Catfish Blues
by Robert Petway / Jimi Hendrix
🎵 Blues
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
A Delta blues staple from the 1940s given new life by Muddy Waters and then Hendrix as "Catfish Blues." The droning open E riff evokes the deep Mississippi Delta and the primal roots of electric blues.
e|--0-----0--0-----0------0---0h3p0--0--------------|
B|----0-------0--0----0---------0-------0--0--------|
G|----0-------0--------0---------0--------0--1--0--|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
e|--0-----0--0------3--0-----0--3p0--0----------------|
B|----0-------0--0-------0-------0-----0--0----------|
G|----0-------0----------0---------0------0--1--0----|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|