From [email protected] Tue Apr 8 13:06:18 1997
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 22:08:28 -0700
From: Doug Landry
To: [email protected]
Subject: TAB: ‘Whipping Post’ by ‘Gregg Allman’
«Whipping Post» Words and Music by Gregg Allman as performed by The Allman
Brothers Band.
Transcribed by Terry Landry ([email protected] or [email protected])
*My transcription can be used in addition to the one submitted by Mike
Duncan ([email protected]). My transcription has a little more
Detail, but putting Mike’s and mine together will probably give everyone a
More complete picture of how to play this song. There is also bass tab
Submitted by [email protected], and guitar chords submitted by Glen Macon
([email protected])
H = hammer on ^ | / = slide up = slide down
P = pull off | = bend V = release ~~~~ = vibrato N.C. = no chord
INTRO (bass guitar)
|—————————————|
|—————————————|
|——————————-3h5-3—|
|-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5——-5-| repeat
The guitars join. First, one doubles the bass line. Then the other does this.
|—————————————|
|——————————-5h8-5—|
|-5h7-7——5h7-7——5h7-7——5h7-5-7-|
|-5h7-7——5h7-7——5h7-7————7-|
|—————————————|
|—————————————| repeat
FIRST VERSE
(chord progression: guitars, organ)
A Bm C Bm
I’ve been run down.
I’ve been lied to.
And I don’t know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money.
Wrecked my new car.
And now she’s with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.
PRE-CHORUS
^full (release silent)
|————————-10|-10-8——————-|
|———————8-10———-10-8—————|
|——————/9———————————|
|—————————————————-|
|————4-5—————————————|
|-5—8———————————————-|
Sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am [I use this one])
^full^full ^full
|————————17-20|—20|-20-17-20|——-|
|——————17-20——————————|
|—————————————————-|
|————5—————————————-|
|-5—7——-7-5————————————|