May/13/08
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Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy

This riff is a classic blues riff and has been ripped off a million times – most surprisingly by Girls Aloud.

The riff alternates between the bottom two strings and the top two strings. The easiest way to play this is to strum down with your thumb on the G and C strings and strum up with you index finger on the E and A strings.

Muddy Waters Mannish Boy ukulele tab

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4 Comments

  1. MoUke May 15th, 2008 3:37 am

    Your site has turned into a great resource and provides me much enjoyment. If I might provide a suggestion, a series of blues riffs (like Muddy’s signature riff you’ve so helpfully provided) for the uke would be a big winner from my perspective.

  2. Woodshed May 15th, 2008 7:14 am

    Thanks, MoUke. I’ve actually got plans for a whole ebook on blues ukulele.

  3. Olly May 19th, 2008 8:49 am

    A whole blues ebook? now that’d be something i’d be quite interested in. Seen Rigk’s youtube tutorials and like what i see/hear… thing is is that I know bugger all bout blues, apart from little bits that what I’ve picked up here and there

  4. Woodshed May 21st, 2008 7:59 pm

    Rigk has written a blues book as well – I haven’t read it, though. If I keep following my ebook title template, mine is going to have the same title. Uh oh.

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