The Brain of the Purple Mountain

Song

The Brain of the Purple Mountain (Leo Kottke)

s is a slide, ^ is a hammer on

C(2/3 bar here to the F works ... F

1----------8-----7--5-----|---------------------|--------------------------|
2--4s5--------5-----------|-8-----6-----5-------|------------1---0--1------|
3------5----------------5-|----------5--------5-|-0^2------2---2---------0-|
4--4s5-----5-----5--------|----5-----------5----|------------3---------3---|
5-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
6-------------------------|---------------------|-----0^1--------1---------|

C D9

1--------------0-|---0------------|----------------------------------------|
2------1---------|-3------3---1---|-------1----------3--1--3---------------|
3----0---0-------|----------------|-0^2--------0^2-------------------------|
4------2-------2-|------0-------2-|---------0--------0-------0-------------|
5--3--------3----|-2-------0------|----------------------------------------|
6----------------|----------------|-----2----------2----2------------------|

G

1-----0-----3--------||-----------------||---------------------------------|
2--1-----------------||-repeat from top-||---------------------------------|
3-----------------0--||-first time thru-||------------5--4--2-------0------|
4--------0--------0--||-----------------||------------5--4--2--0^2-----0---|
5--------------------||-----------------||--5-s-2--0-----------------------|
6--3-----------3-----||-----------------||---------------------------------|

A7 G

1---------------------------|--------------5---------4------3--------------|
2---------------------------|-----------2-----2-------------0--------------|
3------------5--4-----------|--------------2----------------0--------------|
4------------5--5--7--6-----|---------------------------2---0--------------|
5--5-s-2--0--------8--7-----|-7-s-2--0----------------------2--------------|
6------------------------0--|---------------------0---------3--------------|

D F C C

1-------3-------------3----|--2----1----0--|---0---0-----------------------|
2--------------------------|--3----1----1--|---1---1-----------------------|
3--------------------------|---------------|---0---------------------------|
4--------------------------|--0------------|---2---------------------------|
5--------------------------|------------3--|---3--------3--2---------------|
6--2^3-----3----2^3------3-|-------1-------|-------------------------------|

A7 G D F C

1--------5------------4-------3-|-------3------------3-----|-2---1---0-----|
2-----2-----2-----------------0-|--------------------------|-3---1---1-----|
3--------2--------------------0-|--------------------------|---------------|
4-------------------------2---0-|--------------------------|-0-------------|
5--0--------------------------2-|--------------------------|---------3-----|
6----------------0------------3-|--2^3------3---2^3------3-|-----1---------|

G A ending ...

1---3-----0---||--------------------------||------------------------------||
2---0-----2---||--------------------------||------------------------------||
3---0-----2---||-repeat all of the above--||------------------------------||
4---0-----2---||--------------------------||----0------0-----0------------||
5---2-----0---||--------------------------||------------------------------||
6---3---------||--------------------------||--0-----0-----0---------------||

--

I tried the first section for fifteen minutes last night and came out

with something slightly different. Leo's guitar is tuned C#G#EBF#C#,

i.e. 1 1/2 steps down, as he usually does on a 12 strings, but chord

names (or rather hand positions) below are given relatively to standard

tuning.

Unfortunately I don't have a 12 string to test my own tab and feel whether

my fingering is correct.

The Brain of the Purple Mountain (Leo Kottke)

from "6 & 12 string guitar"

C VIII F

E||--------8---------8---|------------------|-------1---------|
B||-7/8--------12-10-----|--8--------8----8-|-----------0-----|
G||-----9----9---------9-|-----10-9----9----|-----2---2---2---|
D||----------------------|------------------|-------3-------3-|
A||------------10--------|-10-------10------|-----------------|
E||----------------------|------------------|-0h1-------1-----|

|_| |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |

G C G Am D7 F G C

|--------------0---|---0-----------|-------------------|-------------0-3-|
|------------------|-3-----3---1---|-------1-------1---|-0-3---1---------|
|----------------0-|---------------|-0h2-2---0h2-2---2-|-----------2-----|
|-------0-2----2---|-----0-------2-|-------0-------3---|-----0-------2---|
|-----2-----3------|-2-------0-----|-------------------|---------3-------|
|-0h3--------------|---------------|---2-------1-------|-3---------------|

|_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|

G

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|-3-------||

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Alessandro Miotto - miotto@dxcern.cern.ch