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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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