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Brendan Mitchell


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Post  Posted 14 Aug 2015 6:20 pm    
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I have tried this a number of ways but cannot get it right . Can anyone explain the first bar ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V4NoboSq6w
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 15 Aug 2015 3:40 am    
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Tab:


1
2
3                                            1
4                                  1----3    1
5         6--8  8A     OR  1---A   1A---3A 
6  4---6  6--8  8B         1---B   
7
8  4F--6
9
10

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Charlie Thompson

 

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Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 4:20 am    
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1st Fret w B and C pedals
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Joe Alterio


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Irvington, Indiana
Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 12:03 pm    
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I do it the same way, Charlie.
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 12:08 pm    
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't get you what Al Perkins is playing. I would amend my initial tab, though. I slowed it way down, and this is what I got:

Tab:

1
2
3
4        1---3   4F
5  1--A  1A--3A  4A 
6  1--B  1B--3B  4
7
8
9
10


Listen here



The last chord assumes Perkins started playing his ZB by fall 1972. If he was still on his Fender (with no E-F raise on string 4), that last chord would be fret 1, strings 5-4-3.


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Mike DiAlesandro


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Kent, Ohio
Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 12:11 pm    
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Very Happy

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Clete Ritta


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San Antonio, Texas
Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 6:12 pm    
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I hear this:
Tab:


3________________1___
4_________1--3___1___
5___1-1A__1A-3A__1___
6___1-1B_____________



Last edited by Clete Ritta on 16 Aug 2015 6:17 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Brendan Mitchell


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Post  Posted 16 Aug 2015 6:17 pm    
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Thanks guys I was about where Dan was in his first post . I think you have it in that last post Dan
Many thanks
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Bruce Bjork


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Post  Posted 28 Feb 2024 2:27 pm    
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[quote="Dan Beller-McKenna"][tab]

Streets of Baltimore

Thanks Dan, joining another band and this is on their set list, we’re doing it in E
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Post  Posted 28 Feb 2024 4:31 pm    
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Actually, after I finally was in a band that did this tune, I ended up playing it the way Clete suggested.
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Bruce Bjork


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Post  Posted 28 Feb 2024 4:50 pm    
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Dan Beller-McKenna wrote:
Actually, after I finally was in a band that did this tune, I ended up playing it the way Clete suggested.


We’re doing it in E so your version works transposed.
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Tucker Jackson

 

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Post  Posted 7 Mar 2024 10:38 am    
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Glad this came up -- I've played it three different ways over the years but just sat down with headphones and slowed it down to 25% speed in YouTube. I can confirm two things:

On that second figure, it is NOT the BC pedals -- that sounds close, but yields different notes on the lower string. It is A-pedal down, then slid up two frets.

And the last figure is on Fret 1 (not 4AF). You can tell because while he's still sustaining that chord, he reaches down and hits a sus4 on string 6B in the 1st fret (just before the vocals come in).

The only thing I can't hear is on that last chord: is it a three-note grip or two? I can definitely hear the top and bottom notes, but can't tell about the middle note on the 4th string. Either way, it's pretty minor point as long as string 3 and 5 are there.

So it's what Clete tabbed, and Dan had the bones of it in his first post too (the second variation listed there).
Clete Ritta wrote:
I hear this:
Tab:

3__________________1___
4__________1--3____1___
5___1-1A___1A-3A___1___
6___1-1B_____________
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