#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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------|--------------------|----------| = = ----------------------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--------------|-------------------------------| --------------------------------------|-------------------------------| = = ------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------| ------3--3-----3-----3--------|---------------------------------------| ---5--------5--------------0--|---------------------------------------| ---------0--------------0-----|---------------------------------------| 5-----------------5-----------|---------------------------------------| ------------------------------|---------------------------------------| = 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------|-----------| = 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------------------------------------------------| = repeat A and A' go to Part B = -------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -2-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------| -------------|---0-----------|----------------------------------------| -0-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------| = 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 = 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--|--------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------| = 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------|---------| = repeat parts A', A, B, A', A up to E chd bend = -|--------------------------------|--0------------------|-------------| -|--------------------------------|--0------------8-----|-------------| -|--------------------------------|---------------9-----|-------------| -|--------------------------------|-----2--2--2---------|-------------| -|--------------------------------|------------------7--|-------------| -|--------------------------------|--0------------0-----|-------------| = = 5--8--5--------------------------------5--||--------------------------| 5--------8--5--------------------------5--||--------------------------| 5--------------7--5--------------------7--||--------------------------| 7--------------------7--5-----7-----5--7--||--------------------------| ---------------------------7-----7-----0--||--------------------------|