The following tablature is a fingerstyle played accompaniment for the song. The verses can be played with shifted (pushed) 1/8 notes, or without. If you can't make up your mind, I'd suggest to play the first verse unpushed, the second verse pushed. Fills and ornaments can be done by a second instrument, but wait. If you're willing to experiment, the tab may still offer you the opportunity to shine.

If you call a bottleneck your own, put it on your pinky, 'cause in this tab you won't need the little finger to fret. It might come in handy later on, when the second verse ends, and the instrumental part begins. Maybe putting in some slides wouldn't be a bad idea. The question is, whether it makes sense on a concert model fitted with nylon strings. It may not sound as good as on a steel string guitar, but then again you're just the accompaniment, so give it a try.

23. 03. 2025 People may ask themselves where the Stones got their ideas from. A Google search reveals some astonishing information: Bliss Lomax, a writer of cheap western novels in the mid-20th century, in 1955 wrote a novel with the title "Honky-tonk Woman", at a time when Jagger/Richards were about 11/12 years old. It can be assumed that our Glamour Boys came into contact with this kind of "literature" back then, too. All this is just guess-work, of course ...