Smokestack Lightnin' - Tutorial + Tab
In this video, I will show you how to play the guitar part from the famous blues song Smokestack Lightnin' by Howlin' Wolf. The guitar part is actually very small and is only 2 bars long. This 2 bar riff is then repeated throughout the entire song. It is quite easy to play and shouldn't be too hard to learn, but there is some playing advice below to help you. This guitar piece is on the key of E in 4/4 time and is played on a standard tuned guitar. Smokestack Lightnin' Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT Playing Advice Keep the thumb moving - The song is in the key of E and only has one chord which is E. Throught the whole song the guitar plays the E bass note constantly on every beat of the bar. This is done by playing the lowest E string open with the thumb. You have to make sure to keep the thumb moving and keep playing this bass note on every beat of the bar to make it sound true to the original. Its easy to miss some of these bass notes or play them out of time, ...