What Kind Of Woman Is This - Buddy Guy
Version 2 of 2
- What Kind Of Woman Is This (Tabs) (v1)Rating: 4.67 / 5.00
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
For sure, one of the best Buddy Guy classics of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zhV99Bvrgg
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]"The
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[Verse 2]"You
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Should Be Lock
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(1:26)
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[Solo]
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[Verse 3]"Ther
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Lookin' Girls.
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[Verse 4]"She
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shakes all ove
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The remaining 23 seconds of the song consist of Buddy hitting and bending notes
on the e and B string around the 15th to 17th frets. This goes on until the song fades.
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| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| pbr Pre-bend release
| r Release
| / Slide up
| > Accented note
| pb Pre-bend
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