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Nobodys Bar

Bert Jansch
Tab

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Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: Nobodys Bar

Album: Rosemary Lane

Tuning: DADGAD

Capo: 5th fret

Another classic Bert tune! It's quite simple to play and the alternate bars of 4/4 then

5/4 come quite naturally. I'm pretty sure it's in DADGAD though I've seen it tabbed

differently in drop D tuning before. There are definitely a couple of fingering changes

you could make to make it feel more comfortable to your fingers and style of playing.

I've tabbed it in terms of the intro and verse; that's all there is to the tune. There is

an instrumental break which is the same part. Listen to the recording for the feel and structure.

Rhythm: Alternate 4/4 then 5/4

Intro:

D||------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||------------------------|-------5p-3---/5------3-----5p3--|
G||------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||--------------2------2--|-------2------/4------5----------|
A||------------------------|--0------------------------------|
D||------------------------|---------------------------------|

Play x2

D------------------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3----0--------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5-------4-----------|
A--0---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------0-h2--5--|

Verse:

D---------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3-----5p3--|
G---------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5----------|
A--0------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3----0--------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5-------4-----------|
A--0---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------0-h2--5--|
D---------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3-----5p3--|
G---------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5----------|
A--0------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3----0--------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5-------4-----------|
A--0---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------0-h2--5--|
D----------2----------------------|
A----------0---/7--------------0--|
G--------------/5-----/7----5-----|
D-------2------/5-----------------|
A--0------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
D----------0------------5--4-p2--0-----------|
A----------0------------------------3--------|
G---------------5----0-----2--------5--4--0--|
D-------4-------2----------------------------|
A--0--------------------------------3--------|
D--------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A-------5p-3---/5------3-----5p3--|
G---------------------------------|
D-------2------/4------5----------|
A--0------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------||
A-------5p-3---/5------3----0--------------||
G------------------------------------------||
D-------2------/4------5-------4-----------||
A--0---------------------------------------||
D---------------------------------0-h2--5--||

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

/ = slide into from below

Comments

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