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West End Blues Intro Tab

by Louis Armstrong


 artist: Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
 song: West End Blues


 Louie, of course, played it an octave higher, 
 but it's much easier, on guitar, when you play this way:

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|-8-------------------------------------------|
G|------8--------------------------------------|
D|-----------10-------------8------------------|
A|-----------------9----10-------10--9----8----|
E|---------------------------------------------|


E|-----------------------------------------------------8-|
B|--------------------------------------------8-----8----|
G|----------------------------------8------8-----8-------|
D|----------------------10------10-----10----------------|
A|-----8--9--10--9--10------10---------------------------|
E|-11----------------------------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11----8--9--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------11--8--11--8--10--8--10--8----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------11--8--11--8--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

   |-3--|             |-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------5--6---------------4--5-----------------|
D|-5-6-7--8--------8--5-6-7--8--------3--6--2--5--3--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

      |-3--|
E|-----------------------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------------------|-11-------|
G|-----------------------------------|-11-------|
D|-----------------------------------|-12-------|
A|-3--5-6-7--8--5--------------------|----------|
E|-----------------6--4--------------|----------|