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classic "Hide Away," originally released as the B-side of the King
Records single, "I Love the Woman," then on the album LET'S HIDE AWAY
AND DANCE AWAY WITH FREDDY KING (King 773). The tune is currently
available on the compact disc JUST PICKIN' (Modern Blues MBXLCD-721).
JUST PICKIN' is a goldmine of urban blues lead guitar licks. It is
essential listening for anyone seriously interested in blues or rock and
roll guitar.
The song is played in a brisk shuffle. My transcription on paper is in
the meter 12/8, with one shuffled beat consisting of three eighth notes
(a quarter note and an eighth note). In the tablature, I have tried
(where possible) to correlate rhythm with spacing in the tab, with one
eighth note taking up three spaces. The transcription is accurate to
the best of my ability; I actively welcome your comments or corrections.
This transcription was prepared by Alan Bostick (abostick@netcom.com),
with the assistance of Ofir Zwebner's tablature program TAB MASTER.
E
E-------0-|-2/4---------------------|-----------0-2/4-4\2-0---|
B-0-0h2---|-------------------------|-------0h2-------------2-|
G---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A
-0-----------------------|-----------0-----0-----0-|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------0h2---0h2---0h2---|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E
-----------0-2/4-4\2-0---|-0-----------------------|-----------0-----0-----0-|
-------0h2-------------2-|-------------------------|-------0h2---0h2---0h2---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B A
-2---2-2---2-2/4-0-2p0---|-----0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----------0-------|
-----------------------2-|-0h2---0h2---0h2---0---0-|---------3---------------|
-------------------------|---------------------2---|-0h1---------2/4---2-0---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B E
-0---------------------0-|--------------------------------------------------|
-------0---------0-0h2---|-0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p-|
-----------2-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
-----0-----0-----0-------|-------------------------|-----------0-------------|
-0h2---0h2---0h2---0-----|-----0-------------------|-------0h2---------------|
---------------------2---|-0h1---------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A E
-------------------------|-----------0-2/4-4\2-0---|-0------------------------|
-------------------------|-------0h2-------------2-|-----------------0--------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------2---0h1|
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B A
-0---------------------0-|-2---2-2---2-2/4-0-2p0---|-----0-----0-----0-------|
-------------------0h2---|-----------------------2-|-0h2---0h2---0h2---0---0-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------2---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E B E
-----0-----------0-------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
---------3---------------|-------2-----------------|-------------------------|
-0h1---------2/4---2-0---|-----------2-------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------2-|-----------------0h2-----|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------3/4---------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-5---2-4---2-----0h2------|-------------------------|-5---2-4---2-------------|
--------------------------|-----------------------2-|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-0-----------3/4---------|-----------------0-3-3-4-|
A E
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------2-|-5---2-4---2-----0h2-----|-------------------------|
-0-----------3/4---------|-------------------------|-----------------------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------3/4---------|
B
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------4-|-7---4-6---4-----0h2-----|
-5---2-4---2-----------0-|-2-----------5/6---------|-------------------------|
-----------------0-3/4---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------0h1-----|-------------------------|
-----------------------2-|-5---2-4---2-------------|-----------2-----------2-|
-0-----------3/4---------|-------------------------|-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------2-----------2-|-----------2-----------2-|-----------2-------------|
-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|-0---0-3/4---0-0-0-3-3-3-|
A E
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------2-----------2-|-----------2-----------2-|-------------------------|
-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|-----------2-----------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|
B A
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------4---4-6p4---|-------------2---2-4p2---|
-----------2-----------2-|-2---2-5/6-6-----------6-|-0---0-3/4-4-----------4-|
-0---0-3/4---0---0-3/4---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E B
-------------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------|
-------------0---1-0---2-|-------------------|
-0---0-3---4-------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------|
E
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|
-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----------------|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A
-12-9--7--4\2--0--4\2--|-0--4\2--0--2------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-13-9--7--4\2--1--4\2--|-1--4\2--1--2------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E
-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------0-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------0h2---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B A E
-2---2-2---2-2/4-0-2p0---|-----0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----------0-------|
-----------------------2-|-0h2---0h2---0h2---0---0-|---------3---2/4---------|
-------------------------|---------------------2---|-0h1---------------2p0---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B E
-0-----------------2-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
---------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------0-----|-------------------0-----|
-------------------------|-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|
A
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
-------------------0-----|-------------------0-----|-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|
-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-------------------------|
E B
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-------------------0-----|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
-------------------------|-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-------------------------|
A B
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------0-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------0-0h2---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-0--0--2--0--3--0-----3--|-------------------------|----2--2--2--------------|
-------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0-----------------------|
E
-2/4---------------------|-----------0-2/4-4\2-0---|-0-----------------------|
-------------------------|-------0h2-------------2-|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A
-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------0-2/4-4\2-0---|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------0h2-------------2-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------0-3-3-4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E B
-0-----------------------|-----------------------0-|-2---2-2---2-2/4-0-2p0---|
-------------------------|-------------------0h2---|-----------------------2-|
-------------------------|-0h2---------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A E
-----0-----0-2/4-0-2p0---|----2/3-2-0-----0--2--3--|-3/4---/13-/13-----------||
-0h2---0h2-------------2-|-------------2-----------|----0--------------------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------/12-/12-----------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
--
| "...In 1988, Richard Berry, [composer of the
-- Alan Bostick | song `Louie Louie'], finally confirmed there
abostick@netcom.com | is no comma in the song's title, laying to
| rest a question that had baffled copyeditors
| for three decades."
| Greil Marcus, MYSTERY TRAIN
How to play Tab
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.