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Spider Web

Joan Osborne
Tab

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

riff 1

I dreamed about Ray...

riff 2

['chorus'] :

Eb D G

no more...

Eb D G [riff 2]

riff 1

he said...

riff 1

then Ray took...

riff 2

Eb D G

spider web...

Eb D G [riff 2]

riff 1

I dreamed about Ray...

riff 1

he showed me...

riff 1

the world is made...

riff 2

Eb D G

spider web...

Eb D G [riff 2]

riff 2

[break] :

C

--/-///----/--/----/-//------

C Eb C G [riff 2] (G)

--/-///----/--/----/-//--------/----------/--------

C

--/-///----/--/----/-//------

D F D

--/-///----/--/----/-//------

D F D G

--/-///----/--/----/-//---/-----

e ----------------------------------------------------

B ---------------------------------11----8------(8)---
G ---10--/12----10p8---10p8---10----------------------

riff 1

when you're feeling...

over bongos

when I go to sleep...

riff 2

Eb D G

spider web...

Eb D G

Eb D G

ah, spider web...

Eb D G [riff 2]

riff 2

||: all I got's my spider web keeping me alive :||

chords :

Most of the strumming is done on the top four strings only

x_x________

| | | | | | so for everything except the 'chorus'

|_|_|_|_1_1 (Eb D G bit), just move this shape

| | | | | | around

|_|_|_2_|_|

| | | | | |

|_|_3_|_|_|

| | | | | |

|_|_|_|_|_|

E A D G B e

x x 5 4 3 3 - G } in riff1

x x 8 7 6 6 - Bb }

x x 10 9 8 8 - C }

x x 13 12 11 11 - Eb } in break

x x 12 11 10 10 - D }

x x 15 14 13 13 - F }

11 13 13 12 x x - Eb } (or xx5343)

10 12 12 11 x x - D } in chorus (or xx0232)

3 5 5 4 x x - G }

/ is slide up

\ is slide down

h is hammer-on

p is pull-off

7pb(8)r7 is fret at 7, pre-bend to 8 then pick and release bend

--/--- is a strum

--x---- is strum but mute the strings at the neck

there's still something not quite right with this, any improvements

welcome.....

Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

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