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Whipping Post
Intro Words and Music by Gregg Allman
Moderate Rock = 66

(Bass)

1/4
w/ slight dist.

1. I’ve been

Verse

run down, I’ve been lied to.

2. See additional lyrics

roll vol. knob back

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and I don’t know why I let that mean wom - an make me a

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fool. She took all my mon - ey,

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wrecked my new car.

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To Coda 1

Now she’s with one of my good - time bud - dies, they’re drink - ing in some cross - town

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Pre-Chorus

bar. Some - times I feel, some - times

8va

*
1 1/4 1/2
1

* Swell dist. w/ vol. knob.

Chorus

I feel like I’ve been tied to the

8va

1 1/4 1 1 1

whip - ping post, tied to the whip - ping post

tied to the whip - ping post. Good Lord, I feel like I’m

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Interlude

dy - in’. 3

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To Coda 2

Guitar Solo

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1 1 1 1 1 1
1/2 1/2

( )

1
1 1

D.S. al Coda 1

2. My friends

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Coda 1
Pre-Chorus

run. Some - times I feel some - times

* 1 1/2
1 1

* Swell dist. w/ vol. knob.

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D.S.S. al Coda 2

I feel like I’ve been

8va
3

1 1 1 1

Coda 2
Guitar Solo

1 1 1 1 1 1/2

1 1

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1 1 1 1 1/2 1 1 1

Interlude

8va

8va

1 1 1

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8va

1 1 1

Pre-Chorus
Slower = 160

rit.

Some - times I feel,

8va
loco 3

1
1 rit.

some - times I feel like I’ve been

8va

1 1 1 1 1/2 1 1
1 1 1/2

Outro-Chorus

tied to the whip - ping post, tied to the

loco

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3 3

whip - ping post, tied to the whip - ping post,

Free time

rit.

Good Lord, I feel like I’m dy - in’.

rit.

Additional Lyrics

2. My friends tell me that I’ve been such a fool,

And I had to stand by and take it baby, all for loving you.
Drown myself in sorrow as I look at what you’ve done.
But nothing seems to change, the bad times stay the same,
And I can’t run.
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