BLIND BLAKE - POLICEDOG BLUES
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This is Blake's only song in open E tuning (that I know of)
Ry Cooder does a faithful rendition on his eponymous first album, and 
Jorma Kaukonen does good versions on "Splashdown" and "Quah". Cephas
and Wiggins do an interesting interpretation on "Guitar Man" and 
Stephan Grossman has a few versions out. 

Open E tuning: EBEG#BE (open D also works)

These are the main chords:

     E          A         E/C#       E/C       B
-----0----------0----------0-------------0-----------0---------
-----0----------2----------0-------------0-----------0---------
-----0----------1----------3-------------2-----------1---------
-----0----------0----------4-------------3-----------2---------
-----0----------2----------------------------------------------
-----0---------------------------------------------------------


harm.                                 
(12)-------------(12)--------------|--------2------------------------
----(12)-------------(12)----------|-----0-----3-(4)---0-----------
--------(12)-------------(12)------|---------------------------------1
------------(12)-------------(12)--|----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|--0--------------------0--1--2--
-----------------------------------|-------------------------------

(2X)                Verse: All my life I've been a travelin man      
-0----------------------------||---0-------0--------------------------
-----3--2---0-----------------||--------0------------2-----------------
----------------------0-------||--------------------------1-----------
--------------0----3------0---||------0------0-----------------0----0--
------------------------------||-------------------2--------2--------
------------------------------||--0-------0-----------------------0--

                                 All my life I've been a travelin   
--0--------------------0--------0-------------------------------------
-----3--2--0-------------3-(4)-----2---------2--------2------------
--------------------0----------------------1--------1----------1------
------------0---3------0---------------0--------0---------0---------
----------------------------------2---------2--------2---------2------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

man  *                               Stayin' alone and doin' the best I can
     
---|-0-----------------------------------0-----------------0--------0------
---|----3--2--0--------------------------0-----------------0--------0------
---|--------------0------1----2-------3-----------------2--2-----1-------0-
---|----------0--3---0---2----3-------4-----------------3--------2-------0-
---|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
0--|--------------------------------------------------------------------0--

1st break (2X)                     harm.
--------7---------------9---||----------(12)-----------------(12)---
-8-(9)---------8-(9)--------||----------------(12)------------------
----------------------------||---------------------(12)-------------
-----------0---------------0||-0------------------------(12)--------
----------------------------||--------------------------------------
-0----------------------0---||----0---------------------------------

                                                        
--------------------0----3-(4)--0------3p2p0----------0------------
-(12)---------------2--2------------------------2-------0---------
-----(12)--------1-------------------1-----------------------0-----
----------0-----------------------0-------------0----------3----0--
------------1h2---------2-------------2----------------0----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

return to *

2nd break
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------
------0--1---2---3---0-||----0-1--2--3--0---1--2--3--0--0---0---etc.-
----0----2---3---4---0-||--0---2--3--4--0---2--3--4--0--0---0--------
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------
-----------------------||--------------------------------------------

3rd break
-------------------------------------------------0---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------3--2--0-----------
------------------------------------------------------------------0-etc.
---------------------------------------------------------------3-------
---0----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0------0------------------------
-0----2----3----4----0----2----3----4------0---------------------------


4th break (4X)
-(12)-------------------||----------0------3---0-------3-2--0----0-
------(12)--------------||------------------------------------2----
-----------(12)---------||-------1--1---1-----------1--------------
-----------------(12)---||------------------------0-----------0----
------------------------||-1--2------------2-----------------------
------------------------||-----------------------------------------

-------------------0------------------------------------------------
--0-------------------3--2--0---------------------------------------
-------0---------------------------0------you get the idea----------
-----3--------------------------3-----0-----------------------------
--0-------0-----------------0---------------------------------------
---------------0----------------------------------------------------