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tabs:abandoning_my_father_talking_blues [2018/01/01 15:51]
lordofdutch 		tabs:abandoning_my_father_talking_blues [2018/01/01 16:13]
lordofdutch fixed syntax for good this time
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-Tabbed by Lord of Dutch +<code> 
- +This is my first time tabbing anything here so feel free to correct anything that's wrong but this is how I hear it.
-This is my first time tabbing anything here so feel free to correct anything that's wrong but this is how I hear it. (Sorry for the shaky syntax on this page, maybe someone can come by and fix it for me.)+
  
 [Intro] [Intro]
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  G(walk up)C(walk up)D G  G(walk up)C(walk up)D G
  
-- 2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - \\ +- 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 -  
-- 2- - - - - - - - -  - 1 - - - - - - - - 3 - 2 - \\ +- 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 2 -  
-- 0- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 0 - \\ +- 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 0 -  
-- 0- - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - 2 - 0 - - 0 - \\ +- 0 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 0 - 2 - 0 - - - 0 -  
-- 2- - - 0 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - 2 - \\ +- 2 - - - 0 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 2 -  
-- 3 -3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - \\+- 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 -
  
  
-G  \\ +G  
-It was 9 A.M. when the U-Haul came  \\ +It was 9 A.M. when the U-Haul came   
-C \\ +C  
-And I heard my momma call my name \\ +And I heard my momma call my name  
-D \\ +D 
-My daddy taught English at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo  \\ +My daddy taught English at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo   
-G \\ +G  
-He was at work that day,  \\ +He was at work that day,   
-it was time to go, \\ +it was time to go,  
-We were moving on \\+We were moving on 
  
 [Intro] [Intro]
  
-G \\ +G  
-I was five years old and my sister was three \\ +I was five years old and my sister was three  
-C \\ +C  
-I was wondering what would likely become of me \\ +I was wondering what would likely become of me  
-D \\ +D  
-My sister looked sad and I tried to be strong \\ +My sister looked sad and I tried to be strong  
-G \\ +G  
-It was hard just to get up and move along \\ +It was hard just to get up and move along  
-We were (?) \\+We were (?) 
  
 [intro] [intro]
  
-G \\ +G  
-But by five in the afternoon we were gone \\ +But by five in the afternoon we were gone  
-C \\ +C  
-And my stepfather welcomed me with open arms \\ +And my stepfather welcomed me with open arms  
-D \\ +D  
-We walked right through that apartment door \\ +We walked right through that apartment door 
-G \\ +G  
-I had never lived in an apartment before \\ +I had never lived in an apartment before  
-And it was weird \\+And it was weird 
  
-[intro]+(Guitar strumming simplifies and slows here to just soft downward strums)
  
-G \\ +G  
-I'll probably never know what it was like that night \\ +I'll probably never know what it was like that night  
-C \\ +C  
-For my dad, but I'd wager it was pretty bad \\ +For my dad, but I'd wager it was pretty bad  
-D \\ +D  
-My sister and me, we stayed up late \\ +My sister and me, we stayed up late  
-G \\ +G  
-Talking in the dark and not feeling so great \\+Talking in the dark and not feeling so great 
  
-(Guitar strumming simplifies and slows here to just soft downward strums)+G              C                D   
 +We were moving out of our house  
 +       G  
 +Into a two-story apartment building across town  
 +C                      D                                      G                                           
 +With a swing set and a sandbox in the middle of a parking lot  
 +G                          C                        D  
 +And a laundry room full of missing washing machines  
 +G  
 +And two dryers 
  
-G              C                D  \\ +G             C     D      G  
-We were moving out of our house \\ +Keep the home fires burning  
-G // +G             C     D      G  
-Into a two-story apartment building across town \\ +Keep the home fires burning  
-C                      D                                      G      \\                                       +G                   C       
-With a swing set and a sandbox in the middle of a parking lot \\ +Keep the home, home fires  
-G                          C                        D \\ +D G (Strummed hard for ending)
-And a laundry room full of missing washing machines \\ +
-G \\ +
-And two dryers \\+
  
-G             C     D      G \\ +</code>
-Keep the home fires burning \\ +
-G             C     D      G \\ +
-Keep the home fires burning \\ +
-G                   C       \\ +
-Keep the home, home fires  \\ +
-D G (Strummed hard for ending) \\+
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