Old blues song originally by Geeshie Wiley.
There are a lot of different versions of it,
but this one is the one played by David Johansen and Larry Saltzman
in the documentary "Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus".
Here is a clip of when they are playing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu8iUPa4P0k
Capo on 3rd fret
Chords used Fmaj7, Am, E
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------4-------------4--------3----2--3----2--3----2----0-0-0---|
G---------2-------------2------1s2--0--1s2--0--1s2--0----1-0-1---|
D-0-2-3-----3---0-2-3-----3--------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/david-johansen/216846.html ]
e-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------|
B-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------------------------------|
G-2-2-2-2-2---1s2--1s2--1s2--1s2--0------------------------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2---0----0----0----0----0--1s2--0--1s2--0--------------|
A-0-0-0-0-0---0----0----0----0----0--0----0--0----0--3-0---------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-0-0------------------------------------------------------------|
B-0-0---------------1-1-1---------------1-1-1-1------------------|
G-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2--1---------------|
D-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2---------------|
A-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--2---------------|
E-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
If you only want to play the chords to the song it's like this
Fmaj7 Am
The last kind word I heard my daddy say
Fmaj7 E Am E Am E
Lord the last kind word I heard my daddy say
etc.
