Lightnin' Hopkins in the 'E position'

Two way different Lightnin' Hopkins' (1912-1982) tunes, both recorded in 1959 for Tradition Records (Youtube links below): "Long Gone", with his familiar walking basses' line in E, and his cover of the famous "See See Rider", where the Texan master replicates the vocal line with the melody on the two first strings. Actual key on the recordings is F, standard tuning with capo in I, on the 1st, "E" position.

Transcription by Jay Bee Rodríguez, first published on SOLO BLUES magazine (1986).

"Long Gone" and "See See Rider" (excerpt)

Youtube "Long Gone" by Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)

Youtube "See See Rider" by Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)