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October Song

Incredible String Band

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Artist: Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band) Album: The Incredible String Band Song: October Song tabber: felix (sirewatkins at hotm..) I really love this hauntingly beautiful song, full of the wander-lust that powers much of robin's work. My dad gave me a tattered old book of incrediable string band tab (no longer in print) which contained this song. In a recent move I lost the remains of that book, so before forget it - here it is... This is just the intro which is all I ever learned, but it makes a great tune/improv base on its own. You basically play clawhammer in open D tuning and play around on the top d string. Chords: D A G d | 0 2 5 A | 0 0 5 F#| 0 3 5 D | 0 2 5 A | 0 0 5 D | 0 x 5 D d ||0---------------| A ||----------------| F#||----------------| D ||----------------| A ||----------------| D ||0---------------| D d |0--h2-----------|2--h4-----------|----4-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------0---|--------0-------| D |--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------| h = hammer on D A d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------| D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------| A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------| D |0---------------|----------------|----------------| A d |2---------------| A |----------------| F#|----------------| D |----2-----------| A |0-------0-------| D |------------2>>5| >>> = slide G d |9-----------9---|9-----------9---|7-------7-------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|--------5-------|--------5-------|----------------| D |----------------|----------------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| D |5---------------|5---------------|5---------------| ^ full bar 5th fret D d |0--h4-----------|----2--p0-------| A |----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|----------------| D |--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------| p = pull off D d |2--h4-----------|----4-----------| A |----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|--------0-------| D |--------0-------|----------------| A |----------------|----------------| D |0---------------|0---------------| D A d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------| A |----------------|----------------|----------------| F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------| D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------| A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------| D |0---------------|----------------|----------------| A pull off both fingers in one smooth movement to make a triplet. | d |4p2p0-----------|0---------------|| A |----------------|----------------|| F#|------------0---|----------------|| D |--------0-------|----------------|| A |0---------------|----------------|| D |----------------|0---------------|| Try a 12th fret harmonic on the top three strings to finish. Enjoy!
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