I think that there are two electric rhythm guitars in this song - one on rhythm and the other on the hauntingly beautiful bottle-neck slide. I'm going to show you the rhythm part which can be played on an electric or acoustic guitar. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the LP - I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab presented on this page. If you think that I have made a mistake, please let me know about it by dropping me a quick note.

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THE CHORDS:

 
Ebm7    Abm7 
Ebm7    Abm7 
(SLIDE GUITAR INTRO)
 
 
Ebm7     Abm7
ooh-hoo, jackie blue
 
Ebm7                  Abm7 
lives her life from inside of a room
 
Ebm7                        Abm7 
hides that smile when she's wearin' a frown
 
Ebm7        Abm7 
ooh jackie, you're not so down
 
 
 
G             C         G         C 
you like your life in a free-form style
 
Dm7/A                         Cmaj7 
you'll take an inch but you'd love a mile
 
G           C           G       C 
there never seems to be quite enough
 
Dm7/A                        Cmaj7
floating around to fill your lovin' cup
 
 
 
Ebm7     Abm7 (w/ wah-wah)
ooh-hoo, jackie blue
 
Ebm7                    Abm7 
what's a game, girl, if you never lose
 
Ebm7             Abm7 
ask a winner and you'll prob'bly find
 
Ebm7                Abm7 
ooh jackie, they've lost at sometime
 
 
 
G            C                   G    C 
don't try to tell me that you're not aware
 
Dm7/A                         Cmaj7 
of what you're doing and that you don't care
 
G            C            G       C 
you say it's easy, just a nat'ral thing
 
Dm7/A                      Cmaj7 
like playing music but you never sing
 
 
 
Ebm7     Abm7 (w/ wah-wah)
ooh-hoo, jackie blue
 
Ebm7               Abm7 
making wishes that never come true
 
Ebm7               Abm7 
going places where you've never been
 
Ebm7               Abm7 
ooh jackie, you're going again 
 
 
 
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7 
(EXCELLENT SLIDE GUITAR SOLO)
 
 
 
Ebm7     Abm7 
ooh-hoo, jackie blue
 
Ebm7                   Abm7 
likes a dream that can never come true
 
Ebm7                Abm7 
making love is like siftin' through sand
 
Ebm7           Abm7 
ooh jackie, it slips through your hand
 
 
 
G     C            G      C 
ev'ry day, in your indigo eyes
 
Dm7/A                     Cmaj7 
I watch the sun set but I don't see it rise
 
G         C                 G          C 
moonlight and stars in your strawberry wine
 
Dm7/A                        Cmaj7 
you'd take the world but you won't take the time
 
 
 
Ebm7     Abm7 
ooh-hoo, jackie blue
 
Ebm7                  Abm7 
lives her life from inside of a room
 
Ebm7                     Abm7 
makes you think that her life is a drag
 
Ebm7             Abm7 
ooh jackie, what fun you have had
 
 
 
Ebm7       Abm7 
ooh jackie
 
Ebm7       Abm7 
ooh jackie
 
Ebm7       Abm7 
ooh jackie
 
Ebm7
ooh jackie
 
Abm7
hey, Hey, HEy, HEY
 
 
Ebm7     Bbm7 Abm7      Bbm7
(SLIDE GUITAR SOLO)
(repeat & fade)
 

THE TAB:

Ebm7

1 -|| ----------1-------------------6
2 -|| ----------1-------2-----------7
3 -|| ----------1-------------------6
4 -|| ----------1------------3------8
5 -|| ----------1-------------------6
6 -|| ------------------------------

Abm7

1 -|| ----------1-------------------4
2 -|| ----------1-------------------4
3 -|| ----------1-------------------4
4 -|| ----------1-------------------4
5 -|| ----------1------------3------6
6 -|| ----------1-------------------4

G

1 -|| -----------------------4--------3
2 -|| --------0-----------------------0
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| ---------------2----------------2
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

C

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Dm7/A

1 -|| --------1-----------------------1
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| ---------------2----------------2
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| --------0-----------------------0
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Cmaj7

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------0-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Bbm7

1 -|| ----------1-------------------6
2 -|| ----------1-------------------6
3 -|| ----------1-------------------6
4 -|| ----------1-------------------6
5 -|| ----------1------------3------8
6 -|| ----------1-------------------6

"THE RIFF":

During the Ebm7 and the Abm7 chords, the bass and the rhythm guitar are playing these notes:

                 Ebm7  Abm7
1-||-----------------------------
2-||-----------------------------
3-||-----------------------------
4-||-----------------------------
5-||----------4---6--------------
6-||--------6----------4---------

Play the 1st and 2nd notes a little more quickly than the other notes! 

TIP:

Not much to say - the keyboards are doing most of the chords in the song (at least that's what I hear in the recording). When you see the following phrase during the slide solos in the middle and the end of the song, play the Bbm7 rather quickly:

Ebm7..........Bbm7...Abm7..........Bbm7...