4 Chords used in the song: A, D7, E, D
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# This is a twelve bar blues in A. Use the A blues scale to solo. You can play the 12 bar intro
# over the whole song or use the chord patterns followed by the A riff.
# A riff is the first bar of the intro. I like to hammer on to the last A note in the riff.
# Tabbed by Rob Scroope.
Intro:
A
A|--0---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| X2
C|------------------------------------|
G|----2--0--2--0--2--0--5b6-----------|
A
A|--0---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| X2
C|----1-----1-------------------------|
G|----2--0--2--0--2--0--5b6-----------|
D7
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| X2 improvise
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
A
A|--0---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| X2
C|------------------------------------|
G|----2--0--2--0--2--0--5b6-----------|
E
A|--2--2--4--2--2--4------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------| X1
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D
A|------------------------------------|
E|--5--5--7--5--5--7------------------| X1
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
A
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| X1
C|--4--4--6--4--4--6------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------|
E
A|--2--2--4--2--2--4------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------| X1
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
# Chord patterns for the verses:
A chord
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
C|--4--4--6--4--4--6------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------|
D chord
A|------------------------------------|
E|--5--5--7--5--5--7------------------|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
E chord
A|--2--2--4--2--2--4------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
Intro:
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | E
A | D | A riff | A riff
I went ...
D | D | A riff | A riff
Down to ...
E | D | A riff | A riff
Asked the ...
A | D | A riff | A riff
I went ...
D | D | A riff | A riff
Down to ...
E | D | A riff | A riff
Nobody seemed ...
A | D | A riff | A riff
Well I'm ...
D | D | A riff | A riff
Going down ...
E | D | A riff | A riff
You can ...
SOLO:
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | A
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | A
A | D | A riff | A riff
Going down ...
D | D | A riff | A riff
Going down ...
E | D | A riff | A riff
You can ...
SOLO:
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | A
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | A
A | A | A | A | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | A
A | D | A riff | A riff
You can ...
D | D | A riff | A riff
Run, you ...
E | D | A riff | A riff
And I'm ...
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About this song: Crossroads
Crossroads is a song based on "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson released on Cream's double album "Wheels Of Fire" in 1968. During the spring of 1968, Cream came to America for their second US tour; after their first concert in Santa Monica on March 23, they played a string of dates at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco (Feb 29, and March 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 (all dates with two shows), with two dates at the Fillmore West on March 3 and 7 (both dates with two shows as well). It was during the first set of the March 10 show that Cream recorded "Crossroads".