SKIP JAMES - "hard time killing floor blues" Tablature

Date: May 2001

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James (performed by: Chris Carter King)

Tuning: DADFAD

Chords:

I'm not sure what the chords are called in a D tuning so...

Tab 1: Intro

D |----------------------------0-------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3-----3-----3----------------|
F |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--4--------4--4----------------|
D |-3--0--2--0-----------0-------------------------------|
A |-------------3--0--2-----------------0----------------|
D |-------------------------0----------------------------|

Tab 2: Verse and Chorus (pretty much the whole song)


D |-------------0------------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0--0------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------|
F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------|
D |-------0--3-----3---0-------------0--3---0-----0--------|
A |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------|

Hard times here everywhere you go


D |--------------0-----------------------------------------|
A |-0--0--0--0---0-----0-------0--0--0---------------------|
F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0---------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------0--3------3--0-------------0---------------------|
D |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------|

time are harder much harder than


D |-------------0--------------------------0---------------| The 5-4-0 is a slide from 5 to 4,
A |-------------0--------------------------0---------------| then a pull off from 4 to 0.
F |----------------0--------------------------0------------| The 5-7-5-5-4-0 is a quick slide
D |-5--4--0-----------5--7--5--5--4--0---------------------| from 5-7-5, then a slide from 5
A |--------------------------------------------------------| to 4 with a pull off to 0. This
D |----------0--------------------------0------------------| repeats 2 to 4 times depending.

before


Note 1: there are many variations to the finger picking to give the song life
throughout the tune. add soul, pain and heartache.

Note 2: i'm sure there are some mistakes in my tabs, but you'll get the jist.