Guitar Tabs
 

Done Left Here
The Girl I Love
Good Morning Little School Girl
Write Me a Few of Your Lines

Some notes on playing

    Fred McDowell played with a glass slide on his middle finger that went from his knuckle to his finger tip. He also used his bare hands in picking the notes.  I use a thumb pick and slide on my index finger to play the slide guitar.  It also helps to grow out your fingernails a tad.  If you are just starting out playing finger picking blues I would suggest starting with the "the girl I love"  it can even be played with a pick if so desired.  "Fred's worried live blues" is a good song to start with to because it has a monotonic bass line, but requires good slide guitar playing.  Most important DO NOT try to play this stuff note for note, just get the melody down and make up the rest.

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