Midnight Hours Blues

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 From: Allyn Dimock  
  
   
 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 17:21:56 -0500 
 Subject: j/jack_mcgann/midnight_hours_blues.tab 
  
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 Guitar arrangements of Jack McGann. 
  
 Many of you may not recognize Jack McGann's name as a guitarist since he never 
 recorded commmercially.  You may however recognize the arrangement.  Jack was 
 highly regarded among his peers for his arrangements of traditional blues, 
 ragtime, and swing music.  He was also one of the most respected and admired 
 acoustic guitar teachers of the '70s and '80s.  His arrangements have been 
 passed on by his students, grand-students, peers, peers' students, etc. 
  
 Jack was also a social activist, and became nationally known for his fight 
 for equal health care coverage for persons with AIDS. 
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 Midnight Hours Blues              Trad. Arrangement copyright Jack McGann 
                                   Transcribed and tabbed by Allyn Dimock 
  
 Permission obtained from the estate of Jack McGann for free distribution 
 of this tablature for educational purposes.  Please consider making a 
 contribution of your time or money for AIDS research and/or for health 
 care reform if you use this tablature. 
  
 Jack's version in A mixes measures of static bass notes with measures 
 of bass counterpoint.  Contrast this with Dave Van Ronk's version in G 
 which uses only static bass notes.  Both Jack's and Dave's arrangements 
 for guitar seem to be influenced by Leroy Carr's piano arrangement. 
  
           A7                                                roll 
 E-------|---------------------------|-5---5-5---5-4---4-2------|-0 
 B-------|-5---5-----7-5---------5/7-|---7-----7-----5---3----2-| 
 G-3s4s5-|-6---6---7---6---6---------|--------------------------| 
 D-4s5s6-|(5)------------------------|-0-----------------0------| 
 A-------|-0-----0-----0-----0-------|-------6-----7---------4--| 
 E-------|---------------------------|--------------------------| 
   |       |     |     |     |         |     |     |     | 
  
 3 
 E-0----------------0---------|-------5---3-----3--------| 
 B-------4--s3--------0---1/2-|-------2---2-----2-----3s-| 
 G-------2--s1--------1---1/2-|-----2---2----------------| 
 D----------------------------|--------------------------| 
 A-------3--s2--------2-------|-0-----0-----0-----0------| 
 E-------------0--------------|--------------------------| 
   |     |     |      |         |     |     |     | 
  
 5 D 
 E-5---5-----8-5-------------|-5---5-5---5-4---4-2------| 
 B-7---7---7-------7-----5/7-|---7-----7-----5---3----2-| 
 G---------------------------|--------------------------| 
 D-0-----------0-------------|-0-----------------0------| 
 A-------0-----------0-------|-------6-----7---------4--| 
 E---------------------------|--------------------------| 
   |     |     |     |         |     |     |     | 
  
 7 
 E-0----------------0-------|-------5---3-------------| 
 B-------4--s3--------0---2-|-------2---2-------------| 
 G-------2--s1--------1---2-|-----2---2---------------| 
 D--------------------------|-------------------0---1-| 
 A-------3--s2--------2-----|-0-----0-----0---4-------| 
 E-------------0------------|-------------------------| 
   |     |     |      |       |     |     |     | 
  
 9 E                         Ao 
 E-0---------0-/4---0-------|-5---5-------0-----------| 
 B-----0---0----------------|-4---4-----------4-3-1s2-| 
 G--------------------------|---5-------5-------------| 
 D-2------------------------|---------4---------------| 
 A--------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----------| 
 E-------0------------0---0-|-------------------------| 
   |     |      |     |       |     |     |     | 
  
 11                                bru   +1/2 
 E-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---------3-----0-------| 
 B-------------------------|-------3-----------------| 
 G-2-----------------------|-------1-----------------| 
 D-------5-----4-----3-----|-2-----2-----------------| 
 A-0-----------------------|-------2-----------------| 
 E-------------------------|-----0-0-----0-----------| 
   |     |     |     |       |     |     |     | 
  
  
 Variation: setting up for a first inversion D6 in measure 2. 
  
 3  +-+-+-+-+-+ 
    | | 1 | | | 
 4  +-+-+-+-+-+ 
    | | | 2 2 2 
 5  +-+-+-+-+-+ 
    | | | | | | 
 6  +-+-+-+-+-+ 
    | | | | | 4 
 7  +-+-+-+-+-+ 
  
 1 
 E-------------------------|-----5-----7-5-----------|-0-| 
 B-5---5-----7-5-----------|-----5-----------7-------|---| 
 G-6---6---7---6-----------|-----5------------------2|---| 
 D-----------------7-6---5-|-4-----4-----4-----0-----|---| 
 A-0-----0-----0-----------|-----------------------4-|---| 
 E-------------------------|-------------------------|---| 
   |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |       | 
  
 Variation: parallel and contrary melodies in measures 9-10 
  
 9 
 E-4---2-0---2-0-----------|-----------------0-------|---| 
 B-------------------4-----|-3-----2---3-4-----3---2-|---| 
 G-------------------------|-------------------------|-2-| 
 D-2-----0-----------------|-------------------------|---| 
 A-------------4-----3-----|-2-----------------------|-0-| 
 E-------------------------|-----0-1-----2-----4-----|---| 
   |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |       | 
  
  
 In the wee midnight hours, long before the break of day,  2x 
 Oh, the blues come down, they tow all your mind away. 
  
 Don't your mind get lonesome thinking back to days of long ago,  2x 
 You know she used to love you, but now she just don't care no more.