Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Creedence Clearwater Revival. Other chords and tabs for the "Fortunate Son" can find at the bottom of the page.

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This is what I know the song as and how I see it from one of their live
performance.

Tuning: Regular

Intro: Enter after 2 bars of bass and drums.

e|-----------------------------0~~---------------------------------------|
B|--------8~~--------6~~----------------3~~------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|2x
D|---7/9--------5/7-------3h5------3h5-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------3b4--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------0------------------------|

Verse: The rythm guy plays all 8th notes just muting them chord to make the rythm.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-------------------|2x
D|-5-5-x-5-x-x-5-----3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-|
A|-5-5-x-5-x-x-5-----3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x---3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-|
E|-3-3-x-3-x-x-3-0---1-1-x-1-x-x-1-x---------------------3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x-|

Chorus:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-7-x-7-x-x-7-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-------------------|2x
D|-5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-|
A|-5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x---3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x---5-5-x-5-x-x-5-x-|
E|-3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x---------------------------------------3-3-x-3-x-x-3-x-|

2nd Verse

2nd Chorus

Interlude:

e|------------------------|
B|---/6--5--51--1--1/3---|
G|---/7--6--62--2--2/4---| 2x
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|--=000000000000000000---| Muted by the thumb.
May not be the correct # but you get the idea

3rd Verse

3rd Chorus

| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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