DEPRESSION BLUES

Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band

Intro (12 bars)

	Gm
	I'm living in a depression,

hoping the things wan't get bad to yell.

	C7
	I'm living in a depression,

	Gm
hoping the things wan't get bad.

	Bb
I work	hard every single day,

	C7	Gm
	it's like working without no	pay.

	Gm
	It's so hard under survives

when you bound less stayin' alive

	C7
	It's so hard under survives

when you bound less stayin' alive

	Bb
Just to	hear the people talking, (yeah)

	C7
	will bring tears to your eyes.

Guitar solo (12 bars)

Repeat Verse 1 and 2

Guitar solo (24 bars)

Form of this blues (12 bars, but not really a trad. 12 bars blues)

Gm                  Cm        Gm        Bb   C7   Gm
/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++/++++

This is actually the bass tab, but the rythm guitar is playing the
same stuff always the first eight bars.

     4 x Gm                          .  2 x Cm                   then Gm..
e-|--------------|--------------|-----|--------------|--------------|-----|---
B-|--------------|--------------|-----|--------------|--------------|-----|---
G-|--------------|--------------|-----|-----------3--|--5--3--------|-----|---
D-|-----------3--|--5--3--------|-----|-----3-h5-----|--------5--3--|-----|---
A-|-----3-h5-----|--------5--3--|-----|--3-----------|--------------|-----|---
E-|--3-----------|--------------|-----|--------------|--------------|--3--|---

     Bb               C7             Gm
e-|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------
B-|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------
G-|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------
D-|-----------------|--------------|-----------3--|---------------------------
A-|-----------------|--------------|-----3-h5-----|---------------------------
E-|--6--6-----6--7--|-\8-----0--1--|--3-----------|---------------------------


Intro, played by the solo guitar.

e-|--------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------
B-|-13/15-11-----|-13/15-13-11-13-11-----|-18b20-18-18p15----15-13----13h15---
G-|----------12--|-------------------12--|----------------17-------15---------
D-|--------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------
A-|--------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------
E-|--------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------


e-|-13-----|--------------|-------------------13-----------|------------------
B-|----15--|-13p11--------|----11-13----11h13----13-11-----|------------------
G-|--------|-------12-12--|-12-------12----------------12--|------------------
D-|--------|--------------|--------------------------------|------------------
A-|--------|--------------|--------------------------------|------------------
E-|--------|--------------|--------------------------------|------------------

       	       	       	       	  0:30           0:33
e-|-20b22-18b20-18p15----15--|--|--------------|-13-15------------------/15--|
B-|-------------------18-----|--|--------------|-------13-------11-13---/15--|
G-|--------------------------|--|-15b17-15-12--|-------------12--------------|
D-|--------------------------|--|--------------|-----------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--|--------------|-----------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--|--------------|-----------------------------|

    0:39           0:42                                   0:48
e-|--------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------
B-|-13-----------|-13b15-13-------------------13-13b15--|/13-11---------------
G-|----14----12--|-------------12h14h15----12-----------|-------12------------
D-|--------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------
A-|--------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------
E-|--------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------

    0:50                             0:57
e-|--\15--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------
B-|------------/13-----------------|-13b15-13-11----11-13b15--|---------------
G-|----------------12--------------|-------------12-----------|---------------
D-|-------------------15-12--------|--------------------------|---------------
A-|-------------------------15-10--|--------------------------|---------------
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------