The Bright New Year

Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: The Bright New Year

Album: Birthday Blues

Tuning: EADGBE

A really nice little ditty this one and easy to play, too. There are

actually many ways to finger this, I tabbed it as it sounds played to me on

the recording. But experiment with the fingers and frets used. It is also

possible to play it barred at the 5th fret, and if you find the stretch from

the low G to the high B difficult, you can actually play this tune with a

capo at the 5th fret if you drop the low E to a D. The rhythm is basically

4/4 with a swing 8th feel. Watch for the bar of 3 in the intro though. The

asterisks are a guide.

Intro:

Beat:* * * * * * * *

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

Verse:

* * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * * *

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

* * * *

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

TAB guide: / = slide up from below