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From: mike pettersson [robin_hood88@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 9:17 AM
Song: old king
Artist: by Niel Young. He play'd it on "Harvest moon".Enjoy!!!
It all starts with a banjo(?)intro.Any way-I tab it for guitar.
tune:DADGBD(low to high). that's drop D' tuning, folk's!
I don't claim this to be a 100% right tab, but it's not wrong!
But as always-corrections welcome! This tab was made by "the great
beyond".
f=full note A=10
h=halv note B=11
q=quarter note C=12
e=eight note s=slide
b=break
oh!-the Chords!
D5 G C F5
D---0-------0-------x------x-----------------------
B---3-------0-------1------x-----------------------
G---2-------0-------0------x-----------------------
D---0-------0-------2------3-----------------------
A---0-------5-------3------3-----------------------
D---0-------5-------x------3-----------------------
into:
D5
q e e h e e e e+ h
D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|
bass
| f h q q
G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|--b--------------------------|-b-------------------------------|-
A---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|--------------------3-----0------|-
q e e e e+q e e e e+h
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|
| h h q q h
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
A--|---------------5--------------|---------------5-----------------|-
D--|-0----------------------------|-3--s---0------------------------|-
q e e h e e e e+ h
D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|
| h h q q h
G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D---|----------------0------------|---------------------------------|-
A---|-----------------------------|--------------------5------------|-
D---|-0---------------------------|-3------0------------------------|-
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/young_neil/old_king_tab.html ]
q e e e e+q e e e e+h
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|
| h h e (e) q h
G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
A--|---------------5--------------|----------------5----------------|-
D--|-0----------------------------|-3--(3)-0------------------------|-
SORRY! The strumming is totally up to your self!
chorus:
Midplay:
D5
q q e q e e e q e e+q
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
|
| h h h q q
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
D5 C
q q e q e e e q h
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0-----------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----2-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------3-----------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
|
| h h q q q q
G-|---------------------------|-------------5-----------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------0-----------------|-
A-|---------------------------|--------------------3----|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
D5
q q e q e e e q e e+q
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
|
| h h h q q
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
D5 C D5
q e e e e e e q q h
D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
B-|----------------------------|-----------3------------|-
G-|---------0--2---4--2--0-----|-0----0----2------------|-
D-|--b------0------0-----0--3--|-2----2----0------------|-
A-|----------------------------|-3----3-----------------|-
D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
|
| h h q q q q
G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
D-|--------------0------------|--------------------0----|-
A-|---------------------------|-3-----------------------|-
D-|-0-------------------------|-------5-----0-----------|-
(play midplay*2 and improvise)
end on D5
That's it pal.
Oh!- the bass tab well- play half note's and additional fourthnotes.
But most of all- get the rythm right!-this is country.
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