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Blues Guitar Institute

Songbook: Devil Got My Woman by Skip James

LESSON ID: PC064

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About this course

This tutorial is based on the original 1931 recording of Devil Got My Woman by Skip James.

Using Skip’s favored Crossnote Tuning, we’ll dive into the intro, verse, and outro of the song as we build to an abridged performance that focuses on the essence of the song.

Tuning: D A D F A D

If you want to go deeper and match the originally recorded version note-for-note, this course comes with a complete transcription in PDF format.

The performance video comes with the SoundSlice interactive tab player so you can focus on what you need most.

If you’re ready to dive in and put this song in your songbook, click below and let’s get started!

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