Viola Lee Blues Chords & Tabs
Intro
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-10~~~-
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-1--3-3---3---3---1-|
G
The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
G
Clerk he wrote it down indeed-a
C G
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down
F C G
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound
before every solo:
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-/5---5------|
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1st solo:
-----------------------------------------------10--8-6h8p6---6----|
----6---6-6h8~~--------------------6h8--6h8\---------------8---8\-|
-/7---7-----------7\5-3---3-5(7)----------------------------------|
------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
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-7\5-3---3-3(5)---------------------------------------------|
-------5--------5-3---3-----------------3---5--5--5-5p3h5-5-|
--------------------5---5--3--1------/5---5-----------------|
--------------------------------1-3-------------------------|
12x
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----------------------------------6---6-8\-||-13h15----||
----------------3---3-5(7)5-3-5/7---7------||----------||-12\-
-3--3-1-3-1-3-5---5------------------------||----------||
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Some got six month some got one solid.
Some got one solid year indeed-e
Some got six month some got one solid.
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here
2nd solo:
-----13----13-15~~-------------------------15-15-15-15~~--|
-/15----15----------15\13-11----11-13(15)-----------------|
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4x
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-15\13-11----11-13(15)--||-13(15)13----||-----------------13(15)13----11-13-|
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-----15~~--15(17)-15(17)-15p13----------------------------------------------|
-/15---------------------------15\------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11---|
-------------------------------------/12--12---------------------12---------|
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------------13----13-15~~-15p13----13---------------------------------------|
-13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13\11-13(15)-13p11----11-11--------|
------------------------------------------------------------12-------12\----|
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12x
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grateful_dead/viola_lee_blues_tab.html ]
I wrote a letter I mailed in the, Mailed it in the air indeed-a
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere
3rd solo:
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-3----------------------------------------------------------|
-4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)------|
-5----------5----5p3---3-5p3h5---5---5\----3-5p3h5----------|
---------------------5------------------/5------------------|
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-----------/8-8-6-8-6--8-8-6-8-6-8-8(10)-8p6--6---6-8(10)-|
-5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------|
---------5------------------------------------------------|
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-13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-|
--------------------------------------------------------12-------|
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-5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------|
-----------5----------------------5-------5-3-5-3-5p3h5---|
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-----------------------/15---------------13(15)~--(15)13p11-------|
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-----3---3-5\---5p3h5---------------------------------------------|
-3h5---5----------------------------------------------------------|
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-11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11----------|
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-15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-|
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-13(15)13P11----11-13(15)-13(15)----------|
-------------12----------------------5(7)-|
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crescendo begins
4x 4x
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okay, I'm not going to transcribe the entire frenzy, because
it follows the same blues runs transcribed above.
Follow the G blues scale:
-------------------------6-8(10)-|
---------------------6-8---------|
---------------3-5/7-------------|
-----------3-5-------------------|
-----1-3/5-----------------------|
-1-3-----------------------------|
at the climax of the frenzy, play this chord over and over
-15-----|
-15-----|
-17(19)-
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then sing the airmail verse over
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