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Moonshine

Bert Jansch
Tab
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Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: Moonshine

Album: Moonshine

Tuning: EADGBE

This is one of my favourite Bert Jansch songs. On the recording it has a beautiful

arrangement added by Tony Visconti with wind instruments and cello, but it works just

as well with just vocals and guitar. I've tabbed a typical verse and the instrumental

break in the middle, but you will find small varaitions from verse to verse. As for

fingering, there are many alternatives possible if you don't like the way I've fingered

it - I tried to work out how Bert played it the best I could though. As ever, I may well

be wrong in places! Great tune. Enjoy :o)

Rhythm 3/4 (but watch for bars of 2/4 and 4/4)

Intro:

Beat:* * * * * * * * *

E||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G||--------0-----2p0----|--------0------------|--------3-----2p0----|
D||-----0------------3--|------0-----------0--|-----0------------3--|
A||---------------------|--------------1h3----|---------------------|
E||--3--------3--1------|--3--------3---------|--3--------0--1------|

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B---------------------|--------4------------|--------4------------|
G--------0------------|--------------0---0--|--------5--0------0--|
D------0-----------0--|------5---------3----|------5-------1h3----|
A--------------1h3----|-/3--------3---------|--6------------------|
E--3--------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|

Verse:

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G--------0-----2p0----|--------0------------|--------3-----2p0----|
D------0-----------3--|------0-----------0--|-----0-----0------3--|
A---------------------|--------------1h3----|---------------------|
E--3--------3--1------|--3--------3---------|--3-----------1------|

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G--------0------------|--------3-----2p0----|--------0------------|
D------0-----------0--|-----0------------3--|------0-----------0--|
A--------------1h3----|---------------------|--------------1h3----|
E--3--------3---------|--3--------0--1------|--3--------3---------|

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
B--------1------------|--------4--------------|--------3-----------|
G------2--------------|------3-------0h2p0----|------0-------------|
D------------------1--|-/5--------5--------3--|--------------0-h3--|
A--------------1h3----|-----------------------|--1--------1--------|
E--1--------1---------|-----------------------|--------------------|

* * * * * * * * *

E-------------------|--------------------|--------2-----0-----|
B--------3----------|--------1-----------|-----------3-----3--|
G------0------------|------0-------3--0--|------2-------------|
D-------------------|--1--------1--------|--4-----------------|
A--1--------1----1--|--------------------|--------------------|
E-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * *

E--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------|--------------------|
B--------------3-----|--------------3-----|--6-----------|--------4--3--1-----|
G------3----3-----3--|------3----3-----3--|------0-------|------0----------0--|
D--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--7-----------|-----------0--1-----|
A--------------------|--------------------|--------5--3--|--3-----------------|
E--------------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|--------4------------|
G--------3-----2p0----|--------0------------|--------------0---0--|
D------0-----------3--|------0-----------0--|------5---------3----|
A---------------------|--------------1h3----|-/3--------3---------|
E--3--------3--1------|--3--------3---------|---------------------|

* * * * * * * * *

E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B--------4------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G--------5--0------0--|--------0-----2p0----|--------0------------|
D------5-------1h3----|------0-----------3--|------0-----------0--|
A--6------------------|---------------------|--------------1h3----|
E---------------------|--3--------3--1------|--3--------3---------|

Break:

* * * * * * * * *

E--------3--5------1---------|------1----------|---------------------|
B------3------6-5------------|--3p1---3p1------|---------------------|
G--0-------------------------|----2-------2----|--------0-----2p0----|
D---------------3------------|--------------3--|------5-----------3--|
A---------------------5p3-5--|-----------------|---------------------|
E----------------------------|--1--------------|-/3--------3--1------|

* * *

E---------------------|----||
B---------------------|----||
G--------0------------|----||
D------0-----------0--|----||
A--------------1h3----|----||
E--3--------3---------|----||

TAB guide: h = hammer on, p = pull off

/ = slide into note from below

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