If you like Adam Gussow, here are the tabs of “Crossroads Blues”
TABS :
+4 : blow note
-4 : draw note
|: […] : | => reapeat the whole riff 2x times (or which number is indicated after : for example : |: […] : |x5 => repeat 5 times)
→ => slide from note before the sign to note after the sign
-3’ => one semitone bend
-3’‘=> one tone bend
-3’‘’ => one tone and a half bend
+(1–4) => octaves (using tongue-Blocking)
-(34) => notes are played simultaniously
INTRO :
|: -2 →+(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(3’4) -2 →+(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -4’ -4 -4’ -3 -2 : |
+1 → +4 +3 -3’ -2 -1 -2” -1 -1’ +1→ +4 +3 -(23) -2 -1 -2” -1 -2”
|: -2 →+(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(3’4) : |
-1 -1 -2” -1 -2” -1 -1’ +1 +2 +3 -3’ -2 -5 -4 +4 -(4’3’) -(4’3’) -2
-(123) -(123) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -3’ -(123) -(123) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1-1
When I went down to the Crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
+(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
When I went down to the Crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
|: +(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(34) -2 : |
Well no one seemed to know me
Everybody passed me by +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -1
I went down to the Crossroads
Fell down on my knees +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well, I went down to the Crossroads
Fell down on my knees +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well, I begged the Lord for mercy
I said “Save me if you please”
+(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) +(1-4) -(123) -2 -2” -1 -1
You can run, you can run
Tell my friend Sterling McGee +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
You can run, you can run
Tell my friend Sterling McGee +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well, I’m standing by the Crossroads,
I hope he’ll stop for me +(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) +(1-4) -(123) -2 -2” -1 -1
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FOR THE SOLOS :
v => throat vibrato
+() : blow or draw any chord or note, it doesn’t matter
SOLO 1 :
+(3-6) -(2-5) -4 -4’ +4 -(3’4) -2 -1 -2” -2 -3 -2 -2 -3’ +() -2 -(123) -(123) +(234) -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -() -2 -4’ -3 -2 -2v -2” -1 -1’ +1→+4 -3’ -(12) -(12) -2 -2” -1 -2 –(123) +(234) -(234) -(3’4’) -(3’4) -2 -2” -1 -1’ +1→ -3’ -2 -3→-1 -1 -2” +() -2 -1→-3’-3’ +4 -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -4’ -4 -4’ -3 -2 -2 +(234) -5→ -1 -2” -1 -2” -2” -1 -1’ +1 +2 +3 -3’v +4 -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3’ -2 -2 -(12) -(12) -2” +() -2 -1→-3 +4 -(34) -2 -(12) -(12) -1 -1
+(234) -2” -2 -3’v -2 -2” -1 -1’ -2 -3’ -2 +(234) -2” -2 -3’v +4 -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3’ -2 -2” -2 -3’ -2 -3’ +4 +3 +4 +4 -4’ -3’ -4’ -4 -4 -5 +6 +6o +6 +6 -5 -5 -4 -4 +4 -3’+4 -4 -3 -2 -1 -2” -2 -3’ -2 +() -2 -2v -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3 -2 -2” -1 -2 +(123) -2” -1 -2” -1 -1 -2” -2” -1→-4 +4 -4 -(34) +4 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
-(12) -(12) -3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) -(34) -3 -2 -2” -1 -1
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Well we can go, we can go
Down by the riverside +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
We can go, we can go
down by the riverside +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well I love you pretty baby,
There’s no place I can hide +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -1
You can run, you can run
Tell my friend Sterling McGee -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’+(1-4) +(123) -(23) -2
You can run, you can run
Tell my friend Sterling McGee -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -2 -1 -2” -2
Well, I’m standing by the Crossroads,
I hope he’ll look for me +(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) -(1-4) +()
FOR SOLO 2:
<[…]> => shake
SOLO 2 :
/→-6 +6o |:+6 -6 +6o:|x8 +6 -6 +6 +6 (+6) -5 +6 /→ -4 -4 +4 -4 -5 -4 +6 -5 +6 /→ -4 -4 +4 –(34) -2 -2” -1 -2 -1 -3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) -(2-5) +(3-6) +(4-7) -(4-8) -(5-9) +(5-8) -(4-8) –(3-7) +(3-6) -(2-5) +(3-6) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(2-5) -(1-4) /→ -4’ +(1-4) -(23) -2 -1 -2” -1 -2 +() -3 +4 -4 -1 -1 -2” -1 +(1-4) -(1-4) +(1-4) -(1-4) +1 +1 +2 +2 -3’ -2 -1 -2” -3 -2 -(12) -(12) -2”+() -2 /→-3 +4 –(34) -2 -2” -1 -1 +(123)
|:-2” -2 -3 -2:|x3 -3 -2 -3 -2 +4 +3 +4 -4’ -3’ –(4’5)/→-4→ -2 +(123) -4’ <-4 -5> <-4’ -5> → -2 -2 -3 -2 -2 -2” -1 -1’ +1 +2 +3 +2 -3’ -2 -1 -2 +2 -3’ +4 -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -2 -3 +(1-4) +(1-4) -(1-4) -(2-5) +(3-6) +(4-7) -(3-7) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(3-6) +(3-6) -(2-5) +(1-4) +(1-4) -(1-4) -(1-4) –(23) -1 -2” -1 +1 +1 +2 +2 -3’ -2 -1 -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2 -2” -2 /→-1 -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2
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Well the Sun’s going down, boys
Ain’t gonna find me standin’ here +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well the Sun’s going down, boys
Ain’t gonna find me standin’ here -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -2 -1 -2” -2
Well I love that woman
I’ll play my way from here! +(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) +(234) -(23) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(1-4) -(1-4)
SOLO 3:
→ (play INTRO part) –(12) +(123)
-2 -1 →-3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) /-(2-5) +(3-6) -2 -3’ +(1-4) –(23) -2 -2”
-2 -3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) /-(2-5) +(3-6) -2 -3’ +(1-4) -(23) -2 -2”
-2 -3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) /-(2-5) +(3-6) -2 -3’ +(1-4) -(23) -2 -2” -1 -2
-2 -3’ +(1-4) -(1-4) -(2-5) +(3-6) -2 -1 →-3’ +(1-4) -(23) -2 -2”
-2 +4 -4 -5 +6 +6o +7 -8 -9 +9 -9 +9 -(–9) -(–8) -(–7) +(–6) -(–5) -(–4) +(1-4) -(2-5) +(1-4) -(23) -2 (-2”) -2 -3 -2 -3 -2 -2” -1 -2 /→3 +(1-4) -(1-4) -(23) -(23) -2 -(123) -(123) +(123) +(123) -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -4 -5 -4 -5 -4 -4’ -4 -5 -4 -4’ -3 -4’-(45) -4’ -3 -2 -2 +4 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -1’ +1 /→+4 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2 -1 →-3 +(1-4) -(1-4) -(1-4) -(2-5) +(3-6) +(4-7) +(4-7) -(3-7) +(3-6) -(1-4) –(2-5) +(3-6) -(1-4) –(2-5) +(1-4) -3’ -2 -1 -2” -2” -2” -1 -1 -2” -1 -2” -1 -1’ +(123) +1 +2 +3 -3’ -2 -5 -4 +4 -(34) -(34) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -3’ -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2” -2 -2” -1 -1
Well I was standin at the crossroads,
Believe I’m sinkin down +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well, I’m standin at the crossroads,
Believe I’m sinkin down +(12) -2 -(12) -(12) -2” -2 -3’ -2 -2” -1 -2
Well, I’m standin at the crossroads, but +(3-6)
B’lieve I’m sinkin down +(3-6) +(3-6) -(2-5) -(2-5) +(2-5) -(1-4) +(23) –(3’4) -2 –(3’4) +(3-6) (–9) (shake around) -2” -2
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Thanks for posting this, @LostSol 
I’d love to try learning this.
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