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Wayward Child

Bert Jansch
Tab

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Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: Wayward Child

Album: Rosemary Lane

Tuning: EADGBE

This tune is played out (and I've tabbed it) in alternate bars of 4 then 3, but you could

choose to think of it as 7 beats. The rhythm is a dotted 8th swing feel (listen the the

record). Watch out for triplet 8ths in a couple of bars.

Beat * * * * * * * 2x

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

Verse:

* * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * *

E--------5--3----2--0-----|--2h3-2-----------2h-0-----|
B--------2--0----------3--|---------------3--------3--|
G-----2----------2--0-----|--2h4-2-----2--------------|
D----------------------4--|---------0-----------------|
A--0----------------------|---------------------------|
E-------------------------|---------------------------|

* * * * * * *

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

* * * * * * *

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

Instrumental break:

* * * * * * *

E-----------------10--9h-10--9--|------------------------0--|
B---------10--------------------|---------10------10--8-----|
G---------9-------11--9h-11--9--|---------9-------9---7-----|
D-----11------11----------------|-----11------11------9-----|
A--0----------------------------|--0------------------------|
E-------------------------------|---------------------------|

* * * * * * *

E-----------------10--9h-10--9--|------------------------0--|
B---------10--------------------|---------10------10--8-----|
G---------9-------11--9h-11--9--|---------9-------9---7-----|
D-----11------11----------------|-----11------11------9-----|
A--0----------------------------|--0------------------------|
E-------------------------------|---------------------------|

* * * * * * *

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

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