Keep Your Lamps Trimmed

Song

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From: keithr5165@aol.com (KeithR5165)

Here's a pretty simplified version of Rev. Gary Davis'

"Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"

as played by Jorma Kaukonen on the album "Splashdown".

This is my first TAB, so please excuse the rhythmic

anomalies, but you should be able to pick up the tune

with the TAB and a good ear.

Notice the three types of basslines - monotonic, alternating and

"cut time" (thumb strokes on beats 1 and 3).

notation key -

/ = slide

~ = hammer on

p = pull off

b(n) = bend or release bend

w = whammy bend

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

(Rev. Gary Davis - Jorma Version)

Part A

Em7 Am7

e:--6/7--7--7------|-7--10--7------------|-----7-----------|
B:--7/8--8--8------|-8---------10--8-----|----------10-----|
G:--8/9--9--9------|------------------9--|-7~8-------------|
D:-----------------|---------------------|-------7------7--|
A:-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E:----0--0--0---0--|-0-------------0-----|-7--------7------|

Em7

e:--------------------|-7--7--7-------|-7--10-7---------|
B:-10b(11)b(10)--8----|-8--8--8--8----|----------10p8---|
G:------------------9-|-9--9--9-------|----------------9|
D:--------------------|---------------|-----------------|
A:--------------------|---------------|-----------------|
E:-0-------------0----|-0--0--0-----0-|-0-----0---------|

Part B

A7 B7 EM EM

e:-3~5--3--0------------|----------------0--|--0----0----|--3--0-3-0----|
B:-5--------------3--0---|--0------------0--|-------0----|-------0------|
G:-----------------------|--2--0---------0--|------------|--------------|
D:-----------------------|--------1------2--|----2-----2-|----2------2--|
A:-0-----------0---------|--2------------2--|------------|--------------|
E:-----------------------|------------0-----|-0-----0----|-0-----0------|

D Em

e:-----2p0---0-3----|--------------------------|---0------0-----|
B:--------3---------|--------------------------|----------0-----|
G:-----2----------2-|--------------------------|--------0-------|
D:-0---------0------|--5--2--------------------|------2------2--|
A:------------------|--------5--p2--p0---------|----------2-----|
E:------------------|-------------------3w-----|--0-------------|

A B7 EM

e:----3----0--3-0---|--3--5--0--------|----------------|
B:------------0-----|--5----------3-0-|-0--------0-----|
G:------------------|-----------------|----2-----0-----|
D:-------2--------2-|-----------------|-------1------2-|
A:------------------|--0-------0------|-2--------------|
E:--0---------0-----|-----------------|----------0-----|

Thanks to Glen Petit who originally taught me this tune.