October Song The Incredible String Band
(Intro)
I really love this hauntingly beautiful song, full of the wander-lust that
powers much of robin's work.
My dad gave me a tattered old book of incrediable string band tab (no longer
in print) which contained this song. In a recent move I lost the remains of
that book, so before forget it - here it is...
This is just the intro which is all I ever learned, but it makes a great
tune/improv base on its own.
You basically play clawhammer in open D tuning and play around on
the top d string.
Chords:
[D] [A] [G]
d | 0 2 5
A | 0 0 5
F#| 0 3 5
D | 0 2 5
A | 0 0 5
D | 0 x 5
[D]
d ||0---------------| A ||----------------| F#||----------------| D ||----------------| A ||----------------| D ||0---------------|
[D]
d |0--h2-----------|2--h4-----------|----4-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------0---|--------0-------| D |--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
h = hammer on
[D] [A]
d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------| D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------| A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------| D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|
[A]
d |2---------------| A |----------------| F#|----------------| D |----2-----------| A |0-------0-------| D |------------2>>5|
>>> = slide
[G]
d |9-----------9---|9-----------9---|7-------7-------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|--------5-------|--------5-------|----------------| D |----------------|----------------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| D |5---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
^
full bar 5th fret
[D]
d |0--h4-----------|----2--p0-------| A |----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|----------------| D |--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------|
p = pull off
[D]
d |2--h4-----------|----4-----------| A |----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|--------0-------| D |--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------|
[D] [A]
d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------| D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------| A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------| D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|
[A]
pull off both fingers in one smooth movement to make a triplet.
|
d |4p2p0-----------|0---------------|| A |----------------|----------------|| F#|------------0---|----------------|| D |--------0-------|----------------|| A |0---------------|----------------|| D |----------------|0---------------||
Try a 12th fret harmonic on the top three strings to finish.
Enjoy!
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