Trouble In Mind (Lightning Hopkins)

as played by Terry Garland on the album Trouble In Mind

tabbed by Kay-Uwe Graw on the 29th of April 1998


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Playing Notes:

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
s - slide between notes
p - pull off
h - hammer on
* - note played without slide
+ - played behind slide
x - muted

played in Open D (D A D F# A D from low to high)

                               (*  *)                          (+)
D-|-/4~----/4-/4-s-2-p-0--------2---------/7--/3---/3-s-2-p-0---3-------------|
A-|-----------------------------4--4------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------3--3----------------------------------5--5----|
D-|--------------------------x-----2--x----------------------------x--5--5--x-|
A-|-----------------------0--x-----0--x----------------------------x--5--5--x-|
D-|--------------------------x--------x-------------------------5--x--------x-|


                       (* *)                          (*
|---/3--/3--0------------------------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--------|
|------------------------------/3---------------0---------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0--0--x--------------/3--0--/3-------------------------------|
|--------------0--0--x------0--------------------------3-3--2-2--1-1--0-----|
|-0---------0--0-----x--5-6------------------------0------------------------|


                 *)                                      (*  *)
|---------------------/7~-----------/10---7-s-4-p-0-------2-------/12--/5---|
|---------4-----------------------------------------------4--4--------------|
|--3--3---3---3--3--------------(0)-----------------------3--3--------------|
|--2--2---2---2--2-----------(0)(0)--------------------x-----2--x-----------|
|--0--0-------0--0-----------(0)---------------------0-x-----0--x-----------|
|-------------------0----------------------------------x--------x-----------|


             (+           +)                          (* *) 
|-/3-s-2-p-0--3--------3--3--------/3--/3--0--------------------------------|
|----------------------5--5-----------------------------------/3\-----------|
|----------------5-----5--5----------------------0--------------------------|
|----------------5--x--5--5--x----------------0--0--x-------------/3--0--/3-|
|----------------5--x--------x----------------0--0--x------0----------------|
|-------------5--5--x--------x--0----------0--0-----x--5-6------------------|


      (*                       *)                                  (*  *)
|------0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------/4~--4-s-2-p-0----------------|
|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----3------------------------------------3--3----|
|------------------------2--x--2---------------------------------x--2--2--x-|
|------3-3--2-2--1-1--0--0--x--0------------------------------0--x--0--0--x-|
|---------------------------x--------------0---------------------x--------x-|
                                  Trouble in mind   and I'm blue

                                  (+  +)
|----------/7----/3-s-2-p-0--------3--3-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5--5-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5--5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------x--5--5--x---------------------------0--x---|
|-------------------------------x--------x----------------------0-------x---|
|----------------------------5--x--------x--0---------------------------x---|
 my poor heart   bea - tin' slow              never had so much trouble

 (*                                             *)
|---------------------------0-0--0-0-0-0-----------------------/4~----------|
|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
|--------3-----------------------------------3--3---------------------------|
|--------2-----------------------------------2--2---------------------------|
|-----0---------------------3-3--2-2-1-1--0--0--0--0------------------------|
|-5-6-------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
          in my life before                          I'm gonna lay

                 (*  *)                                    (+  +) 
|-4-s-2-p-0-------2----------------/7--/3-/3-s-2-p-0--------3--3------------|
|-----------------4-----------------------------------------5--5------------|
|-----------------3--3--------------------------------------5--5------------|
|--------------x-----2--x--------------------------------x--5--5--x---------|
|-----------0--x-----0--x--------------------------------x--------x---------|
|--------------x--------x-----------------------------5--x--------x--0------|
     my    ear            on that lonesome railroad line               let

                     (* *)                    (*                          *)
|----------------------------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------3-----3--3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------2--x--2--2-|
|-------------------------0--------------------3-3--2-2--1-1--0--0--x--0--0-|
|---------------------5-6-------------------------------------------x-------|
  that big 18.00 zzzz       passing by my mind
 
                                     (*  *)                           (+
|------/7~----/10---9-s-4-p-0-0-------2--------10--s--4-0--/3-s-2-p-0--3----|
|-------------------------------------4-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3--3----------------------------------|
|-x--------------------------------x-----2--x-----------------------------x-|
|-x-----------------------------0--x-----0--x-----------------------------x-|
|-x--0-----------------------------x--------x--------------------------5--x-|


     +)                         (*  *)                      (*
|-3--3--------/3--/3--0--------------------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--|
|-5--5-----------------------------------/3-------------0-------------------|
|-5--5---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5--x------------------0--x--------------/3--0--/3----------------------|
|-------x------------------0--x-------0--/3---------------0--3-3--2-2--1-1--|
|-------x--0------------0-----x--5--6---------------------------------------|


             *)                              (*        *)
|---------------------/12~----/12--12\---0----------2--------/12--/12--/12\-|
|---------4-----------/12~----/12--12\---0-0--------4--4-----/12--/12--/12\-|
|----3-3--3--3--------------------------------3-----3--3--------------------|
|----2-2--2--2--x-----------------------------2--x-----2--x-----------------|
|-0--0-0--0--0--x--------------------------0--0--x-----0--x-----------------|
|---------------x--0-----------------------------x--------x-----------------|


 (+        +)                       (* *)                    (*           *)
|-3-----3--3--------/12-/12--/12~-----------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|-------5--5--------------------------------/3-------------0----------------|
|-------5--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----x--5--5--x-------------------x-------------/3--0--/3-------------------|
|----x--------x-------------------x------0--------------------3-3--2-2--1-1-|
|-5--x--------x--0----------------x--5-6------------------------------------|



|-----10--s--(12)-------12~--|
|-----10--s--(12)-----12-----|
|-----10--s--(12)---12-------|
|-----------------12---------|
|-0-------------12-----------|
|-------------12-------------|


Note:

|-3-|
|-5-|   This technique is called playing behind slide, i.e. you place the
|-5-|   slide at the 5th fret and press down the 1st string at the 3rd fret
|-5-|   with the index finger while the slide is not touching the 1st string.
|---|                                            ^^^
|---|


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