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Whipping Post Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube Radio Edit)
  2. Song Form (PDF)
  3. Keyboard Video
  4. Bass Video & Tab
  5. Guitar Video & Tab

YouTube Song Audio

Fast forward to 19 minutes and 10 seconds to go directly to the radio edit of this song.



"Whipping Post" (Allman Brothers)

Song Form

Goal #1: Get to know the general form of this song. This will make learning much faster.




Keyboard -- specifically ORGAN

Keys/Organ Video Tutorial

The sound used in this part of the song comes from an organ called a Hammond B3, which is the coolest rock/blues/jazz/gospel organ available. The best ones were made in the 1950s and 1960s and used this big speaker cabinet called a Leslie Cabinet. The Leslie has 2 speakers that rotate and the speed of the rotation can be manipulated by the organist. This effect is 100% ear candy and makes any rock band sound 1000% times cooler!



Hammond B3 w/ Leslie

Please take a few minutes to watch this Hammond B3 demo I quickly found!

People refurbish these and they generally sell for $5000 or more depending on the condition.

Bass

Bass Video Tutorial
Bass Tab

INTRO
******
(the Intro is in 11/8 time)

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------5---3--|
E|-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3--------|  (X8)
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11


VERSE 1 (and SOLO)
********
(the Verse straightens out to 6/8, 
or 12/8, which is one more than 11/8)

G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|-7-7--7--7-----------|-7-7--7--7-5--------|
A|---------------------|--------------7p5---|
E|-----------5-5--5--5-|------------------8-|  (X8)

   or (same part using some open strings)

G|-2-2--2--2-----------|-2-2--2--2-0--------|
D|---------------------|--------------2p0---|
A|-----------0-0--0--0-|------------------3-|
E|---------------------|--------------------|  (X8)



PRE CHORUS
**********
G|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------|-------------------|-------4-4-4--5-5-5--6-6-6-------|
A|-0-3-4-|-5~~~5~~-5~~-5-5-6-|-7---7---------------------------|
E|-------|--------5---5------|---0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|

CHORUS
******

                                          Last of the 3 do this
G|-----456-------------------------|     |---------------|
D|-7-------7--------------5-6------|     |-------------2-|
A|---0-------0---5------7----------|     |-5--7--3-----0-|
E|---------------------------------|X3   |---------------|


Guitar

YouTube tutorial #1
YouTube Tutorial #2 - Soloing Duane Allman Style
GUITAR Tab

INTRO
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5---3--|
|-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3--------|  (X2)
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7--5----|
|-7p5-7-----7p5-7-----7p5-7-------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|  (x4)

Verse

A  Bm  C  Bm
Ive been run down
Ive been lied to
And I dont know why I let that mean woman make me a fool
She took all my money
Wrecked my new car
And now shes with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.

Guitar 2 Plays this during the verse

(I copied the following tab off of someone online...
don't know if it is accurate yet...but it doesn't look great to me)

|-------^----^-----^---^----------------|
|-------5----7-----8--10ph8----7/5------| ^ means Bend
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Pre Chorus
|-------------------------10-10-8-------------------|
|--------------------8-10----------10-8--------------|
|-----------------/9---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-5--------------------------------------|
|-5---8----------------------------------------------|

sometimes I feel
|------------------------17-20--20-20-17-20----------|
|------------------17-20-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5----------------------------------------|
|-5---7-------7-5------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

sometimes I feel 
Chorus
             A
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------2---14-12---9-8-7---5----|  (x3)
|--------------2---14-12---9-8-7---5----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Like I've been tied to the whipping post
          
          
           
Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.
 Guitar 1:
|-10b12--10--8----10b12--10--8-----10p8------------|
|-----------------------------------------10b12-10---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    |
|                                                    |
|Guitar 2:                                           |
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-7b9---7--5-----7b9---7--5----5p7----5--------------|
|----------------------------------7----7------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


INTRO

|-5-------------------5------------------|
|---8-7-6-5---7---8-----8-7-6-5---7---8--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|





Bridge
|-------------------------------------------------10h12p10----|
|-5-------5------------------10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13-|
|-7----5--7-----5-7p5-------------9p7-----9-11-12----------12-|
|------------------------7------------10----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:
A  Bm  C  Bm
My friends tell me
That I've been such a fool
And I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.
I drown myself in sorrow.
Cause I look at what you've done.
But nothing seems to change.  The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.

Pre Chorus
Chorus
Bridge

ASCENT

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-9-9-9-----------|
|-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-8-8-8--8-----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-9-9-9---------|
|---5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-9-9-9--9---------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-11-11-11--11--11-12-12-12--12-13-13-13--13-14--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


STABS

|---------------17------------|
|--------------b20(22)--------|
|-----------------------------| (x8)
|-----------------------------|
|---X---X---------------------|
|---X---X---------------------|
    1   2   3   4   5   6
    
basically bend fret 20 to sound like fret 22 
8 times on count number 4 out of 6

      X
1 2 3 4 5 6


Chorus -- slowed!





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