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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 23:46:11 +0100
 From: Roger Olofsson 
 Subject: TAB: Black Betty by Ram Jam (fwd)
 Song:Black Betty
 Artist:Ram Jam
 Tabber: Roger Olofsson (raggen@hem1.passagen.se)
 x=strum muffled strings
 Intro: Steady bass drum
 
 Play with bridge pickup and nice distorsion
 guitar 1 measure 1
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
 G---------------------7~-------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
 D---7--9~-----7--9-9--7--------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------|
 A---7--9------7--9-9--5--------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------|
 e---5--7------5--7-7-----------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------|
 
 guitar 1 measure 2
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
 G--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
 D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------|
 A---7--9-9--x------------------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------|
 e---5--7-7--x------------------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------|
 
 guitar 2 measure 2
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------|---11-14r11-14---------------------|
 D---7-7-7--7---------------------9-9-9-9---------------------------------|
 A-9------9---9-7---------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e----------------10-7----------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 guitar 1 measure 3
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B--------------7--9--7---------------|-----------------------------------|
 G--------------7--7--7---------------|----------------9-----------7-7----|
 D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|--7--9-9--9--9--9----9-9-9--7-7----|
 A---7--9-9--x------------------------|--7--9-9--9--9--7----9-9-9--5-5----|
 e---5--7-7--x------------------------|--5--7-7--7--7-------7-7-7---------|
 
 guitar 2 measure 3
 E-------14-12-10---10----------------|-----------------------------------|
 B----10---------14----14-10----------|-----------------------------------|
 G--11-----------------------7-9-7-9-7-9b11~---b10r-b10r-b10r-b10r7------7|
 D------------------------------------|-----------------------------9r7h9-|
 A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 guitar 1 measure 4
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----------7-9-----------7~---------|--------8--------------------------|
 D----9-9-9--7-9--7-9-x-x--7--7--9~---|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------|
 A----9-9-9--5-7--7-9-x-x--5--7--9----|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------|
 e----7-7-7-------5-7-x-x-----5--7----|--7-7-7-7---7----------------------|
 
 guitar 2 measure 4
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G---9---7----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-9---9---9-7---9-7----7-------------|---9h12-9----9~--------------------|
 A-------------9----9-7---9-7----7----7/9--------12-----------------------|
 e----------------------------10---10-|-----------------------------------|
 
 Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam
 Black betty had a child,
 
 guitar 1 measure 5
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam
 The damn thing gone wild,
 
 guitar 1 measure 6
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam
 Said one night of mine
 
 guitar 1 measure 7
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam
 The damn thing gone blind
 
 guitar 1 measure 8
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam
 Said Whoa-oh Black Betty
 
 guitar 1 measure 9
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty
 
 guitar 1 measure 10
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 Bam-a-lam
 
 Play measures 1-4 again then follows
 Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above
 
 Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam
 She really gets me high,
 (same as measure 5)
 Bam-a-lam
 You know that's no lie,
 (same as measure 6)
 Bam-a-lam
 She's so Rock Steady,
 (same as measure 7)
 Bam-a-lam
 That she's always ready,
 (same as measure 8)
 Bam-a-lam
 Said Whoa-oh Black Betty
 (same as measure 9)
 Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty
 (same as measure 10)
 Bam-a-lam
 
 guitar 1 measure 11
 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G---7-7-9--7-------------------------|-7-7-9--7--------------------------|
 D---7-7-9--7------7-9----------------|-7-7-9--7------7-9-----------------|
 A---5-5-7--5--7-9--------------------|-5-5-7--5--7-9---------------------|
 e----------------------10-7----------|-------------------10-7------------|
 
 Drum solo then follows measure 11 again
 
 Another drum solo then measure 11 again
 
 guitar 1 measure 12
 E------------------------------------|------------------------7--7-10-7-10-12-|
 B------------------------------------|---------9r7---7-10-7-10-10-------------|
 G-----------7r6----------7h9r7-------|-----7h9----9---------------------------|
 D---------------9------9------9------|-7h9------------------------------------|
 A-------7h9--------7h9---------------|----------------------------------------|
 e--7h10------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
 
 guitar 1 measure 13
 E-12--12--12-12h15r12h15r12h15r12h15r12----------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above
 
 Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam
 She's from Birmingham,
 (same as measure 5)
 Bam-a-lam
 Way down in Alabam',
 (same as measure 6)
 Bam-a-lam
 Well, she's shakin' that thing,
 (same as measure 7)
 Bam-a-lam
 Boy, she makes me sing,
 (same as measure 8)
 Bam-a-lam
 Said Whoa-oh Black Betty
 (same as measure 9)
 Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty
 (same as measure 10)
 Bam-a-la
 
 "Let freedom ring"
 
 "Oh Rock of ages do not crumble love is breathing still"
 "Oh Lady Moonshine down, a little people magic if you will"
 
 This tab was created with the help of an Amiga computer and the sampling 
 software Audiomaster IV, under the menu effects/duration/pitch the 
 frequency and the pitch can be doubled, thus enabling the program to play 
 back the sample at half the speed but with the original pitch.
 
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 raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson
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 raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson