Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Words & Music:
Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
E5 [walk bass E-F#-G-E] A G
B B/F# E5 [2x]
E5
A G
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me.
B
B/F#
E5
Tell me, where did you sleep last
night?
E5
A
G
In the pines, in the pines where
the sun don't ever shine.
B B/F# E5
I would shiver the whole night
through.
My girl, my girl, where will you
go?
I'm going where the cold wind
blows.
In the pines, in the pines where
the sun don't ever shine.
I would shiver the whole night
through.
Her husband, was a hard-working
man.
Just about a mile from here,
His head was found in a driving
wheel;
But his body never was found.
VERSE 1 REPRISE: then: INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:
VERSE 2 REPRISE: then: VERSE 1
REPRISE:
My girl, my girl, where will you
go?
I'm going where the cold wind
blows.
In the pines, in the pines where
the sun don't ever shine.
I'll shiver the whole night through.
ultimateguitar.com has this Leadbelly version Tab [tabber unknown]:
E A/E E A/E
A
E
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B
-----------------------------------------------------2---2--
G------7--7------7--7-------7---7-------7---7----------2---2--
D
-----6--6------6--6-------6---6-------6---6----------2---2--
A
-----7--7-----------------7---7--------------------0--------
E
--0---------7----------0-----------7---------0^2^3----------
G
B
F# E E/A
E
---------------------------------------------------------------
B
--------0---0--------------------------------------------------
G
--------0---0-------4---4--------4-----------7---7------7---7--
D
--------0---0-------4---4--------4-----------6---6------6---6--
A
--------2---2----2---------------------------7---7-------------
E
---3--------------------------2-----4-----0-----------7--------