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From: jboston@delphi.com (John Boston)
Subject: TAB: Fahey's "Joe Kirby Blues"
Date: 7 Jan 1996 17:16:03 GMT
Joe Kirby Blues
by John Fahey
John Fahey has a genius for simple beauty and this tune, from his old
Takoma LP DAYS HAVE GONE BY, is a prime example. This was tabbed by
Dave Cohen (user643309@aol.com) and transcribed by me.
Dave suggests these fingerings (T = thumb, I = index, M = middle,
R= ring, L = little, O = open string):
Am in Part A: D7 in Part A: Am in Part B
3 M O 5 I
3 M 3 I 8 L
2 I 5 L O
O O 7 M
O 5 R O
O O O
John Boston
JOE KIRBY BLUES
D E Am PART A =
----5---5--5---3--3--3---0--0--0------|--------------------|----------| ----7---7--7---5--5--5---0--0--0------|---5--5--3h5--5--5--|----------| ----7---7--7---5--5--5---1--1--1------|------2-------------|----------| ----7---7--7---5--5--5---2--2--2------|--------------------|----------| -------------------------2--2--2---0--|--------------0-----|----------| -------------------------0--0--0------|--------------------|----------|
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=
----------------------5--3-----|--------------------------------------| ---3h5--5--5--5--3h5--------5--|--------------------------------------| 2-------------2-------------2--|--------------------------------------| -------------------------------|--------------------------------------| --------0-------------0--------|--------------------------------------| -------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
=
D7 roll =
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| -3--------3---3-----3--3--3--------3--|-------------------------------| -------5------5--5--------------5-----|-------------------------------| --------------0--------------0--------|-------------------------------| ----5------------------5--------------|-------------------------------| --------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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=
------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------| ------3--3-----3-----3--------|---------------------------------------| ---5--------5--------------0--|---------------------------------------| ---------0--------------0-----|---------------------------------------| 5-----------------5-----------|---------------------------------------| ------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
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F6 bend Am =
-----------------------------------|--0-------------------|-----------| ---------3--3-----3--3--3-----1h3--|--0------------8------|-----------| ------2--------2-------------------|---------------9------|-----------| ------------3--------------3-------|-----2--2--2----------|-----------| -----------------------------------|------------------7---|-----------| 0-h1-----------------1-------------|--0------------0------|-----------|
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roll PART A' quick roll then arpeggio =
-5-----------------------------5-----------------5--------------------| -5-----------------------------5--5-----------5-----5-----------------| -------------------------------------5-----5-----------5--------------| ----------------------------------------7-----------------------------| -0---0-----5-----5------5---0--7--------0--------0--------------------| --------7-----7------7------------------------------------------------|
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repeat A and A' go to Part B =
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -2-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---0-----------|----------------------------------------| -0-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
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PART B roll roll =
-5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|------5---5----5--7--5-- -----5--|------| -------8------8--------8-----|----8--------8----8---------8----|------| ----0---------------0--------|----------0--------------0-------|------| --------------7--------------|-7----------------7--------------|------| -----------------------------|---------------------------------|------| -----------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
C
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roll =
------5--5-----5--5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---------5--|--------------| ---8--------8--------------8-----|--8--8--8--7--7---7--|--------------| ---------7--------------7--------|-----------7--7------|--------------| 0-----------------0--------------|--0--0--0--0--0---0--|--------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|
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roll E Am =
------5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---4--4--4---5--|---------| ---6--------6------6--------6-----|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5--|---------| ---------7---------------7--------|----------------------5--|---------| 0------------------0--------------|--0--0--0-------------7--|---------| ----------------------------------|----------------------0--|---------| ----------------------------------|------------0--0--0------|---------|
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repeat parts A', A, B, A', A up to E chd bend =
-|--------------------------------|--0------------------|-------------| -|--------------------------------|--0------------8-----|-------------| -|--------------------------------|---------------9-----|-------------| -|--------------------------------|-----2--2--2---------|-------------| -|--------------------------------|------------------7--|-------------| -|--------------------------------|--0------------0-----|-------------|
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5--8--5--------------------------------5--||--------------------------| 5--------8--5--------------------------5--||--------------------------| 5--------------7--5--------------------7--||--------------------------| 7--------------------7--5-----7-----5--7--||--------------------------| ---------------------------7-----7-----0--||--------------------------|
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