Hard Time Floor Killing Blues Tabs:
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This song was originally written by Skip James, but the version posted here
is the version played by Chris Thomas King, from the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack.
Note 1: There are small variations in this song while it is played to
give the song life and keep it interesting.
Note 2: At the end of the song, as it fades out, you can hear Chris start
back with Riff 6, but you can make up your own ending.
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Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Riff 1
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------1--3p1---1-----|
|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2------2-------|
|-3--0-2--0---------0----------------|
|-----------3--0-2-------------0-----|
|------------------------------------|
Riff 2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2--2-2--2-2--2--2-----2--2-2--2-2---|
|-----0-3--0------3--0----------------------|
|-0h3--------3--0-----------0-3--0----0-----|
|-----------------------3h5--------5----3---|
Riff 3
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------1--3p1---1--|
|---------------------------------------2-----2------2----|
|-5\4------5/7\5---5--5\4------5\4----------0-------------|
|-----5-0--------5--------5-0------5-0--0h3------------0--|
|-------0-------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2--2-2--2-2--2--2-----2--2------2--2-----2--|
|-----0-3--0------3--0--------3---------------------|
|-0h3--------3--0-----------0----0h2-0-----0h2-0----|
|-----------------------3h5-------------5--------3--|
Riff 5
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-5\4------5/7\5---5--5/4------5/7\5---5--5\4------
|-----5-0--------5--------5-0--------5--------5-0--
|-------0------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-5/7\5---5--5\4------5/7\5---5--5\4------|
-------5--------5-0--------5--------5-0--|
-----------------------------------------|
Riff 6
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------1--3p1---1--|
|-------------------2-----2------2----|
|----0----0----0--------0-------------|
|-3----2----1----0--0h3------------0--|
|-------------------------------------|
Riff 7
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2--2-----2--2-----2-2-2-2----2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--|
|-----0-3------0-2------0-3-2---0-------------------------------|
|-0h3------0h3------0h3-------3----------0-3--0h2-0----0h2-0----|
|---------------------------------0--3h5------------5--------3--|
Song Order:
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
Riff 4
Riff 5
Riff 4
Riff 5
Riff 4
Riff 5
Riff 6
Riff 7
Riff 5
Riff 4
Riff 5
Key: /= Slide, p= Pull, h= Hammer
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Erik Lead Player |
#1 by Erik StJimmy at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:36 PM EST |
| There are great contrasts between versions of this song, the 1931 version you can hear skip james singing this song like he means it, and it is very contemparary to his period in time. This song is basically about being poor and having to move from door to door, or home to home, job to job. a "Killin' Floor" is old 30's slang for a Slaughter house where the blacks would often have the worst jobs of all. The slaughter house was the only placement of work many black americans who migrated north to the illinois region at this time could get a job at. in the 1960's version he seems to be singing this song in retrospective of his life and in my opinion sounds even sadder. | |
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Nathan Average |
#2 by Nathan Delvecchio at Oct 9, 2007 at 10:47 PM EST |
| This would have to be the saddest song I have ever heard...it brings me to tears... It is the only song I have ever actually felt something from, like the guitar and his voice creeps into you and surrounds your soul. The first time I heard this song was actually the Chris Thomas King version which I would have to say is still good but it isn't the same. The guitar in his version is very haunting though. Skip James has this eerie voice and he plays the guitar in a way that it seems to be weeping. His songs relate to existential things- You can feel his great sadness of his soul but he also has this hope or something...it is hard to explain. Beautiful. | |
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