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Leadbelly - Packin Trunk Tabs

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Packin Trunk Tabs

(ver. 1)
Leadbelly
[Intro] (same as verse)

                      "Sitting down here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes? 

d|-/12----------------|-/12\11------------------|--/12\11--------/12\11----------|-----12------------------|
B|-/12----------------|-(12)----12--------------|----------12------------12------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------|--------(12)---12--------|----------------------------12--|-------------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--12---12---12---12-|--12-----12----12----12--|---12-----12-----12-----12------|--12-----12----12----12--|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|


d|--/12\11--------/12\11----------|-----12------------------|
B|----------12------------12------|-------------------------|
G|----------------------------12--|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|---12-----12-----12-----12------|--12-----12----12----12--|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|


  Sittin down here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes?  

d|------5--------------------|------5---------------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
B|-/5-------5----------------|-/5-------5\----------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
G|--------------5------------|-----------------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
D|----------5------------5---|----------5------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
G|--5---------------5--------|--5-------------------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
D|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------0------|-------------0------|


  Sittin down here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes."

d|------7--------------------|------5---------------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
B|-/7-------7----------------|-/5-------5\----------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
G|--------------7------------|-----------------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
D|----------7------------7---|----------5------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
G|--7---------------7--------|--5-------------------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
D|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------0------|-------------0------|



After the intro and each verse, Leadbelly does a sort of spoken part. 
At these times, he just keeps strumming the strings open like this:


  "This song was made about a man and a woman, this man wanted to marry the woman, she didn't want him" etc.

d|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
B|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|
G|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
D|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|
G|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
D|-------------0------|-------------0------|-------------0------|-------------0------|

    1    2  &  3   4    



Then, at the end of the song, Leadbelly, says something like, "little girl jumped on and played the piano",
and he plays this part that sort of sounds like piano, using harmonics:

    +      +    +   +    +   +   +      +      +   +    +    +   +   +
d|--12-------------------12----------|--12-------------------12----------|
B|---------12--------------------12--|---------12--------------------12--|
G|-------------12--------------------|-------------12--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--12-----12-------12-------12------|--12-----12-------12-------12------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


    +     +   +   +    +   +  +     +     +   +    +   +    +  +
d|--7------------------7---------|--7------------------7----------|
B|--------7-------------------7--|--------7--------------------7--|
G|------------7------------------|------------7-------------------|
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----7-------7--------7-----|--7-----7--------7--------7-----|
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


    +      +    +   +    +   +   +      +      +   +    +    +   +   +
d|--12-------------------12----------|--12-------------------12----------|
B|---------12--------------------12--|---------12--------------------12--|
G|-------------12--------------------|-------------12--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--12-----12-------12-------12------|--12-----12-------12-------12------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


    +     +   +   +    +   +  +     +     +     +
d|--7------------------7---------|--12----------12--|
B|--------7-------------------7--|--------12----12--|
G|------------7------------------|--------------12--|
D|-------------------------------|--------------12--|
G|--7-----7-------7--------7-----|--12----12----12--|
D|-------------------------------|------------------|            
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