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Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: Soho

Album: Bert and John

Tuning: DADGBE

Capo: None; guitar tuned down semitone on recording

This is really easy to play and a classic drop-D picking pattern from Bert - I

didn't tab John Renbourn's lead part although it's really easy to pick out

the main theme and the rest is improvised. This sounds just as good just with just

Bert's part and vocals, though. I've tabbed it from the start up until the second

verse - the rest is the same pattern and you should be able to take it from there.

Enjoy! :o)

Intro:

Beat:* * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

Verse:

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

* * * *

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

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