My Souls In Louisiana by Otis Taylor I found this song on an album called "Beyond Mississippi" Various Artists Open G tuning: DGDGBD Thumb plays alternating bass and is damped by palm muting. h=hammer on s=slide Riff.1 h h D|0/3---5-----5-----3---3/5-------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|5-------5-------5-------5-------| G|----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|--------------------------------| |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - |<-timing Riff.2 (Riff.1 ocassionally added) D|----------------------3---------|--------------------------------| B|-h----3-----3------h------------|--------------------------------| G|4/5---------------4/5-----5---4-|--------------------------------| D|5-------5-------5-------5-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------| G|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - | Verse Riff: D|5-----5-----5-----5---5---------|3-----3-----3-----3---3---------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|5-------5-------5-------5-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------| G|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - | s D|2-----2-----2-----3---3/5-------|5-----5-----5-----5---5---------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|2-------2-------2-------5-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------| G|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - |1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - | Riff.1 (x3) Riff.2 (x2) Riff.1 (x4) Riff.2 (x2) second guitar adds Riff.1 Verse Riff (x4) Well my soul's in Louisiana but my body lies in Tennessee I didn't kill, kill no breakman I didn't kill no engineer Well the white man pointed his finger and said what he always says They didn't bother, bother to hang me, they just shot me on the spot Riff.1 (x6) Riff.2 (x2) Riff.1 (x4) Verse sequence (x3) Well my soul's in Louisiana but my body lies in Tennessee They didn't bother, bother to hang me, they just shot me BAM! on the spot. Riff.1 (x8) Riff.2 (x8) Riff.1 (repeat and fade)