#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Drunken Hearted Man Original Album: - (single, 1937) Other Albums: The Complete Recordings (1990) Words and Music by Robert Johnson Copyright © 1937 Vocation Records Published by Hal Leonard Music Publishing Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Tuning is Drop-D (DADGBE). Timing is as indicated. Key to tab ---------- b - bend p - pull-off / - slide up _ - tied note x - mute note |-3-| - triplet INTRO: 4/4 D7 G/B |--3--| |--3--| |---------------------10--10--10--|-10-10-10--10--10--10-10-10--10--10--| |---------------------------------|-10--------10------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------7-----------------| |---------------------------------|-10----------------9-----------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 2/4 4/4 Gm/Bb D/A A7/E |-3-| |-10--10--10-7h8--|-----------3-----3---------------| |-7---------------|-7-----------2---2-------x--/7---| |-----------------|-7-------2-------2-------x-------| |-8-------8-------|-7---2---2-----------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | I'm a drunk- VERSE1: 4/4 D7 G |-5-------------------------------|-3-------3-----------------------| |-7-------3-------3-------3-------|-3---------------3-------3---3___| |---------5---5---5-------5---2---|-4-------4---2---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -en hearted man, my life seem so miser- D D7 |-3-| |---------5-5-5---4---5---4---3---|-----5---5-5-5---5---5-----------| |__---6---7-7-7---5---7---6-------|-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-----------| |---------------------------------|-5-------5---5---5-------5---2---| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -y. I'm the G |---------------------------------|-----5---------------5-----------| |-3-------3-------3-------3---0---|-3-------3-------3-----------3---| |-4-------4---2---4-------4---2---|-4-------4---2---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | drunken hearted man______ my life seem so miser- D |-3-| |-3-| |----/5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-------|-2---5-----------2---5-----------| |(3)-/7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7---3---|-3---------------3-------3-------| |---------------------------------|-2-------2---4-----------2---4---| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -y 2/4 4/4 A |-2---------------|---------------------------------| |-3---------------|-------------2-------------------| |-----------------|-2-------2-------2-------2-2/4---| |-----4---3---2______-----------------------2-------| |-----------------|-0-------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | And if I could change my way of livin' it t'would G D/A B7/F# Bb7/F |---------------------------------|---------5---5-------4---4-------| |-3-------3-----------3-------3---|---------4---4-------3---3-------| |-4---------------4-------0-------|---------4---4-------3---3-------| |---------------------------------|-0---4-----------3-----------2___| |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | mean so much to me_________ A7/E |-3---3---3---3-------------------| |-2---2---2---2--------------/7---| |-2---2---2---2-------------------| |__-------2---2-----------x-------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | I been VERSE2: D7 G |-5-------------------------------|-3-------3-----------------------| |-7-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3---3---3---3---| |---------5---5---5-------5---3---|-4-------4---3---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's home___ D Gm D D7 |---------5-5-5---6-6-6---5-5-5---|-----5---5---5---5-------5-------| |-3--/7---7-7-7---8-8-8---7---7---|-3---3---3---3---3-------3-------| |-0-------------------------------|-5-------5---5-------5---5---2---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___ I been G |-----5-------------------3-------|-----5---------------5-----------| |-3-------3-------3---------------|-3-------3-------3---3---3---3---| |-4-------4---2---4-------4---2---|-4-------4---2---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's D |-----5-----------2---5-----------|-2---5-----------2---------------| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3---------------| |-2-------2---4-----------2---4---|---------2---4-------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------4---3---2___| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | home. And I can't see the A7 G |-----3---------------3-----------|-----5---------------5-----------| |-------------2-------------------|-3-------3-------3-----------3___| |-2-------2-------2-------2-2/4---|-4-----------2---4-------0-------| |__-------2---------------2-------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | reason why that I can't leave these no good women's a- D/A B7/F# Bb7/F A7/E |---------5---5-------4-----------|---------3---3____---------------| |__-------4---4-------3---3-------|---------2---2---2----------/7---| |---------4---------------3-------|-2-------2---2---2---------------| |-2---4-----------3-----------2______---------------2---------------| |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------------------0-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -lone. My fath- VERSE3: D7 G |-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-------3---3---3-------3-------|-3---------------3---3---3---3---| |---------5---5---5-------5---3---|-4-------4---3---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | -er died and left me. My poor mother done the best what she D Dm |---------5-5-5---4-4-4---3-3-3---|-1-1-1---3-3-3---4-4-4---5-5-5---| |---------7-7-7---6-6-6---5-5-5---|-3-3-3---5-5-5---6-6-6---7-7-7---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | could 2/4 4/4 G |-----5---5-------|---------------------------------| |-3---3---3-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------| |-5---5---5-------|-4-------4---2---4-------4---2---| |-------------2---|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | My father died and left me. My D |---------3-----------5-----------|-----5-----------2---5-----------| |-3---------------3---3---3---3______-------3-------3---------------| |-4-------4---3---4-------4-------|---------2---4-----------2---4---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | poor mother done the best that she could A7 |-2---5-----------2---------------|---------------------------------| |-3-------3-------3---------------|---------2---------------2-------| |---------2---4---2---------------|-2-------2---------------2---3---| |---------------------4---3---2______---------------2-------2-------| |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Ev'ry man likes that game you call love, but it G Adim7 G#dim |-------------5-------------------|---------5---5---4---4---4-------| |-3-------------------3-------3---|---------4---4---3---3---3-------| |-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-----5---5---5---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-0---------------------------0___| |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | don't mean no man no good A7 |-----3---3---3---3---------------| |-2---2---2---2---2---------------| |-2---2---2---2---2---------------| |-2-------------------------------| |__-----------------------0-------| |---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Now, I'm the VERSE4: D7 G |-5-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| |-7-------3---------------3-------|-3---------------3---3-------3___| |---------5---5---5-------5---3---|-4-------4---3---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it D D7 |---------5-5-5---4-4-4---3-3-3---|-----5---5---5---5---5---5-------| |__--/7---7-7-7---6-6-6---5-5-5---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------| |-0-------------------------------|-5-------5---5---5---5---5---2---| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | all. Spoken: Oh, play 'em, now. I'm a G |-3-----------------------3-------|-3---5---------------------------| |-3-------3-------3---------------|-3-------3-------3---3-------3___| |-4-------4---2---4-------4---2---|-4-------4---2---4-------4-------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it D |-----------------2---5-----------|-2---5-----------2---------------| |---------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3---------------| |---------2---4-----------2---4---|---------2---4-------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------4---3---2___| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | all. And the day that you A7 G |---------3---3____---------------|-----5---------------------------| |-2-------2---------------2-------|-3-------3---3---3---3-------3---| |-2-------2---------------2-2/4---|-4---4-------4-----------4-------| |__---------------2-------2-------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | get weak for no good women, day that you're bound to that's the 2/4 Adim7 G#dim A7 |---------5-5-5---4-4-4-----------|-3---------------| |---------4-4-4---3-3-3-----------|-2-------2---7---| |---------5-------4---------------|-2-------2-------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |-0---------------------------0_____-________-------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - | fall. 4/4 D G/B Gm/Bb A7 D7 |--3--| |-10--10--10-10-10--10--10----------|-------------8---8---------------| |---------10------------------------|---------7-------7---------------| |-------------------7---------------|---------6-------7---------------| |-------------------9---8-----------|-----7---------------------------| |-------------------------------8b--|-8b------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |