Cross Road Blues (Crossroads)

by Robert Johnson / Cream

🎵 Blues
Difficulty ★★★★☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

Clapton's fiery arrangement of Robert Johnson's Delta blues classic. Played in A, the main riff combines open-string pull-offs with a driving boogie pattern that defined blues-rock guitar.

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2h4p2--2--2h4p2--2--2h4p2--2-------------|
D|--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2--4--2--|
A|--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2h4p2--2--2h4p2--2--2h4p2--2-------------|
D|--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--2----2--4--2--4/5---|
A|--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0--0-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
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