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                           "Juicy John Pink"
                      (Robin Trower - Keith Reid)

[I've transcribed the guitar parts only for the first verse and chorus; the
 second verse and chorus are just variations on these.]

Intro:

        guitar [4X; continue through first four lines of verse]:

                   (E)
        ---------  -----------------------
        ---------  ------3*-3s5-----------
        ---0h2p0-  -----------------0h2p0-
        -2-------  ---------------2-------
        ---------  -----------------------
        ---------  -0-0-------------------
                          * 3s5 3rd time (intro); 1st, 2nd times (verse)
                            omitted 1st time after turnaround

Verse 1:

                (E)
        Well I opened my eyes this morning
        I was not home in bed
        There were four angels standin' 'round me
        I thought I must be dead

                (A7)
                ---------0--
                -----0h2----
                -2----------
                ------------
                ------------
                ------------
        Yeah, I opened my eyes this morning

                                      (E)
        ----0--3-0-------------------
        -2---------2-----------------
        -------------2-0-2-2b3r2p0---
        ---------------------------2-
        -----------------------------
        -----------------------------
                    Thought I must be dead

        (repeat intro riff, 2X)

                   (B)
                   --------------------
                   ---------3--0----0--
                   --------------2-----
                   --------------------
                   -2-2----------------
                   ---------------------
        There were four angels standin' 'round me

           (A7/C#)                    (E)
        ------------0----3-0---------
        --------0h2----2-----2-------
        -----------------------2-0---
        ---------------------------2-
        -2-3-4-----------------------
        -----------------------------
               And the room was painted red

        (repeat intro riff, 2X)

Chorus:

         (E7)
        ------0--------------0----------------
        ---------------------3----------------
        ----------2b3p0------1----2b3p0-------
        ---------------------2----------------
        --------------------------------------
        -0-0-------------0-0------------------
         Won't you have mercy, on your wicked son

         (E7)
        ------0--------------0--
        ------3--------------3--
        ------1---2b3p0------1--
        ------2--------------2--
        ------------------------
        -0-0-------------0-0----
        Take me up to heaven, [1: or hell 2: though hell is] where I belong

                (A7)                                        (E)
        ------------------0------0---3-0---0----0----------
        --------------0h2----0h2---2-----2----2----2-------
        ---0h2p0-2-----------------------------------2-0---
        -2-----------------------------------------------2-
        ---------------------------------------------------
        ---------------------------------------------------
               Yeah!

        (repeat intro riff, 2X)

                 (B)               (A7/C#)                    (E)
        ------------------------------------0----3-0---------
        --------------3--0-3--0---------0h2----2-----2-------
        ---0h2p0---------------------------------------2p0h2-
        -2---------------------------------------------------
        ---------2-2-------------2-3-4-----------------------
        -----------------------------------------------------

        [1: repeat intro riff, 2X; 2: to coda]

Verse 2:

        Well the sky began to tremble
        The rain began to fall
        Four angels standing round me
        And it wasn't no social call
        The sky began to tremble
        The rain began to fall
        I fell down on my knees prayin'
        But it didn't do no good at all

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

        (E)
        -----------------------------
        ------------------------/5-5-
        ------0-0--1-1--2-2--3--/4-4-
        -2-2-------------------------
        -----------------------------
        -----------------------------
 

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers