I Could Use A Steady Hand

Bb      6  8  8  7  6  6
C       8  10 10 9  8  8
Eb      -  6  x  8  8  x
F7      -  8  7  8  6  -
F9      -  8  7  8  8  8
F9(#5)  -  8  7  8  8  9
F13     -  8  7  8  8  10
G7      -  10 9  10 8  -
C13     8  x  8  9  10 -
B13     7  x  7  8  9  -
Bb13    6  x  6  7  8  -


INTRO:

 C                G7               F7      G7       C7

E|-8--8E|E|-----||--8---|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||
B|-8----8-11E|E|-----||-|----8E|E|-----||8---8-|----6E|E|-----||--8---|----8-108E|E|-----||--
G|-9E|E|-----||E|E|-----||----|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||10--10|E|E|-----||-8E|E|-----||----|----
D|10E|E|-----||E|E|-----||----|--9E|E|-----||--9---9-| 7E|E|-----||-/9E|E|-----||--|----8E|E|
A|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-| 10----10-x--10-\|8E|E|-----||-/10--10--|---10E|E|-----|
E|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----|

E|-|----8E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|        
B||                                      
G|9-9-9E|E|-----||--|                    
D|-----||--10--|                         
A||E|E|-----||-|                         
E||----10| 8--8E|E|-----||E|E|-----||--| 

 F9      F13      F9      F13      F9      F13      F9      F13

E|E|E|-----||---10E|E|-----||-| 8>E|E|-----||-10>E|E|-----|||8>E|E|-----||-10>E|E|-----|||8>E|
B|8E|E|-----||8E|E|-----||----| 8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|8>E|
G|8E|E|-----||8E|E|-----||----| 8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|8>E|
D|7E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||| 7>E|E|-----||-7>E|E|-----||-|7>E|E|-----||-7>E|E|-----||
A|8E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||| 8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||
E|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||

E|E|-----||-10>E|E|-----|||                        
B|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|                        
G|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|                        
D|-|7>E|E|-----||-7>E|E|-----||-|                  
A|-|8>E|E|-----||-8>E|E|-----||-|                  
E|E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-| 

> signifies continuous strumming of the chord

In the last 2 measures he throws in a couple of muted notes, which are fairly easy to duplicate.


PD- VERSE:

(The F9 to F13 movement is really what defines this song):

|Bb     |Bb Bb7 |F9 F13 |F9 F13 |Bb     |Bb     |


Continues after the ad
VERSE & CHORUS:

F9                           Bb                         Bb7

Oh, oh please, won't someone      bury mine for me?

F9                        F9(#5) F9         Bb

 'Cause I'm all broken up,          I could use, I could use a steady hand

               Eb                                                  Bb

Oh there ain't nothing in this world, oh nothing wrong except your soul, [he scats]

      B  C                                                       C13

Still he never shows, that I would not know, nothing to do with the fifty thousand

         B13 Bb13   F7      F13   F7   F13

dollar rewaaaard, although!


[On the last 4 chords above, he uses the same lick as in measure 5 of the intro.]
E|E|-----|| 

He then returns to the 'Pre-verse':

|Bb     |Bb     |F9 F13 |F9 F13 |Bb     |Bb     |


Followed by the verse and chorus. Same lyrics, although he's loose with it as always :)
E|E|-----|| 

OUTRO:

The common bluesy trick of hammering on from the minor to major third is used here,
while strumming only the top 4 strings:
(again, > means just keep strumming the chord)

 Bb               Bb

|--6----6-6>E|E|-----|||---6----6-6>E|E|-----|||                         
|--6----6-6>E|E|-----|||---6----6-6>E|E|-----|||                         
|7---6h7--7>E|E|-----|||6h7--6h7--7>E|E|-----|||                         
|8---8----8>E|E|-----|||8----8----8>E|E|-----|||                         
|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||--| 
|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||-|E|E|-----||E|E|-----||E|E|-----||--| 

The song then finishes with these chords:

|F9 F13 |F9 F13 |Bb     |



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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend