Smokestack Lightnin Chords & Tabs
Smokestack lightnin’ howlin’ wolf (aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
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An early song from howlin’ wolf styled after his heroes early delta blues style. The
song consists of two guitar riffs; the song opens with the first riff played 4 times then
second riff then the first again with a blues (harp) harmonica instrumental just after
two. And there are some root notes thrown in from time to time it sounds about right.
X = mute notes
Smokestack Lightnin’ - Howlin' Wolf
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/howlin_wolf/smokestack_lightnin_tab.html ]
First Riff:
e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-X-5------8-----------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------7-------------------------------|
D |--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------7-----5-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------0-----|
Second Riff:
e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---X-5-------3--------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------7-------------------------------|
D |--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------7-----5-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------0—X-X-|
enjoy!