Mcgooghans Blues by Roy Harper S=slide h=hammer on p=pull off .=staccato (play abruptly) ~=vibrato x=scratch Intro: Improvised using an A minor scale on the 3rd string while filling in with the open 1st and 2nd strings. e|0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|----------------0-0---0-0--------| B|1---1---1---1-1-1---1---0-0-0---h-------------s--0-0-.-0-0----h--p| G|2---2---2---2-2-2---2---0-0-0--0/2---4---5---5/7-----7-------9/10\| D|2-------2---2---2---------------|---------------------------------| A|0-------0---0---0---------------|---------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|----------------0-0---------0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-----------------| B|----------------0-0------h--0-0-|--p-0-0-----0-0------h------.-.-| G|9---7---5---7-------9---9/10----|10\9----9-------9---7/9-7---7-9-| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|----0-0---------0-0---------------|----------------------------------| B|.---0-0---------0-0--h-p-s--------|-h-p-p---------------------h-p-p--| G|7-------5---7-------5/7\5\4---5---|4/5\4\0---2---4---5---4---2/4\2\0-| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| e|----------------0-0-------------|--------------------------------| B|-------------s--0-0------h-p-p--|------------------------~-------| G|2---4---5---5/7-----5---4/5\4\0-|2---4---5---4---2---0---2-------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|----0---0-0-0---0-0---0---------|0-------x---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-| B|----1p0-0-0-0---1-0---1---------|1-------1---1-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-| G|----2p0-0-0-0---2-0---2---------|2-------2---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0---| D|----2p0-0-0-0---2-0---2---------|2-------2---2-2-2-2-2-----------| A|----0-----------0-----0---------|0-------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|----------------0-----------0-0-|------------------0-0---------0-0-| B|-------------s--0-----------0-0-|-----h-p----------0-0------s--0-0-| G|2---4---5---5/7-----5---4-------|5---4/5\4-2---1-------2---2/4-0-0-| D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| Am.Riff e|0-------x---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|0-------x---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-| B|0h1-----1---0-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-|1-------1---0-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-| G|0h2-----2---0-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-|2-------2---0-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-| D|0h2-----2---0-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-|2-------2---0-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-| A|0-----------0---0---0---0-------|0-----------0---0---0---0-------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Chords: Am: x02210 Dm: xx0231 E: 022100 G: 320003 D: xx0232 G': 320033 Verse sequence: Am Dm Am E Am.Riff Nicky my child he stands there with the wind in his hair Am Dm Am E Am.Riff Wondering whether the water the wind or the where Am Dm Am E Am.Riff I fear that someday he might ask me if mine is to blame Am Dm Am E Am.Riff And I've got no reply save to tell him it's all just a game Chorus sequence: G Am And how the sea she roars with laughter G Am And howls with the dancing winds G Am D G' D Dm Am.Riff To see my two feet standing here questioning...... 500 veres later... play Am.Riff and replace the open strings at the end of the riff with Amsus2 and play triplets instead of straight eighths. Chords: Amsus2: x02200 Amsus2/c: x32200 Esus4: 022200 A: x02220 D: xx0232 E: 022100 Asus4: x02230 Amsus2 Amsus2/c Esus4 Amsus2 Amsus2/x Esus4 My age and my time, the bloodfire wine and rhyme A D A That fills my dream, reminds me of an atom E A In a bubble on a wave D A That held it's breath for one sweet second E A Then was popped and disappeared D A E A Into fruitful futility, meaningless meaning E A E Asus4 A Meaningless meaning, meaningless meaning D A D A Under the toadstool lover down by the dream D A E A Everything flowing over rainbows downstream D And there's a mirror that I'm lookin' straight through A Asus4 A And I get it D And there's a doorway that I'm ducking into E To forget it D A E A But flashin' doors beyond the sky D E A The shattering midnight gathers D A E A And reminding me behind my hind D E A The earthquake the sunflakes flutter D A E A The broken coach and the rags approach D E D A And the wind is devouring the ashes www.TAB6.com