E|E|---------------------------------------|| Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf E|E|---------------------------------------|| Written by Howlin' Wolf (aka Chester Burnett) Transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) [Riff 1] 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + e|E|E|---------------------------------------||-------------------------| B|--5-------8E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------| G|--------------------------------7-------------------------------| D|--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------| A|E|E|---------------------------------------||-----------7-----5-------| E|E|E|---------------------------------------||-------------------0-----| [Riff 2] 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + e|E|E|---------------------------------------||-------------------------| B|--5-------3E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------| G|--------------------------------7-------------------------------| D|--------------------------7/9-----9-------7-----5---------------| A|E|E|---------------------------------------||-----------7-----5-------| E|E|E|---------------------------------------||-------------------0-----| [Harmonica Riff] (arranged for guitar) 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + e|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| B|-5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5-----0-5-----0-| G|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| D|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| A|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| E|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + e|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| B|-5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5-----0-5-----0-| G|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| D|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| A|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| E|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + e|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| B|-5-------5~~~~~~~--------3-----3-5-----5-8-----8-5---12~~~~~~~---| G|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| D|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| A|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| E|E|E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------| I've done the time thingies on top of each bit as 234 1234 1 instead of the usual 1234 1234 as that's the way the riffs are phrased. I hope it make sense when you're playing it :) Throughout the song, play a mixture of the first and second riffs. The harmonica comes in after every second verse. I was going to write the lyrics but I can't decipher many of them :)