Parchment Farm by Blue Cheer Band: Blue Cheer Song: Parchment Farm arr. Blue Cheer (written by Mose Allison) Riff #1: e---------------------------------| B---------------------------------| G-------------5--3------5--3------| D-------------5--3------5--3------| A----3h5-3h5-------3-5------------| E---------------------------------| Riff #2: e-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------| D----3h5—3h5--3--------------3-----3--| A---------------5--3-0--3-5----3-5----| E-------------------------------------| ‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm…’ etc. Riff #3: (long vibrato lead) e-----------------------------| B-----------------------------| G------------------3~~~~~~~~--| D----5~~~~~~~~~~~-------------| A-----------------------------| E-----------------------------| ‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’ Repeat above for all verses. Solo on G major pentatonic scales, with lots of fuzz. Then the breakdown: e---------------------------------| B---------------------------------| G---------------------------------| D---------------------------------| A---------------------------------| E--1-1-3----15/3---1-1-3---15-----|3— Repeat as necessary. Then the fade in: e-------------------------| B-------------------------| G-------------------------| D-------------------------| A-------------5-3---------| E---3--6-3-6------6-3-----| e---------------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------| D—3~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~---3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------| A------------------------3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------| E------------------------1/3-1/3-1/3-1/3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------| e-----------------| B------16~~~~~----| G-----------------| D--5--------------| A--5--------------| E--3--------------| ‘…well I’ve been sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’ Then play riff #1, #2 & #3 one fret higher, so the song is now in G# or Ab major (4th fret) Outro: e------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------| G---------6-4------6-4---------------------------------| D---------6-4------6-4---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—7~~~~~~~~~~~--| A—4h6-4h6------4-6-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------| E------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------| Tabbed by William B www.TAB6.com