Ballet for a Blue Whale

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From: chuck@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Mark Andrew Hawling)

Adrian Belew "Ballet For A Blue Whale"

This is from the album "Twang Bar King". This version was published in

Guitar Player Magazine in January 1984.

Tune the guitar E A D A B E low to high.

freely

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---------7--!----------!--------7--!---------1--------7-1---------!
------11----!-11-------!-----11----!-11------!-----11---!-11------!
----9-------!----------!---9-------!---------!---9------!-----9---!
--7---------!----------!-7---------!---------!-7--------!---------!

----------!--------!---------!---------!-----------!--------------!

----------!--------!-------5-!---------!-----------!--------------!
----------!-----7--!-----9---!-9--(12)-!-11----11--!-11--11b12r11-!
-----11-9-!-11-----!---7-----!---------!----11-11--!-11-----------!
---9------!--------!-5-------!---------!-------0---!-0------------!
-7--------!--------!---------!---------!-----------!--------------!
-----------!-----!-----!---------9-!-12---9----!-12-9-9-12-!
-----------!-----!-----!---------9-!-9----9----!-9--9-9----!
-10-----10-!-----!-----!----9-12-9-!-9----9----!-9--9-9----!
----9---9--!-----!-----!-12-9-12---!-----------!-----------!
-----------!-----!-----!-12--------!-----------!-----------!
------0----!-----!-----!-----------!-----------!-----------!
-9h12p9----------------!---------7-!-10--7--!-10-7-7------!
--------12-9-----------!---------7-!-7---7--!-7--7-7-10-7-!
-------------12-9------!----7-10-7-!-7---7--!-7--7-7------!
------------------12-9-!-10-7-10---!--------!-------------!
-----------------------!-10--------!--------!-------------!

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---------------------!----------!

-10-7----------------!-7-6-6----!
------10-7-----------!----------!
-----------10-7------!-7-6-6----!
----------------10-7-!----------!

Note: Brackets around a number indicate harmonic, also vertical lines are actually

bar lines in this case.

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