On The Frisco Line tab by Mcdowell Mississippi Fred

On The Frisco Line

written by Mississippi Fred McDowell
from Mississippi Fred McDowell album Mississippi Fred McDowell
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus (dumchusa@aol.com)

played in Open D (D A D F# A D from low to high)

(Any non-open notes contained within the (* *) are played
 with a slide. The notes in parenthesis -(0)- in the intro
 and interludes are made by pulling the slide off the high
 A and D without hitting the strings. Also, the alternating
 bass picking pattern on the two low D strings is done by
 using the thumb to hit all open notes, and the index finger
 to hit any fretted notes.)

Intro:
  (*         *)

D-|--2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----------|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|

Verse:

D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|-4/5---5----5----5--|--5----5----5----5--|
D-|-------0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0--|
  Lord I ain't...

D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------| play 5x
D-|--------------------|
A-|--5----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|
   Seen my baby....

D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------| play 3x
D-|--------------------|
A-|--4----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|

D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|--------------------| play 5x
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--5----5----5----5--|--4----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0--|
   Lord I ain't seen...


  (mute all strings ligthly with palm)
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------| play 4x
D-|----0----0---------0|
A-|--------------3/5~--|
D-|--5----3----0----0--|
   Lord I ain't seen...

D-|------------|
A-|------------|
F#|------------|
D-|----0----0--|
A-|------------|
D-|--5----3----|


(parts in between verses are played about twice as fast as the intro)

1st interlude:
  (*         *)

D-|0-2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----------|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|

return to Verse


2nd and 3rd interlude:

(listen to the song for when to play the notes with the * on top -
 sometimes only one or the other is hit, sometimes both are hit.)

  (*         *)

  *                 *
D-|0-2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----0-----|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|

return to Verse

Ending (after 3rd interlude):

  (*        *)
D-|----------------P---|---------0----0-----|
A-|------0----3/5\3^0--|--------------------|
F#|--2/3---------------|---P----------------| play 2x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|

            (*  *)
D-|---------0----0-----|---------0----------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#|---P----------------|--------------------|
D-|--5^4--0---------0--|-------0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--3/5---------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0----0--|

  (*       *)
D-|--5/---/12~--12~----|
A-|--------------------|
F#|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|