[Verse 1] Well you've [E] heard about love givin' [E7] sight to the blind [E] My baby's lovin' cause the [E7] sun to shine She's my [A] sweet little thing, she's my [E7] pride and joy She's my [B7] sweet little baby, I'm [A7] her little lover boy [E7][E][B7]
[Verse 2] Yeah I [E] love my baby, my [E7] heart and soul [E] Love like ours won't [E] never grow old She's my [A] sweet little thing, she's my [E7] pride and joy She's my [B7] sweet little baby, I'm [A7] her little lover boy [E7][E][B7]
[Verse 3] Yeah I [E] love my lady, she's [E7] long and lean [E] You mess with her, you'll see a [E7] man gettin' mean She's my [A] sweet little thing, she's my [E7] pride and joy She's my [B7] sweet little baby, I'm [A7] her little lover boy [E7][E][B7]
[Middle Solo] (Chorus section)
[Verse 4] Well I [E] love my baby like the [E7] finest wine [E] Stick with her until the [E7] end of time She's my [A] sweet little thing, she's my [E7] pride and joy She's my [B7] sweet little baby, I'm [A7] her little lover boy [E7][E][B7]
[Verse 5] Yeah I [E] love my baby, my [E7] heart and soul [E] Love like ours will [E7] never grow old She's my s [A] weet little thing, she's my [E7] pride and joy She's my [B7] sweet little baby, I'm [A7] her little lover boy [E7][E][B7]
[Outro Solo] (Chorus section)
[End]
[Guitar Notes] eb|-------0-0-0-0-0-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------| Bb|--3su5-5-5-5-5-5-|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-3su5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------| Gb|-----------------|---^--------------|----------------------|--0-b2--0-----| Db|-----------------|---|--------------|----------------------|----------2---| Ab|-----------------|---|--------------|----------------------|--------------| Eb|-----------------|---|--------------|----------------------|--------------| These | G(8th fret) notes are bent slightly
eb|----0----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-2-0-|-0-0----0----0-----0------| Bb|----0----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-2-0-|-0-0----0----0-----0------| Gb|----1----1-------------|-----------------1-2-1-|-1-1----------------------| Db|-----------------------|--2--------------------|--------------------------| Ab|------------2-----4----|--------------2--------|----------2-----4---------| Eb|-0-----3---------------|--------3--------------|------3-------------------| I find it easiest to play these lower bass notes by forming the chord and then using your pinky to finger the notes, SRV used his thumb.
eb|----------------0--0-|--0-------------------------------------------------| Bb|----------------0--0-|--0--Just play this E and shuffle though the -------| Gb|----------------1--1-|--1- I-IV-V blues progression. Use your ---------| Db|---------------------|-------palm to muffle some of the strings when you -| Ab|---------0-1-2-------|----------------------------------------------play--| Eb|-0---3---------------|----------------------------------------------------| Well you've heard about love and giving sight to the blind
eb|-0-----0----------0-------------|--3-------------------------------3------| Bb|-0-----0----------0-------------|--2--Shuffle with A7 -------------2------| Gb|-1-----1----------1-------------|--2-------------------------------2------| Db|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine She's my sweet little thing
eb|-0--3-3---0-0-|-0----------------|----------------------|-----------------| Bb|-2--2-2---0-0-|-0----------------|----------------------|------------1-2-1| Gb|-2--2-2---1-1-|-1-----Shuffle ---|----------------------|------------0-2-0| Db|-2------------|------------------|-------0--1---4-4-6-4-|-----------2-----| Ab|--------------|------------------|-2--2-----------------|-0--0-4--4-------| Eb|--------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------| She's my pride and joy She's my sweet little baby I'm her lil lover boy
eb|-0---0---------0-0-0--------|-------------------| (That is pretty much Bb|-0---0-------3-3-3-3--------|-------------0-2-0-| how he plays the whole Gb|-1---1--2su4----------2p0---|-------------1-2-1-| song except for a few Db|--------------------------2-|-------------------| fills which are just notes Ab|----------------------------|-------0-1-2-------| right off the chords Eb|----------------------------|--0--3-------------| Now for the great solo!)
eb|------------------3--2----2--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7--| Bb|------------------3--2----2--3su5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--| Gb|--2--0-----0h1----3--2----2-----------------------------------------------| Db|-------2------------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|----------------0---------------------------------------------------------| again bend the "8"
eb|-----0--------------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-----0--------3--3---3-------------------------return to the main verse---| Gb|--------2su4------------2p0----------------------after the solo.----------| Db|----------------------------2---------------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------0-1--2------------------------------| Eb|--0-----------------------------0--3--------------------------------------|
(I would suggest to any serious guitar player interested in SRV to learn these solos if you want to really get into SRV's style. Here is the short out solo.)
[Verse] [G] From father to [C] son, the blood runs thin [D] , ooohhh see the [A] faces frozen still [F] against the wind [F] [G] The seam is split [C] The coal-face cracked [G] The lines are long [C] There's no going back [G] Through hands of steel [C] And heart of stone [G] Our labour da [C] y Has come and [D] gone [D]
[Bridge] They [A] leave me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F/C] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to. [F]
[Verse] [G] The glass is cut [C] The bottle run dry [G] Our love runs cold [C] In the caverns of the night [G] We're wounded by fear [C] Injured in doubt [G] I can lose my [C] self You I can't live with [D] out [D]
[Bridge] Yeah, you [A] keep me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [F] On t [(G)] o
[Verse] [G] We scorch the earth [C] Set fire to the sky [G] And we stooped so low [C] To reach so high [G] A link is lost [C] The chain undone [G] We wait all day [C] For night to [D] come And it [Am] comes like a [F] hunter child [F]
[Chorus] [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] [G] Love [D] slowly stripped away [F] Love has [C] seen its better day [G] Hanging on [D] Lights go down on [F] Red Hill [C] Lights go down on Red [G] Hill [D] Lights go down on Red [F] Hill's Town [F] [F] Lights go down on Red [F(let] Hill T [ring)] own
