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F-stop Blues

Jack Johnson
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(play slowly)

e|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D|----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A|-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E|--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------9------(9)\---|----------4----------|---------2------------------|
D|----------9h11----9-\---|----------4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2---|
A|-----11-----------------|----5\6--------------|-0--------------2--2h4----2-|
E|--0---------------------|-4-------------------|----------------------------|

[Verse] (x6)

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|------4---------------4------|-----------2----------2----------------------|
D|------4h6\4--------4-----4---|------2h4----------4-----2-------------------|
A|--------------2--------------|--0-----------0------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

After the verse you play

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------4------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5\6--------------6\---------------------------------------|
A|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then you play the intro again

e|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D|----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A|-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E|--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------9------(9)\---|----------4----------|---------2------------------|
D|----------9h11----9-\---|----------4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2---|
A|-----11-----------------|----5\6--------------|-0--------------2--2h4----2-|
E|--0---------------------|-4-------------------|----------------------------|

Then it goes

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2-------------------4-------------------------------------------|
D|-----2h4-------2h0-------4\6--------6/-------------------------------------|
A|--0------------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

then you the first half of the intro

e|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D|----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A|-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E|--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|

Then

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2-----------------------9-------------------------------------|
D|------2h4----------2h0--------/11--------/11-------------------------------|
A|--0----------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo

e|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
B|--------------9-------|------------------|----------9--------|-------------|
G|--------/11-----11----|--9--------9------|-----/11-----/11---|-9-----------|
D|--6-------------------|------/11-----/11-|--6----------------|--------6----|
A|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|----/9----9--|
E|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------|

Then you play the verse which is

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|------4---------------4------|-----------2----------2----------------------|
D|------4h6\4--------4-----4---|------2h4----------4-----2-------------------|
A|--------------2--------------|--0-----------0------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

then it is the outro

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

you hold the seven for 11 beats than

e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|---------2-----------2------2-------|-----------4--------------------------|
D|---------2h4---2-----2h4----2h4--2--|-----5\6-------6/---------------------|
A|-----4------------------------------|-0------------------------------------|
E|--2---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

And that's the whole song tabbed.

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