x-x------| |a-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--|
|E-x-x-x-x-x------| |E-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--|
|Alternate between these throughout the verse,|
|listen to the song for how Davy plays it |
I was born in the back seat
Of a travellin' hurricane
I came up in the back streets
The city with no name
I was raised on trouble
Rock when I should roll
I never could control it
And I can't be controlled
[CHORUS]
|e------------------|
|b------------------|
|g------------------|
|d----------7h9-7h9-|
|a------7-9---------|
|E-7-10-------------|
|e-----------|
|b--------10-|
|g----7------|
|d-/9---9----|
|a-----------|
|E-----------|
I am what I am
I am the back door slam
[Verse 2]
When I walk down the streets
The streetlights go out
When I drive through your town
The dogs start to howl
I stand in the shadows
Sparks are in my hair
When i open up my mouth
My voice fills the air
[CHORUS]
I am what I am
I am the back door slam
|e------------------|
|b------------------|
|g------------------|
|d----------7h9-7h9-|
|a------7-9---------|
|E-7-10-------------|
|e-----------|
|b--------10-|
|g----7------|
|d-/9---9----|
|a-----------|
|E-----------|
|e------------------|
|b------------------|
|g------------------|
|d----------7h9-7h9-|
|a------7-9---------|
|E-7-10-------------|
|e-----------|
|b--------9--|
|g----7------|
|d-/9---9----|
|a-----------|
|E-----------|
[Bridge]
|e-7---7-7---7-7-------| |e-7---7-7---7-|
|b-7---7-7---7-7-------| |b-7---7-7---7-|
|g-7h9-7-7h9-7-7h9p7---| |g-7h9-7-7h9-7-|
|d-------------------9-| |d-------------|
|a---------------------| |a-------------|
|E---------------------| |E-------------|
|Alternate between these throughout the bridge,|
|listen to the song for how Davy plays it |
|Also, Davy mimics the melody note for note when|
|he sings the last line of the bridge. |
|Something along the lines of: |
|e---------------------------|
|b-11-11-11-11-11-11/12-9----|
|g-11-11-11-11-11-11/12-9----|
|d------------------------11-|
|a---------------------------|
|E---------------------------|
People say
I'm charming
People say
I'm alarming
People can feel
the disturbance around me
I don't care what they say they see
[Solo]
|Goodluck, only Davy can play it!|
[Bridge]
People say
I'm Strange
People say
I'm dangerous
People can feel
That a deal was struck
Save my soul and
Make my own luck
[Main Riff then Verse 3]
I was born in the city
A city with no shame
And when I play guitar
They all know my name
[CHORUS]
I am what I am
I am the back door slam
I am what I am
I am the back door slam
[Outro]
|e------------------|
|b------------------|
|g------------------|
|d----------7h9-7h9-|
|a------7-9---------|
|E-7-10-------------|
|e-----------|
|b--------10-|
|g----7------|
|d-/9---9----|
|a-----------|
|E-----------|
|e-----------------|
|b-----------------|
|g-----------------|
|d-7h9-------------|
|a-----7/5-5-------|
|E-----------7p5h7-|
|e-7--|
|b-10-|
|g-7--| Strum a few times
|d-9--|
|a----|
|E----|
|e------------------|
|b------------------|
|g------------------|
|d----------7h9-7h9-|
|a------7-9---------|
|E-7-10-------------|
|e-----------|
|b--------9--|
|g----7------|
|d-/9---9----|
|a-----------|
|E-----------|
|e---------------------------|
|b---------------------------|
|g---------------------------|
|d-7h9-----------------------|
|a-----7/5-5-----------------|
|E-----------7p5h7-/10/17/19-|
I tabbed this from a performance Back Door Slam did at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA.
I realize this is a Robert Cray original, so I'm posting a version he performs as well.
This is my third tab for Back Door Slam, I hope people begin tabbing more of Davy's work,
or correcting some of the tabs I have posted (It'll All Come Around, Heavy on My Mind, this).
Back Door slam version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0xY--xCZFQ
Robert Cray version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmtA0RP2ns
