CLAPTON ERIC - "bell bottom blues" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:30 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./c/clapton_eric/bell_bottom_blues.crd

"Bell Bottom Blues"
(Eric Clapton)

Intro:

[N.C.] C E/B Am C/G
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
-----------|----1--------|-------------|-------------|-------------
-----------|-------0-----|-------1-----|-------2-----|-------------
-------0---|h2--------2--|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|-------2-----
-2--h3-----|-------------|-2-----------|-0-----------|----3-----3--
-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------

[Riff 1:]
F G F C G
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-------------|--------------|-13----------------10----|---------
-------------|--------------|---1311---------------12-|---------
-------------|---------4----|---------10b12-----------|---------
-------3-----|-------5---5\-|-------------------------|---------
----3-----3--|s5--5---------|-------------------------|---------
-1-----------|--------------|-------------------------|---------
[--3--]

Verse 1:

C E/B Am C/G
Bell Bottom Blues, ...
F G F C G [Riff 1]
I don't wanna ...
C E/B Am C/G
If I could choose ...
F G
It would be in ...

Chorus:

A E/G# F#m D E
Do you wanna see me crawl ...
A E/G# F#m
Do you wanna hear me beg ...
D E
I'd gladly do it...
A Amaj7/C# A7 D E
(I don't want to fade away) Give ...
A Amaj7/C# A7 D E
(I don't want to fade away) In ...

F C G [Riff 1]

Verse 2:

It's all wrong, but it's ....

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus]

Verse 3:

Bell Bottom Blues, don't .....

[repeat chorus, repeating last two lines two extra times; end cold
on G of Riff 1]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers