HAMMOND JOHN - "broke down engine" Tablature

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 09:47:46 -0700
From: darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie)
Subject: TAB: John Hammond, "Broke Down Engine"


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Broke Down Engine from John Hammond recording Footwork

Standard tuning, capo on second fret
played slowly with feeing


E---------------------5--5--5--3--3
B---------------------5--5--5--3--3
G---------------------2--2--2--2--2
D---------------------2--2--2--2--2
A-3w--3w--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0
E-----------0----------------------


E---------------0--0--0--0--0--------------------------
B---------------1--1--1--1--1--------------------------
G---------------2--2--2--2--2--------------------------
D---------------0--0--0--0--0--------------------------
A--3w--0----0---0--0--0--0--0--------0--3w--2w--0-----0
E--------3w-----2--2--2--2--2--0--2----------------2---
Like a broke down engine a.....

E-5--5--5--5----0--0--0--0--0--------------------------
B-5--5--5--5----1--1--1--1--1--------------------------
G-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--2--------------------------
D-2--2--2--2----0--0--0--0--0--------------------------
A-0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--3--2--0--------0--0-----
E-0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--2-----------0--2-----------
wheel like a broke down engine a...

E--5--5--5--5--------------------0--------0-----------
B--5--5--5--5--------------------0--------1-----------
G--2--2--2--2--------------------1--------2-----------
D--2--2--2--2--------0--1h--2h---2--------0-----------
A--0--0--0--0--0--3-----------------------0--3--2--0--
E--0--0--0--0----------------------0--2---2-----------0
wheel you ever been down and l....

E------------5--|
B------------5--|
G------------2--|
D------------2--|
A--------0---0--|
E---2h-------0--|
a good man feel




Tips to help play this piece
use your thumb to play most of the melody lines
and use your index finger to brush the lower notes and create the
full chord sound. The index finger sweeps up and down with a softer
background while the thumb in contrast really sets the pace and pushes
those lower tones out to the front of the piece. THis is a basic trans





From: GENERIC@PSC.STATE.FL.US
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:19:55 -0500
Subject: john hammond/broke down engine

tab has hammond playing this in e-standard. hammond, on jhis
instructional video from a few years ago does it in a dropped-d tuning
and, because he demonstrates on a 12-string, is a full step lower. he
was in town the other night and i confirmed with him that he has always
played broke down engine in this tuning because it is the way willie
mctell played it.