Walking By Myself

                          Written by Jimmy Rodgers

                       from the STILL GOT THE BLUES CD
                        1990 Virgin Records [CDV2612]


Intro/ main riff (Play twice)                     (end riff)

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----5-----5--7-------------|----------------------------|
E|-7-----7--------------------|----------------------------|



               co
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----5-----5--7--------------|----------------------------|
E|-7-----7--------------------|----------------------------|
                                You   know I love     you


               co
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----5-----5--7--------------|----------------------------|
E|-7-----7--------------------|----------------------------|
                                you    know its  true


               co
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----5-----5--7--------------|----------------------------|
E|-7-----7--------------------|----------------------------|
                                give you all my love babe

                                             
               co                          E9
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------7--7------------|
G|----------------------------|------------7--7------------|
D|----------------------------|------------6--6------------|
A|----------------------------|------------7--7------------|
E|-5------7-----5-----3-------|----------------------------|
                                what more        can I do


Verse:
   E5    E6    E5    E6      E5    E6    E5    E6
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2--2--4-----2--2--4-----|-2--2--4-----2--2--4-----|
E|-0--0--0-----0--0--0-----|-0--0--0-----0--0--0-----|
   Walking                   by myself



   E5    E6    E5    E6
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2--2--4-----2--2--4-----|-------------------------|
E|-0--0--0-----0--0--0-----|-0----h4-----5-----6-----|
   I  hope you  understand


                                           (verse end)
   A5    A6    A5    A6      B5    B6    B5    B6
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2--2--4-----2--2--4-----|-4--4--6-----4--4--6-----|
A|-0--0--0-----0--0--0-----|-2--2--2-----2--2--2-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  I   just   want            to be  your lovin'  man


Turnround:                         (End of turnaround)

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B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------5-----------------|
E|-0-----4-----5-----6-----|-7--------7--------------|




2nd verse:
I love you
Yes I love you with my heart and soul
I would'nt mistreat you
For my weight in gold




 (played over the chords from the verse)

  E5 E5 E6  etc..
e|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-14b(16)-(16)-(16)--12-----14-------12----|-14b(16)-(16)-12------14--------|
D|------------------------------14----------|--------------------------14----|
A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

    Ph MU----|  Ph          Ph
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--7-----------7-----------7----------|-7------------------------------|
D|-----9--8--7-----9--8--7-----9--8--7-|---9--8--7--5--7--7p5--7p5------|
A|-------------------------------------|----------------------------7p5-|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                                    Woo

                             * Mute top E with R.H. to prevent accidental notes
*
e|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------
-|
B|-----------------------0--|-h4p0-h4p0-h4p0-h4p0-h4p0-h4p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h7p0
-|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------
-|
D|-----5----5~~~~-----------|--------------------------------------------------
-|
A|-7-------7----------------|--------------------------------------------------
-|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------
-|

                                     Ph
e|----12-------12---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----15b(17)------12-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------12h14p12------14-----|-12-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14------14-|-------14-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|-----------14~~~~~--------------|
E|-0----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                  Keep   on   walking


e|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-|---------------------------|
G|-/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-|-12------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-------14~~~~--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|

                                                                CO      CO
e|-----------------------------------------------|-19b(22)~----19--19b(22)-19-|
B|-/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-14/15-15-15-|----------------------------|
G|-/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-15/16-16-16-|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|-19b(22)--------17h20p17----------------17-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------20p17------17------20b(22)~~~----------------|
G|--------------------------------19-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-15b17----12h15-------------12h14p12----15------------------------------|
B|----------------15p12h15h12----------12----15p12------12----12-15b(17)~~|
G|-------------------------------------------------15------15-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------12-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-~~--------15--12-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------14p12------14------12------------------------|
D|--------------------------14------14-----14--12-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------14--12--13--14-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|






        E  E  E  E  A  B  A  B  A  _
                        ^          ^ Stop playing
                        | Turnaround would occur here

  Gary repeats the lyrics "I just want, to be you lovin'" over A B chords
  before he finishes "To be your lovin' man" which would be over the B chord
  if the band had continued playing.  Finalally he finishes with a lick in E
  around the 12th fret.



       Slide down
/       Slide up
~       Vibrato
5b(7)   Bend note to pitch in brackets
h       Hammer on
p       pull off
Ph      Pinched Harmonic
co      Cut off note
MU      Mute the strings by lightly resting your right hand on them