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Airproofing Ii by Leo Kottke

Airproofing Ii tab by Leo Kottke

Guitar tabs

This is a reissue of a classic Kottke tab by www.guitarmusic.org's
webmaster, the venerable Bruce Head. I've done nothing but formatting to it.
Enjoy!

Patrick R. Schwemmer
pschwemm@hotmail.com


Well, you guys asked for it (some of you anyway).

Finally, attached is my attempt at tab for Airproofing II. It's a DOS ASCII
text file so I hope you can read it. There's about 14 pages of tab in all...
I tried to send it within this e-mail but it was too big for my e-mail
program to handle! :)
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
BTW, I heard back from Richard Gilewitz (I asked him if he had any Leo
anecdotes to share). He left me his number so I'll have to give him a call.

B.


Airproofing II
By Leo Kottke

Transcribed by B.A. Head, 04/06/96

>From *A Shout Toward Noon*

This version transcribed from the "Home And Away" video and a taped
appearance on *Austin City Limits*. Thanks to Dean Gaudet's "Airproofing"
tab for getting me started.
======================================================================

This is one of Leo's most energetic and challenging tunes in terms of
technique. It will take some time and practice to master. It sounds
absolutely great on a 12-string tuned down one or two steps (makes those
bends easier!), but Leo has also played it on a six-string. I hear he's even
played it on a nylon-string classical guitar! One section of this song was
originally recorded as a completely different tune (I think it's buried
somewhere on the album "Leo Kottke") which Leo incorporated it in the 1980s
into his original "Airproofing" (hence the "II" name of this tune).

I highly recommend that you get a copy of "Home And Away" and study how Leo
plays the tune on the video before you tackle this tab! It's best to
approach
this song in sections, mastering each one and then putting them all
together. The benefit of this approach is that you can improvise and change
sections around if you find some particularly difficult.

The main riff is the most recognizable part of this tune. It is played by
fingering an A7 chord using your middle (M) and ring (A) fingers [see fig.
1], and then placing your index and your thumb simultaneously on the G
string, 2nd fret and low E string, 2nd fret [fig.2]. Your index finger and
thumb lift on and off the frets, which helps to mute the open strings and
create the rhythmic kick.

E|-|-|-|
B|-|2|-| - A
G|-|0|-|      Fig. 1
D|-|2|-| - M
A|-|-|-|
E|-|-|-|


E|-|-|-|
B|-|2|-| - A
G|-|2|-| - I    Fig. 2
D|-|2|-| - M
A|-|-|-|
E|-|2|-| - T

You may find it difficult to get this riff sounding the way Leo plays it,
particularly on a six-string. I'll break down the main riff into sections.

The bluesy bass line is played as shown below (I'm just showing the bottom
two strings here). The bass line is played exclusively with the right-hand
thumb. The left-hand *thumb* is fretting the F# on the low E, lifting on and
off to allow the open E to play. This also has the side effect of muting the
open E after it's played.

A-------0-----------------------0---------------------------------
E------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2----------------
       T      T      T      T

Over top of this bass line, Leo is playing a drone note (an E, on the 2nd
fret of the D string), using his right-hand index finger, like this:

D---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---
A-------0-----------------------0-----------------------
E-------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2-----

That's the easy part. Over top of this bass line and drone note, Leo is
"hammering" on the A note on the G string, 2nd fret, using his left hand
index finger, and then pulling it off (well, he's not actually hammering nor
pulling off -- he's putting it down quickly and then taking it off again --
but this is the best way to show it in tab).

G---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0---
D---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---
A-------0-----------------------0-----------------------
E-------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2-----

The important point is that he's not actually *plucking* the note with his
right hand (well, he does sometimes but we won't get into that now). He uses
the index finger on the 2nd fret of the G string in effect to *mute* the
open G that was plucked a moment before with the drone E on the D string,
2nd fret. This muting happens just as the left-hand thumb comes down on the
low E string, 2nd fret. However, by hammering down on that fret, he's also
sounding the note he's fretting -- but he's not emphasizing it. This is what
it sounds like he is playing on the bottom four strings.

G---0-------2-------0---2-----------2-------0---2-------
D---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-------
A-------0-----------------------0-----------------------
E-------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2-----

However, it won't sound right unless you add in the proper timing and
muting. Listen a lot to the recording, that'll help. BTW, Leo starts off the
riff by strumming up on the A7 chord with his index finger (i.e, from the
high E to the low E).

E------------------------------------------------------------------
B---2--------------------------------------------------------------
G---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0------
D---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2------
A-------0-----------------------0-----------------------0----------
E-------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2----------------

By patient with it...start slowly at first until you get the timing and
muting right. Once you've got the basic groove down, then you can do what
Leo does -- emphasizing different notes with the right hand fingers (e.g.,
sometimes Leo actually plucks the A note on the 2nd fret of the G string).

Having said all this, I have to point out that I actually don't play the
riff exactly as I've explained it. I simply play it by feel and it sounds
pretty much like what Leo is doing. What I've explained above comes from
analyzing Leo's playing with the frame-advance feature on my VCR. Once you
get into the groove of the tune, it really doesn't matter if you play it
exactly the way Leo does...just get the bass line right and the rest should
follow.

Good luck! Any corrections to the tab (all 14 pages) are most welcome.

Bruce
bahead@interlog.com
http://www.interlog.com/~bahead/


            Airproofing II by Leo Kottke
             transcribed by B.A. Head


       A7
E--------|------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------|---2-----------------------------------------------2--------------
G---4:---|---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0------
D---4:---|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2------
A--------|-------0-----------------------0-----------------------0----------
E--------|-------------2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2----------------
       Locomotive-ly


E----------------------------------------------||---------------------------
B------------------------------------------0---||----1h----1----------------
G---h2p0---0---0h2p0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0---||*---2-----2-------2--------
D------2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-------||*-----------------0--------
A----------------------0-----------------------||------0--------------------
E----2-----0-----2-----------2-----0-----2-----||--------------2------------
                           D7

         2x     A7                E7
E----------------||---||---------------------------------||-----------------
B----------------||---||---------------------------------||-------0---------
G-------2-------*||---||*---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2p0---*||-------1---------
D-------0-------*||---||*---2-------2---2-------2---2---*||-------0---------
A----------------||---||--------0------------------------||---2-------------
E---0-------2----||---||--------------2-----0-----2------||-----------0-----


            D7             A7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------1-------1-------1------------------------------------
G---1---1--------------2-------2-------2-----------0-------0h2p0---0--------
D---0----------0-----------------------------------2-------2---2------------
A-------2/4^---------------0-----------0h3p0-----------0--------------------
E------------------0---------------2-----------2-------------2-----0--------


                   A7
E-------------------------------||------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------||----2/5\2---2-----------------------------
G---0h2p0-------0h2p0p0---0h2---||*-------0h2p0p0---0h2---0-------0h2-------
D---2---2-------2---2-----2-----||*---2-5-2---2-----2-----2-------2---------
A-----------0-------------------||------0---------------------0-------------
E-----2-----------2---0-----2---||----------2---0-----2-------------2-------


                  D7
E-------------------||------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------||---2/5---4\1---1---------------1------------1---------
G---p0---0---0h2---*||-----------2---2-------2-------2------------2---------
D----2-------2-----*||---2-5-----------------0------------------------------
A-------------------||-----0-----------------------------0---3^-------------
E--------0-----2----||-----------2-------0-------2--------------------2-----


             A7                  E7
E-------------------||-------------------------------------||---------------
B---1---------------||----2/5\----2-------2-------2--------||-------0-------
G---2-------2-------||*---0-------2-------0-------2-------*||-------1-------
D-------------------||*---2-5-----2-------2-------2-------*||-------0-------
A-------------------||-------------------------------------||---2-----------
E-------0-------2---||------0---------2-------0-------2----||---------------


              D7             A7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------1-------1-------1--------------------------------
G-------1---1--------------2-------2-------2-----------0-------0h2p0--------
D-------0----------0-----------------------------------2-------2---2--------
A-----------2/4^---------------0-----------0h3p0-----------0----------------
E---0------------------0---------------2-----------2-------------2----------


                     A7
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------|---2---/---14--------14-------14-----
G---0---0h2p0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---|---0-------0---------0--------0------
D-------2---2-------2---2-------2-----|---2---/---14--------14-------14-----
A---------------0---------------------|-------0-----------------------------
E---0-----2-----------2-----0-----2---|----------------14--------0----------


                                 A7
E----------------------------------------------||---------------------------
B--------14-------14--------14-------14--------||----12---/-------14--------
G--------0--------0---------0--------0---------||*---0------------0---------
D--------14-------14--------14-------14--------||*---12---/-------14--------
A-------------0--------------------------------||---------0-----------------
E---14-----------------14--------0--------14---||---------------------------



E------------------------------------------------------------------||-------
B--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14---------||-------
G--------0--------0---------0--------0---------0--------0---------*||-------
D--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------*||-------
A--------------------------------0---------------------------------||-------
E---14--------0--------14-----------------14--------0--------14----||-------


         A7                     E7
E-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
B---12---/-------14--------14---\---2-------2-------2---|-------0-----------
G---0------------0---------0--------0-------0-------0---|-------1-----------
D---12---/-------14--------14---\---2-------2-------2---|-------0-----------
A--------0----------------------------------------------|---2---------------
E---------------------14--------0-------2-------0-------|-----------0-------


            D7             A7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------1-------1-------1------------------------------------
G---1---1--------------2-------2-------2-----------0-------0h2p0---0--------
D---0----------0-----------------------------------2-------2---2------------
A-------2/4^---------------0-----------0h3p0-----------0--------------------
E------------------0---------------2-----------2-------------2-----0--------


                    E7
E-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------|-------0-------------------------------
G---0h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---|-------1-------1---1-------------------
D---2-----2-------2---2-------2-----|-------0-------0----------0------------
A-------------0---------------------|---2---------------2/4^----------------
E-----2-------------2-----0-----2---|-----------0------------------0--------


  D7             A7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---1-------1-------1-------------------------------------------------------
G---2-------2-------2-----------0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---0-------0h2-------
D-------------------------------2-------2---2-------2-----2-------2---------
A-------0-----------0h3p0-----------0-------------------------0-------------
E---------------2-----------2-------------2-----0-----2-------------2-------


        E
E--------||-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------||-----------------------------------------------------------------
G---p0---||*----------------------------------------------------------------
D----2---||*-----------2-----------------2-----------2----------------------
A--------||--------2-------------2---4-----------2-------4/5---5---4--------
E--------||----0-----------3h4---------------0------------------------------


    A
E--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----
B--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----
G---------------2-----------------2-----------2---------------------*||-----
D-----------2-------------2---4-----------2-------4/5---5---4---2---*||-----
A---2---0-----------3h4---------------0------------------------------||-----
E---------------------0----------------------------------------------||-----


  F#7             F7             B7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------2-------2-------2-----------1-------1-------1-----------------------
G-------3-------3-------3-----------2-------2-------2---------------2-------
D-----------2---------------2-----------1---------------1-------------------
A---4---------------------------3---------------------------0h1h2-----------
E-------------------2---------------------------1---------------------------


              B7            A7
E-------------------|---/---7---7-------7---\---||--------------------------
B-------------------|---/---7---7---7---7---\---||----2---------------------
G-----------2-------|---/---8---8---8---8---\---||*---0---------------0-----
D---1-----------1---|---/-------7---7-------\---||*---2---------------2-----
A-------------------|---/-------------------\---||----------------0---------
E-------2-----------|---/---7---7-----------\---||--------------------------


                           E7
E-----------------------------------------------||--------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------||--------------------------
G---h2p0---0---0h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---*||-------1-------1----------
D------2-------2-----2-------2---2-------2-----*||-------0-------0----------
A------------------------0----------------------||---2----------------------
E----2-----0-----2-------------2-----0-----2----||-----------0--------------

                2x         A7
E---||-------------------------||-------------|-----------------------------
B---||-------------------------||-------------|---2-------------------------
G---||*-----1---------1-------*||-----1-------|---0-------0h2p0---0---0-----
D---||*-----0---------0-------*||-----0-------|---2-------2---2-------2-----
A---||----4p2---2---4p2--------||---4p2---2---|-------0---------------------
E---||--------------------0----||-------------|-------------2-----0---------


                    F#7             F7
E----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------|-------2-------2-------2----------------
G---h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---|-------3-------3-------3----------------
D--------2-------2---2-------2-----|-----------2---------------2------------
A------------0---------------------|---4---------------------------3--------
E----2-------------2-----0-----2---|-------------------2--------------------


              B7                 B7
E-------------------------------------------------------|---/---7---7-------
B---1-------1-------1-----------------------------------|---/---7---7-------
G---2-------2-------2---------------2-----------2-------|---/---8---8-------
D-------1---------------1---------------1-----------1---|---/-------7-------
A---------------------------0h1h2-----------------------|---/---------------
E---------------1---------------------------2-----------|---/---7---7-------


           No chord
E-------7---\---||----------------------------------------------------------
B---7---7---\---||----------------------------------------------------------
G---8---8---\---||*---------------------------------------------------------
D---7-------\---||*---------------------------------------------------------
A-----------\---||--------6h7p6---6h7p6---6h7p6---6h7p6---6h7p6---6h76------
E-----------\---||----0-------0-----------0-----------0-----0---------------
           This is a syncopated bass. I've approximated what Leo
           is doing here. Leo also plays some of the treble
notes
           with his thumb as well as index finger.

E---------||---||---------------------------------------------||---||-------
B---------||---||---------------------------------------------||---||-------
G--------*||---||*-------------------------------------------*||---||*------
D--------*||---||*-------------------------------------------*||---||*------
A---------||---||----6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6----||---||-------
E---------||---||----0---------0-----0---------0-----0--------||---||-------



E--------------------------------------------||---||------------------------
B--------------------------------------------||---||------------------------
G-------------------------------------------*||---||*-----------------------
D---4h5p4---5h6p5---4h5p4---5h6p5---4h5p4---*||---||*-----------------------
A--------------------------------------------||---||----7h6p7---6h7p6-------
E---0---------------0---------0-------0------||---||----0---------0---------


                       Listen to CD to get timing
right
E----------------------------||-------------||------------------------------
B----------------------------||-------------||------------------------------
G---------------------------*||-------------||*-------5---x---5---x---5-----
D---------------------------*||-------------||*-------5---x---5---x---5-----
A---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7----||---8\----0---||----0-------0-------0---------
E-----0---------------0------||-------------||------------------------------


            3x
E-----------------------||---||---------------------------------------------
B-----------------------||---||---------------------------------------------
G---x---5~~~-----------*||---||*--------------------------------------------
D---x---5--------------*||---||*-------6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7--------
A---0----------0--------||---||--------0-------0---------------0------------
E------------------0----||---||---------------------------------------------



E------------||-------------------------------------------------------------
B------------||-------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------*||-------------------------------------------------------------
D---7h8p7---*||---6h7p6---5h6p5---4h5p4---3h4p3-----------------------------
A-----0------||-----0-------0-------0-------0-----6h7p6---5h6p5---4h5-------
E------------||-----------------------------------0---------0-------0-------

                  Right-hand thumb and index finger are
doing
                  most of the work here...
E------------------------------||----------------0---0----------------------
B------------------------------||----------------0---0----------------------
G------------------------------||*---------5---7/9---9\7---5----------------
D------------------------------||*----/7-----------------------7---5--------
A---p4---3h4p3---2h3p2---2p0---||-------------------------------------------
E----------0-------0-----------||-------------------------------------------



E---------0---0----------||-----------------------------------------0-------
B---------0---0----------||-------------0---0-----------------------0-------
G-----------------------*||-------------0---0-------------------------------
D---7---7/9---9\7---5---*||-----------------------------------7---7/9-------
A------------------------||---7---5---7/9---9/7---5---7---5-----------------
E------------------------||-------------------------------------------------



E---0---------||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------
B---0---------||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------
G-------------||*-----------5---7/9---9\7---5-------------------------------
D---9\7---5---||*-------7-----------------------7---5---7---7/9---9\7-------
A-------------||----0-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------||------------------------------------------------------------


E--------||---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------
B--------||---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------
G-------*||---||*-----------5---7/9---9\7---5-------------------------------
D---5---*||---||*-------7---------------------------7---5---7/9---9\7-------
A--------||---||----0---------------------------0---------------------------
E--------||---||------------------0---------------------------0-------------


E--------||---------------------------------------------0---0---------------
B--------||-----------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------------
G-------*||-----------------0---0-------------------------------------------
D---5---*||---------------------------------------7---7/9---9\7---5---------
A--------||---7---5---7---7/9---9/7---5---7---5-----------------------------
E--------||---0-------0-----------0-------0-------0-----------0-------------


E---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0----------||-------
B---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0----------||-------
G---||*-----------5---7/9---9\7---5-------------------------------*||-------
D---||*-------7---------------------------7---5---7/9---9\7---5---*||-------
A---||----0---------------------------0----------------------------||-------
E---||------------------0---------------------------0--------------||-------

   Hold your pinky on the B string, 5th fret thru this section.
E---||------------------0---0--------------------------------------||-------
B---||------------------5---5-----------------------5---5----------||-------
G---||*-----------2---4/5---5\4---2-----------------0---0---------*||-------
D---||*-------4---------------------------2---4---4/5---5\4---2---*||-------
A---||----0---------------------------0----------------------------||-------
E---||------------------0---------------------------0--------------||-------


  G     (Build up the volume here...)            D9
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------0---------------3~~~------------------------
G---------------0-----------------------------------------------------------
D-------0---------------0---------------0------------------0----------------
A-----------2---------------2---------------2------------------2------------
E---3---------------3---------------3------------------3-----------2--------


                               Listen to CD
E----------------------------------------------0-----------||---------------
B---------------------------3~~~-------------------3-------||---------------
G-----------2----------------------------------------------||*---5---x------
D---0---------------0------------------0---------------0---||*---5---x------
A-------0---------------0------------------0---------------||---------------
E---------------2------------------2-----------------------||----5----------


 to get timing right
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------5---5---x-------5----------4/5-------5------------5-------5---------
D-------5---5---x-------5---7~~~---4-5-------5------------5-------5---------
A------------------------------------0----------------0---------------0-----
E---0---5-----------0---5----------------0-------7^-----------0-------------



E-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------
G---5--------5---*||---5---x-------5---5---x-------5---7/9---7p5------------
D---5--------5---*||---5---x-------5---5---x-------5---------------7p5h7~~~-
A-----------------||--------------------------------------------------------
E-------7^--------||---5-------0---5-----------0---5------------------------


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------4/5-------5--------5-------5-------4---4---2-------2---2--x-------
D---------4-5-------5--------5-------5h7p5---4---4---2-------2---2--x-------
A-----------0--------------------0------------------------------------------
E---------------0-------7^-------------------4---4---2---0---2--------------



E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------2----------1/2-------2--------2-------2-------2-------2---------
D-----------2---4~~~---1-2-------2--------2-------2-------2-------2---------
A------------------------0---0----------------0-------0---------------------
E-------0---2------------------------4^-----------------------4-------------


     E
E---||----------------0---x-------------------------------------------------
B---||----------------0---x-------------------------------------------------
G---||*-------1-------------------1-------1/2-------2--------2--------------
D---||*-------2-------------------2-------1-2-------2--------2--------------
A---||------------2-------------------2-----0---0----------------0----------
E---||----0-------------------0-------------------------4^------------------



E----||---------------0---x---------------/---12-------/---12---r---\-------
B----||---------------0---x---------------/---9--------/---9----e---\-------
G---*||-------1-------------------1-------/---9--------/---9----s---\-------
D---*||-------2-------------------2-------/---9--------/---9----t---\-------
A----||-----------2-------------------2---/---11-------/---11-------\-------
E----||---0-------------------0---------------0--------0---0----------------


        Leo plays lightly here and slowly fades out..       4x
E---r---r-------||----------------0---0-----------------------0---0-------||
B---e---e-------||----------------0---0-----------------------0---0-------||
G---s---s-------||*---------5---7/9---9\7---5-----------------------------||
D---t---t-------||*----/7-----------------------7---5---7---7/9---9\7--5--||
A---------------||--------------------------------------------------------||
E---------------||--------------------------------------------------------||


 ...until the bass line comes in, then volume increases     4x
E---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------||
B---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------||
G---||*-----------5---7/9---9\7---5-------------------------------||
D---||*-------7---------------------------7---5---7/9---9\7--5----||
A---||----0---------------------------0---------------------------||
E---||------------------0---------------------------0-------------||


E---||----------------------------------------------0---0----------||
B---||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0----------||
G---||*-----------------0---0-------------------------------------*||
D---||*---------------------------------------7---7/9---9\7--5----*||
A---||----7---5---7---7/9---9/7---5---7---5------------------------||
E---||----0-------0-----------0-------0-------0-----------0--------||


E--||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------||
B--||------------------0---0-----------------------0---0---------||
G--||*-----------5---7/9---9\7---5------------------------------*||
D--||*-------7---------------------------7---5---7/9---9\7--5---*||
A--||----0---------------------------0---------------------------||
E--||------------------0---------------------------0-------------||


E--||------------------0---0---------------------------------------||
B--||------------------5---5-----------------------5---5-----------||
G--||*-----------2---4/5---5\4---2-----------------0---0----------*||
D--||*-------4---------------------------2---4---4/5---5\4---2----*||
A--||----0---------------------------0-----------------------------||
E--||------------------0---------------------------0---------------||


       G
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------0---------------3~~~--------------
G----------------0-------------------------------------------------
D--------0---------------0---------------0------------------0------
A------------2---------------2---------------2------------------2--
E----3---------------3---------------3------------------3----------


    D9
E--------------------------------------------------0-----------||-----------
B-----------------------------------3~~~---------------3-------||-----------
G-------------------2------------------------------------------||*---5------
D-----------0---------------0--------------0---------------0---||*---5------
A---------------0---------------0--------------0---------------||-----------
E-------2---------------2--------------------------------------||----5------



E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---x-------5---5---x-------5----------4/5-------5------------5-------5-----
D---x-------5---5---x-------5---7~~~---4-5-------5------------5-------5-----
A----------------------------------------0----------------0-----------------
E-------0---5-----------0---5----------------0-------7^-----------0---------



E---------------------||----------------------------------------------------
B---------------------||----------------------------------------------------
G-------5--------5---*||---5---x-------5---5---x-------5---7/9---7p5--------
D-------5--------5---*||---5---x-------5---5---x-------5--------------------
A---0-----------------||----------------------------------------------------
E-----------7^--------||---5-------0---5-----------0---5--------------------



E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------4/5-------5------------5-------4---4---2-------2---2---x-----
D---7p5h7~~~---4-5-------5------------5h7p5---4---4---2-------2---2---x-----
A----------------0----------------0-----------------------------------------
E--------------------0-------7^---------------4---4---2---0---2-------------



E-----------------------------------------------------------------||--------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------||--------
G-------2----------1/2-------2--------2-------2-------2-------2---||*-------
D-------2---4~~~---1-2-------2--------2-------2-------2-------2---||*-------
A--------------------0---0----------------0-------0---------------||--------
E---0---2------------------------4^-----------------------4-------||--------

E---------------0---x---------------------------------------||--------------
B---------------0---x---------------------------------------||--------------
G-------1-----------------------1/2-------2--------2-------*||-------1------
D-------2-----------------------1-2-------2--------2-------*||-------2------
A-----------2---------------2-----0---0----------------0----||--------------
E---0-------------------0---------------------4^------------||---0----------



E-------0---x---------------/---12---r---/---12---r---/---12---r---\--------
B-------0---x---------------/---9----e---/---9----e---/---9----e---\--------
G-------------------1-------/---9----s---/---9----s---/---9----s---\--------
D-------------------2-------/---9----t---/---9----t---/---9----t---\--------
A---2-------------------2---/---11-------/---11-------/---11-------\--------
E---------------0---------------0--------0---0--------0---0-----------------


                   3x
E---|---------------||---------------||---||--------------------------------
B---|-----------2---||----------2----||---||--------------------------------
G---|-----------2---||*---------2---*||---||*-----------2-------------------
D---|-------2-------||*-------------*||---||*-----------2-------------------
A---|---0-----------||----3h4--------||---||--------2-------------2---4-----
E---|---------------||---------------||---||----0-----------3h4-------------


     4x
E--------||-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------||-----------5-----------------------------------------------------
G-------*||-----------2-------------------2------------5---7/9---9/7--------
D---2---*||-------2---------------2---4----/7~~~---7------------------------
A--------||---0-----------3---4---------------------------------------------
E--------||-----------------------------------------------------------------


                     E9
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------7-------7---8---7---6---/---7-~~~-
G---5-----------------------------------6-7-------7---8---7---6---/---7-~~~-
D-------7---5---7---7/9---9/7---5-------5/6---6-------7---6---5---/---6-~~~-
A---------------------------------------6-7-----------6---7---6---/---7-~~~-
E-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------


        A
E---------|----------------------------------r-------|---r------------------
B---------|---1/2----------------------------e-------|---e-----------5------
G---------|---1-2---4---2---------------2----s-------|---s-----------2------
D---------|---1-2-----------4---2-------2----t-------|---t-------2----------
A---------|-----0-------------------0---0------------|-------0--------------
E---------|-----------------------------3^-----------|----------------------
                     A big bend!


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------2------------5---7/9---9/7---5--------------------------
D-----------2---4----/7~~~---7-----------------------7---5---7---7/9--------
A---3---4-------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

          E9                       A
E--------------------------------------------------------------|------------
B-------------------7-------7---8---7---8---7---6---/---7~~~---|---1/2------
G-----------------6-7-------7---8---7---8---7---6---/---7~~----|---1/2------
D---9/7---5-------5/6---6-------7---6---7---6---5---/---6~~----|---1/2------
A-----------------6-7-----------6---7---6---7---6---/---7~~~---|-----0------
E-------------------0------------------------------------------|------------


                        E
E---------------------------------r---r---||--------------------------------
B---------------------------------e---e---||--------1-------------0---------
G--------4---2---------------2----s---s---||*-------2-------------0---------
D----------------4---2-------2----t---t---||*-------------------------------
A------------------------0---0------------||------------0---3\2-------------
E----------------------------3^-----------||----2---------------------------


     D                E
E----||-----------3---------3---------|-------------------------------------
B----||-----------3---------3---------|----------------------0---0----------
G---*||-----------2---------2---------|----------------------1---2---0------
D---*||---2---------------------------|------------------2-------2---2------
A----||---------------3\2---0---3\2---|--------------------------2---2------
E----||-------0---0-----0---------0---|---3---2~~~---0----------------------
    I'm approximating here....


           I couldn't figure these chords out :(  D7
E------------/---12---|-----------7-------5---------------|-----------------
B------------/---12---|---2-------7---5---5-------x-------|---1---0h1---0---
G---h1p0h1---/---12---|-----------7---5---5---5---x-------|---2---2-----2---
D----2-------/---12---|-------5-------4---4---3---x-------|-----------------
A----2----------------|-------5-------5-------5---x-------|-----------------
E---------------------|-----------------------------------|---2-------------


             A
E-------------------|-----------------------------------0-------------------
B---h1---1h3/5~~~---|---1/2---------------------0-------0---------/---------
G--------2----------|---1-2---4---2-------------1-------1---0h1---/---------
D-------------------|---1-2-----------4---2---4\2---2-------2-----/---------
A-------------------|-----0---------------------2-----------------/---------
E------------3------|---------------------------------------2---------------


  E9
E-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B---7---|-----------5-------------------------------------------------------
G---7---|-----------2-------------------2------------5---7/9---9/7---5------
D---6---|-------2---------------2---4----/7~~~---7--------------------------
A---7---|---0-----------3---4-----------------------------------------------
E-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------

                 E9
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------7-------7---8---7---8---7---6---/---7-----
G-------------------------------6-7-------7---8---7---8---7---6---/---7-----
D---7---5---7---7/9---9/7---5---5/6---6-------7---6---7---6---5---/---6-----
A-------------------------------6-7-----------6---7---6---7---6---/---7-----
E---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------
            No chord
E---------r-------||---------------------------------------------||---------
B---------e-------||---------------------------------------------||---------
G---------s-------||*-------------------------------------------*||---------
D---------t-------||*---4h5p4---5h6p5---4h5p4---5h6p5---4h5p4---*||---------
A---~~~-----------||----0-----------------0---------0-------0----||---------
E-------------0---||--------0------------------------------------||---------
            Syncopated bass


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7---6h7p6---7h8p7------------
A------0-----------0-------------------0-------0---------------0------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------



E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--6h7p6---7h8p7---7h8p7---6h7p6---5h6p5---4h5p4---3h4p3--------------------
A--------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---6h7p6------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------0------------

                     E
E------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
B------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
G------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
D------------------------------------|-----------2-----------------2--------
A--5h6p5---4h5p4---3h4p3---2h3p2p0---|-------2-------------2---4------------
E------0-------0-------0-------------|---0-----------3h4--------------------


                 A
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------2-----------------2---------------
D-----------2-------------------------2-------------2---4-----------2-------
A-------2-------4/5---5---4---2---0-----------3h4---------------0-----------
E---0-------------------------------------------0---------------------------


                D7            4x  A7
E-------------------------||------------------------------||----------------
B-------------------------||----1-------------------------||----------------
G---2---------------------||*---2--------2-------2-------*||---0------------
D-------4/5---5---4---2---||*---0--------0-------0-------*||---2------------
A-------------------------||--------3^---------------0----||-------0--------
E-------------------------||-----------------2------------||----------------
                  Big bend!
                           A7
E-----------------------------------------------||--------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------||----2/5\2---2-------------
G---0h2p0---0---0h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---||*-------0h2p0---0---0-----
D---2---2-------2-----2-------2---2-------2-----||*---2-5-2---2-------2-----
A-------------------------0---------------------||------0-------------------
E-----2-----0-----2-------------2-----0-----2---||----------2-----0---------

                         D7
E-----------------------------------||--------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------||---2/5---4\1---1---------------1------
G---h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---*||-----------2---2-------2-------2------
D--------2-------2---2-------2-----*||---2-5-----------------0--------------
A------------0----------------------||-----0--------------------------------
E----2-------------2-----0-----2----||-----------2-------0-------2----------


                      A7
E------------------------------------||-------------------------------------
B------------1-------1---------------||----2/5\----2-------2-------2--------
G------------2-------2-------2-------||*---0-------2-------0-------2--------
D------------------------------------||*---2-5-----2-------2-------2--------
A---0---3^---------------------------||-------------------------------------
E----------------2-------0-------2---||------0---------2-------0------------


       E7               D7
E--------||-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------||-------0--------------------------1-------1-------1--------------
G-------*||-------1-------1---1--------------2-------2-------2--------------
D-------*||-------0-------0----------0--------------------------------------
A--------||---2---------------2/4^---------------0-----------0h3p0----------
E---2----||-----------0------------------0---------------2-----------2------


  A7                           A7
E-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------|---2---/---14------
G---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---0-------0h2p0---0---0h2---|---0-------0-------
D---2-------2---2-------2-----2-------2---2-------2-----|---2---/---14------
A-------0-------------------------0---------------------|-------0-----------
E-------------2-----0-----2-------------2-----0-----2---|-------------------



E-----------------------------------------------------------------||--------
B--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------||--------
G--------0--------0---------0--------0---------0--------0---------||*-------
D--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------||*-------
A--------------------------------0--------------------------------||--------
E---14--------0--------14-----------------14--------0--------14---||--------


         A7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---12---/-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14---------
G---0------------0---------0--------0---------0--------0---------0----------
D---12---/-------14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------14---------
A--------0-----------------------------------------0------------------------
E---------------------14--------0--------14-----------------14--------0-----


        2x
E--------------||-----------------------------------------------------------
B---14---------||---12---/-------14--------14-------14--------14------------
G---0---------*||---0------------0---------0--------0---------0-------------
D---14--------*||---12---/-------14--------14-------14--------14------------
A--------------||--------0-----------------------------------------0--------
E--------14----||---------------------14--------0--------14-----------------


E-------------------r---|---------------------------------------------------
B---\---2-------2---e---|---2---/---14--------14-------14--------14---------
G---\---0-------0---s---|---0-------0---------0--------0---------0----------
D---\---2-------2---t---|---2---/---14--------14-------14--------14---------
A-----------------------|-------0-------------------------------------0-----
E-----------0-----------|----------------14--------0--------14--------------



E--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------
B---14--------14-------14--------||----12---/-------14--------14------------
G---0---------0--------0---------||*---0------------0---------0-------------
D---14--------14-------14--------||*---12---/-------14--------14------------
A--------------------------------||---------0-------------------------------
E--------14--------0--------14---||----------------------14--------0--------


                           2x
E----------------------------------------------------||---------------------
B---14--------14-------14--------14-------14---------||---12---/------------
G---0---------0--------0---------0--------0---------*||---0-----------------
D---14--------14-------14--------14-------14--------*||---12---/------------
A------------------0---------------------------------||--------0------------
E--------14-----------------14--------0--------14----||---------------------



E-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
B---14--------14-------14--------14-------\---2-------2---2---|-------------
G---0---------0--------0---------0--------\---0-------0---0---|-------------
D---14--------14-------14--------14-------\---2-------2---2---|-------------
A-------------------------------------0-----------------------|-------------
E--------14--------0--------14--------------------0-----------|-------------

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