JOE'S BLUES
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TAB:
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
B - bend full step
r - release bend half-step
/ - slide
(x) - x note is not picked/plucked
Intro licks omitted (I prefer to play my own ones)
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---|---0-------------|---0-------------|---0-------------|-----3----3-3----
---|-----2-0-3-0-2---|-----2-0-3-0-----|-----2-0-3-0-2-0-|-----3----3-3----
-0-h(1)------------0-h(1)------------0-h(1)--------------|-----------------
---|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------
---|---------2---4---|---------2-------|---------2---4---|----------4---2--
---|-0---------------|-0-----------3---|-0---------------|-0---------------
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---|---0-2-0-3-0-2---|---0-2-0-5-3-----|---0-------------|-----------------
-0-/(2)------------0-/(2)--------------|-----2-0-3-0-2-0-|----------9------
---|-----------------|---------------0-h(1)--------------|-----------------
---|---------2---4---|---------2-------|-----2-----------|-----5/(7)-------
---|-0---0-----------|-0---0-------3---|---------2---4---|-----------------
---|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0----------9--8-
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---|-----------------|-------0-------------|------0---0---0-|--------------
---|-----4---4-4-----|---3-------3---------|----------------|--------------
---|-----4---4-4---0-/(4)----------4p(2)p(0)---/4---3---2---|-1---2-2------
---|-----4-------4---|-----2---------------|----------------|--------------
---|-2---------------|-0-------------------|---/5---4---3---|-2---2-2------
---|---------2-------|---------0-----------|-0--------------|---0------3///-
^
long slide
*-See end-*
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-||------0---0-------|--------0-------------||-----3---3-0-----|-3---3-0---
-||:-----0---0-------|----3----------------:||-----3---3-2-----|-3---3-2---
-||------------------|-/4-------2p(0)-------||-----------------|-----------
-||------------------|---------------2-p(0)-||-----------------|-----------
-||:---------0---2---|---------------------:||-0---2---0-------|-0---2---0-
-||--0---3-----------|--0---0---0----0------||-------------2-3-|-----------
^
repeat
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----------------|-----0---0-----|--------0------------|-------0------------
----------------|-----0---0-----|----3----------------|---------0----------
----------------|---------------|-/4-------2p(0)------|---2-------2--------
--2-------------|---------------|---------------2-p(0)|-----1-------2p(0)--
----2-p(0)------|---------0---2-|---------------------|-2---------------2/-
------------3B--|-0---3---------|--0---0---0----0-----|--------------------
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--|--------------------|--------0---0---0-|--------0---0---0-|-------------
--|------2--------3----|------------------|-----/3---2---1---|-0-----------
--|----2-----0---------|-----/4---3---2---|-1---/4---3---2---|-1-----------
--|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------
--/(4)-----------------|-----/5---4---3---|-2----------------|-------------
--|------------3B---3B-|-0----------------|------------------|-------------
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-----4-------5-------6---|-7---/12---10-----|------------------------------
-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------
--/4---4/(5)---5/(6)---6-|-----/12---11-----|------------------------------
-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------
-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------
-------------------------|----------------0-|------------------------------
* NB This bar-and-a-half phrase is quite difficult to play in terms of left
hand fingering. Here is the fingering I found most helpful (with practice).
(You may find the size of your hand or the shape of your guitar neck make
this tricky so feel free to find another way of doing it)
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| | | | | | |-----3---3-0-----|-3---3-0--- T = Thumb
T 1 | | 2 | |-----3---3-2-----|-3---3-2--- 1 = 1st finger
3 | | | 4-4 |-----------------|----------- 2 = 2nd finger
| | | | | | |-----------------|----------- 3 = 3rd finger
|-0---2---0-------|-0---2---0- 4 = 4th finger
|-------------2-3-|-----------
LH fing- 4 4 4 4
4 4 2 4 4 2
1 1
T 3