Slackjaw Jezebel

SLACKJAW JEZEBEL - Gov't Mule

Tabbed by: Timothy Todd

Email: timt06@hotmail.com

Tuning: Eb Standard with Capo on second fret.

or alternatively E Standard

Warren Haynes plays it tuned to Eb and with a capo on the 2nd fret, using many open

however, often when I play it I use just standard tuning. I've tabbed out the riff for both tunings.

Intro Riff (To switch it up and play more like Warren - substitute some of the notes for

stops or pinch harmonics from time to time)

Tuned to Eb with Capo:

If you are tuned to E Standard:

1st Verse (Listen carefully for how he plays, until “Still something’s changed..” there

no chords played, but I just play the root notes and follow the bass part during the beginning)

Babies were crying before you got here

I believe they're crying still

The world as we know it keeps right on turning

I guess it always will

Still something's changed - I hate to admit it

I ain't been the same since you came around

My mind is swollen from the weariness

Wish you never flagged me down

Chorus

Twisted angel, cast out of some strange heaven

Sent down here to pull me out of my shell

You show up on my doorstep - honey dripping from your mouth

Like some slackjaw Jezebel

Intro Riff

Verse 2

Flesh and bones is all I'm made of

I couldn't stopped you if I tried

The spell you were casting - way too heavy

Now I can't be satisfied

But you think you're going to save me - you better think again

I've had saviors galore

Although you are a vision - an angel wrapped in sin

I've seen it all before

Chorus

Twisted angel Cast out of some strange heaven

Sent down here, landed on my window sill

Now you walking through my backdoor - honey dripping from your mouth

Like some slackjaw Jezebel

Bridge

Solo over verse ( C minor, hybrid pentatonic)

Verse 3

You've got your bag of dust and you're divining rod

I wonder how I got myself here

Wheel's spinning faster And I know I got to jump off

I guess I'm weighing the fire against the fear

You spoon-fed my ego - made me feel so young

Kissed me 'til my lips were sore

I know you're just a Jezebel with a poisonous tongue

I've been down this road before

Verse

It's full of twisted angel Cast out of some strange heaven

Sent down here to put me through Hell

You show up on my doorstep - honey dripping from your mouth

Like some slackjaw Jezebel

Oh, like some slackjaw Jezebel

Intro Riff

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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