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Barbaras Song

William Ackerman
Tab

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<9304070019.AA18119@selway.umt.edu>

To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu

Subject: Re: TAB: Ackerman's "Barbara's Song"

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab

In-Reply-To: <1993Apr1.153320.19480@selway.umt.edu>

Organization: University of Montana

Cc:

In article <1993Apr1.153320.19480@selway.umt.edu> you write:

>This is the 'intro' or the only part i chose to transcribe, because it was

>the only part i liked.

>tuning low to high:

>C#G#C#G#C#E

>

>To tune to this: lower your <B> string so that the third fret matches the

>high E string open. After that match the twelfth fret Harm. to the 7th

>fret harm of the <G> string. then the 7th fret harm of the <G> string to

>the 5th of the <D> string. then repeat (except for the <B> and E part)

>

>E---12--12-----7----------------7--------|
>C#--12--12--5--7---------12--5--7--------|
>G#--12--12--5--7--12--0--12--5--7--5-----|
>C#--12--12--5--7--12--0--12--5--7--5--12-|  These are all harmonics.
>G#--12--12--5--7--12--0--12--5--7--5--12-|
>C#--12--12--5--7--12--0--12--5--7--5--12-|

> d u

>d=downstroke

>u=guess.

> |

>E---12---12--11---11--11H12P11-9----11-7---0--5-----5H7-----4-----4-|
>C#------0--------0-----------------0------0-------0-------0-----0---|
>G#-----0--------0-----------------0------0------0-------0-----0-----|
>C#--12-------10----------------8-------7------5-----5-------0-------|
>G#------------------------------------------------------------------|
>C#------------------------------------------------------------------|

>** |REPEAT THREE X

>

>E---0----0-|
>C#-----0---|
>G#----0----|START AT **
>C#--3------|
>G#---------|
>C#---------|

>

>

>On the second time through, on the repeat of the XX0004 arpegio play

>

>E---4h5p4-0---0-0h4-----4--4---4--4---4--4h5--0--0---0-0h2---2--2--2-2--2----|sl4
>C#-----------0--------0-------0------0--------------0-------0-----0----0-----|
>G#----------0-------0--------0------0--------------0-------0-----0----0------|
>C#--------3-----3----------3------3------3-------1-----1--------1----1-------|
>G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>C#-------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|

>

>E------4-4----4-4---0--0|REPEAT ALL ---------0------0----0-|
>C#----0------0-----0--0-|           -----------2--22-0-----|
>G#---0------0-----0--0--|           -------1-----------1---|
>C#--0------0-----0--3---|           -----0------------0----|
>G#----------------------|           --01----------1111-----|
>C#-------0------0-------|           -----------------------|

>

>This is all i wanted to learn, because it goes wrong (for me) from there.

>After this it goes to a barre fingering at the fifth fret (555855).

>As i've said in my other posts, if you want tab, ask for a SPECIFIC song.

>

>IF THIS IS POSTED ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE GIVE ME CREDIT.

>thanks.

>elric@selway.umt.edu

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