The Sky Is Crying
by Elmore James / SRV
🎵 Blues
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Elmore James' classic slide blues in open position, later given a fiery treatment by SRV. The melody in the key of E features weeping string bends that perfectly capture the song's mournful title.
e|--0---0--3b4--3--0---------0--3b4--3--0-----------|
B|----0---------------3--0-0--------------3--0------|
G|---------------------------------------------1--0--|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|--0---0--3--0------0--3b4--3--0---------------------|
B|----0----------3--0--------------3--0--0------------|
G|--------------------------------------------1--0----|
D|-------------------------------------------------2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|