allman brothers -- 'sweet melissa'

[Matty Boom]

from matty shit eatin' boom

did the rhythm and vocals in one take and did the lead in another so who cares if it lacks 'not sucking'

it's somethin new...here ya go

http://xeo.homepage.dk/sweetmelissa.mp3

[juineaux]

I liked that alot. Was that slide or just a really bendy electric? either way it sounded cool. Do you have the tab for this?
its me mums favorite song, so I might have to learn it-

[Matty Boom]

some was slide...some was just regular lead...there are pretty good tabs out there for the lead part i think, but i haven't looked very hard at them...here's the tab i wrote up for you...

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chords used:

 E  F#m  G#m  A  Bm  C#m  D   B7
-0------------0---2---4---2----2--------
-0---2----4---2---3---5---3----0----------
-1---2----4---2---4---6---2----2----------
-2---4----6---2---4---6---0----1----------
-2---4----6---0---2---4--------2---------
-0-----------------------(2)----------



intro

E, F#m, G#m, F#m

Crossroads...

E, F#m, G#m, F#m
E, F#m


knowing many loving none...

A Bm, C#m D, E F#m, G#m A, C, B7, E


bridge...

again the morning comes...
E, D, A, B7, C#m, A, B7, B7


outro is the same chords as in the intro


i play the lead pretty much all out of the Emajor pentatonic with some extras thrown in

[taylordb]

Thanks for bringing back one of my favorite songs Matty! This is a great song to jam with around the campfire with a bunch of guitars.....ahhhhhh summertime is coming

[Bartender2424]

I havent even listened to it, but if you play anything by thew allman bros, its good. One of my fav songs of all time, you are the man Matty.

[1eyed_jack]

hey matty, any chance you can repost this, im trying to learn it. thanks