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Further on up the Road aka Farther on up the Road
Written by Joe Medwich Veasey and Don D. Robey

Played by Eric Clapton
for example on
Backtrackin' 1984
Blues 1999
City of Angels [Original Soundtrack] 1998
Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies 1996
Crossroads 1988
E.C. 1975
Eric Clapton Live 2002
Just One Night 1980
Knight's Tale 2001
Secret Policeman's Other Ball: The Music [Video] 1982
The Last Waltz (losing his guitar strap :)

This version is one of the oldest: from "Just One Night"

FUOTR was written by Joe Medwich (-ick) Veasey and Don D. Robey
for Boby Bland, recorded 1957. Played by EC, Freddie King and
many other Blues, country and rock musicians.

It's a fast 12bar Blues shuffle in G, pretty easy to play,
chords G/C7D7 (I/IV/V).

The simple background rhythm:

E                    C                  D
I--------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------------------------------------------I
I--------------------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7----7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9--I
I-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--I
I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------I


Lets's start at 00:56 with the first licks:
<pre>
I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
I----10b(11)b(11)rb10-p8---8--10b(11)-10b(11)-10b(11)rb10-p8---8--10b(11)-10-10p8---8-8---all along-----I
I--9---------------------9-----------------------------------9--------------------9-------these notes---I
I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------root----------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(G)-----------------I
00:56
</pre>


...working 08/2006