Viola Lee Blues Grateful Dead
Intro
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--8~~~-
-10~~~-
--9~~~-
-10~~~-
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The judge [G]decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
Clerk he [G]wrote it down indeed-a
Judge [C]decreed it, clerk he wrote it [G]down
Give you this jail [F]sentence[C] you'll be Nashville bo[G]und
before every solo:
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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-----------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------| -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
-------------------------------------------||-------13-|| ----------------------------------6---6-8\-||-13h15----|| ----------------3---3-5(7)5-3-5/7---7------||----------||-12\- -3--3-1-3-1-3-5---5------------------------||----------|| -------------------------------------------||----------|| -------------------------------------------||----------||
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)-----------------| -----------------------------12---------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------|
4x
------------------------||-------------||-----------------------------------| -15\13-11----11-13(15)--||-13(15)13----||-----------------13(15)13----11-13-| ----------12------------||----------12-||--12-10----10-12----------12-------| ------------------------||-------------||--------12-------------------------| ------------------------||-------------||-----------------------------------| ------------------------||-------------||-----------------------------------| -----15~~--15(17)-15(17)-15p13----------------------------------------------| -/15---------------------------15\------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11---| -------------------------------------/12--12---------------------12---------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------13----13-15~~-15p13----13---------------------------------------| -13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13\11-13(15)-13p11----11-11--------| ------------------------------------------------------------12-------12\----| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
12x
||-------13-||
||-13h15----||
||----------||-12\- ||----------|| ||----------|| ||----------||
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:
-3----------------------------------------------------------| -3----------------------------------------------------------| -4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)------| -5----------5----5p3---3-5p3h5---5---5\----3-5p3h5----------| ---------------------5------------------/5------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| -----------/8-8-6-8-6--8-8-6-8-6-8-8(10)-8p6--6---6-8(10)-| -5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------| ---------5------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-| --------------------------------------------------------12-------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| -5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------| -----------5----------------------5-------5-3-5-3-5p3h5---| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------13--15-15~~----------------------------| -----------------------/15---------------13(15)~--(15)13p11-------| ------------------------------------------------------------12----| -----3---3-5\---5p3h5---------------------------------------------| -3h5---5----------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------/15-15~~-| -11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11----------| ------------------------------12----------------------12------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| -15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-| -----------------------------------------------15---------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| -13(15)13P11----11-13(15)-13(15)----------| -------------12----------------------5(7)-| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------|
crescendo begins
4x 4x
||-----------------||-15p13h15--15p13h15p13~~-|| ||-8p6h8--8p6h8p6~-||-------------------------|| ||-----------------||-------------------------|| ||-----------------||-------------------------|| ||-----------------||-------------------------|| ||-----------------||-------------------------||
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)-]
--------| --------| --------|
then sing the airmail verse over
-----------3~-| -----------3~-| -----------4~-| ----3---3--5~-| -/5---5-------| --------------|
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