MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (as recorded by Stevie Ray Vaugh)
Original music by George "Buddy" Guy
I haven't figured out the solo, but this is the intro and the
verses.
~ = whammy bar tremelo
h = hammer on for next note
p = pull off for next note
s = slide up to next note
(n) = optional fingered note
Intro (Stevie throws in grace notes but this is the basic structure):
E7
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------3-3-3-3-2-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-
|-----------------------1-1-1-1-1-----------------------------------1-1-1-1-
|--------0--------------2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------2--2-2-2-2-
|--0--2-----0--2--0---------------------------0h-2--2--2--0-----------------
|--------------------3------------------0--0------------------3-------------
A7
|------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-----------------------
|-------------------------2h-3p-2p-0-------2--2--2--2-----------------------
|------------------------------------------2--2--2--2-----------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----2h-4--0h-2--2--2-0----------------0-----------------------------------
|--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------------
E7 B7
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------3-3-3-3-2-------------------------------------1-----
|-----------------------1-1-1-1-1-----------------------------------2---2---
|--------0--------------2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------
|--0--2-----0--2--0---------------------------0h-2--2--2--0------2--------0-
|--------------------3------------------0--0------------------3-------------
E7
|--3--0--------------0--0--------------3--3--3--3---------------------------
|--------3--0--------3--3--2--0--------3--3--3--3---------------------------
|--------------2s-4-----4--------2-----1--1--1--1---------------------------
|--------------------------------------2--2--2--2---------------------------
|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------
|--------------------3------------------0--0------------------3-------------
Verse: (4/4 - Each slash is a beat)
E7 A7
/ / / / / / / /
1. Mary had a little lamb
2. He followed her to school one day
E7
/ / / / / / / /
1. It's fleece as white as snow, yea
2. and broke the teacher's rule
B7
/ / / / / / / /
1. Everywhere the Child went
2. What a time they had
A7 E7
/ / / / / / / /
1. You know the lamb was sure to go, yea
2. That day at school
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