Title  : Crossroads
From   : Cream
Editor : Andrew Mac

Crossroads

Asterisks mark the beat.

Intro:

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I went down to the crossroads
Fell down on my knees
Down to the crossroads
Fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above for mercy
Take me if you please

I went down to the crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
Down to the crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
Nobody seemed to know me
Everybody passed by

I'm going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
Going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
You can still barrelhouse baby
On the riverside

You can run, you can run
Tell my friend-boy Willie Brown
Run, you can run
Tell my friend-boy Willie Brown
And I'm standing at the crossroads
Believe I'm sinking down



Outro:

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From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)

>ICCEK@ASUACAD.BITNET (Chris Kavanagh) writes:
>>Would anyone happen to know the chords to claptons crossroads.?

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    A (with a bit of fiddling about dropping the A 3rd string to a G etc)
    D7                                C
    A
    E                    D7           C
    A
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 |-----Rpt. 4times-----|--  Pick notes----|


Back to the A pattern then it's just rock 'n roll from there on in, though
use the D7 pattern after the rock 'n roll E

Try using different variations on the chords to make it more interesting.
Such as going from an open E to an E7 plyed as a C7 shape at the fourth fret
but missing out the barre and hitting the top and bottom open strings.
Try the same with the A:- play it as an E shape at the 5th but miss out the
barre (don't hit the open B though). Mess around with it a bit, don't copy it
slavishly These are useful variations to add during the singing parts.
If you switch it to E, A7, B, these variations work pretty well.

Hey! what do I know anyway? I only play this stuff and it sounds ok to me!