Artist Name
Eric Clapton
by Robert Johnson When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, Give her all your spare time, Love and treat her right. I mistreated my baby And I can't see no reason why. I mistreated my baby And I can't see no reason why. Any time I think about it I just wring my hands and cry. Wonder could I ever apologize Or would she sympathize with me? Would she sympathize with me? She's a brown-skin woman, Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be. Babe, I may be right or wrong. Babe, it's your opinion, Well, I may be right or wrong. Watch your close friend, baby, Then your enemies can't do you no harm. When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, Give her all your spare time, Love and treat her right. The intro is a standard RJ intro: playing double stops with the bass line walking down while keeping the high root note (E in this case) constant. I------0----12----12----12------------0-----0---0---0--------2-2-----I I------------------------------0-----------------------0---0-0-0-----I I--------------------------------------------------------2---2-2-----I I-/12----12-11-11-10-10----10--9-------------------------------------I I------------------------------------/5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2--2-----2-2-----I I--------------------------------------------------------------------I 0:00 0:05 When you... The next thing is the rhythm part we need as backgroud for the vocals. Note the quick change form, chord A (IV) in the second bar. E/E6 A/A6 B/B6 I--------------------------------------------------------------------I I--------------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------0-------------------------I I-------------------0-----2-2--4-4--2-2--4---4---4-4--6-6--4-4--6-6--I I--2-2--4-4--2-2--4---4---0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0---2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--I I--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0----------------------------------------------I We have some nice fills between, for example the first one at 0:16: I--------------------------------I I-/5-5\--------------------------I I--------2-0---------------------I I------------2-2~~---------------I I-------------------2-4-4--------I I-------------------0-0-0-...----I 0:16 At the end of the first verse at 0:36 we have a typical turnaround. I-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10---9--9--7-0-------------/10-10-10-/10-10-10-/10-10-10-/10-10-10-----10-12-------I I-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10--9-0-------------/12-12-12-/12-12-12-/12-12-12-/12-12-12-/12-------12\10-I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------------2-4-4-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I 2:10 I--------------------7-6-5------------------7-6-5----5--------------------------------------------------I I----10---8~~------5-------8b-5-----------5-------8b---8b-5~~----------------0-0-3-0--------------------I I--9----9-------/6--------------/9~~---/6----------------------7-\4------------------0h2-0--------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------------5h6p5h6----------------2------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----------I 2:20 I-0-0--------0-----------------------------------7-6-5----7---------------------------------------------I I-----3--0-3----7h10-7h10p7--------------------5-------8b---8b-5---5-5---5-------------------0-0---0-0--I I---------------------------9b-7b-----------/6-------------------7-----7------0-2-0-2-0------2-2---2-2--I I---------------------------------9~~~--------------------------------------2-0-2-0-2-0-2-2-------------I I---------------------------------------------------------------------------2---0-------2-2------2---2--I I---------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------0-------------I 2:28