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Joe Kirby Blues

John Fahey

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From: jboston@delphi.com (John Boston)
Subject: TAB: Fahey's "Joe Kirby Blues"
Date: 7 Jan 1996 17:16:03 GMT

                           Joe Kirby Blues
                            by John Fahey


John Fahey has a genius for simple beauty and this tune, from his old
Takoma LP DAYS HAVE GONE BY, is a prime example.  This was tabbed by
Dave Cohen (user643309@aol.com) and transcribed by me.

Dave suggests these fingerings (T = thumb, I = index, M = middle,
R= ring, L = little, O = open string):

Am in Part A:         D7 in Part A:        Am in Part B
3  M                  O                    5  I
3  M                  3  I                 8  L
2  I                  5  L                 O
O                     O                    7  M
O                     5  R                 O
O                     O                    O

                    John Boston

                               JOE KIRBY BLUES


   D                     E         Am     PART A                       =

----5---5--5---3--3--3---0--0--0------|--------------------|----------|
----7---7--7---5--5--5---0--0--0------|---5--5--3h5--5--5--|----------|
----7---7--7---5--5--5---1--1--1------|------2-------------|----------|
----7---7--7---5--5--5---2--2--2------|--------------------|----------|
-------------------------2--2--2---0--|--------------0-----|----------|
-------------------------0--0--0------|--------------------|----------|
                                                                      =


                                                                      =

----------------------5--3-----|--------------------------------------|
---3h5--5--5--5--3h5--------5--|--------------------------------------|
2-------------2-------------2--|--------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
--------0-------------0--------|--------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
                                                                      =


D7           roll                                                     =

--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-3--------3---3-----3--3--3--------3--|-------------------------------|
-------5------5--5--------------5-----|-------------------------------|
--------------0--------------0--------|-------------------------------|
----5------------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
                                                                      =


                                                                      =

------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------|
------3--3-----3-----3--------|---------------------------------------|
---5--------5--------------0--|---------------------------------------|
---------0--------------0-----|---------------------------------------|
5-----------------5-----------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
                                                                      =


   F6                                             bend   Am           =

-----------------------------------|--0-------------------|-----------|
---------3--3-----3--3--3-----1h3--|--0------------8------|-----------|
------2--------2-------------------|---------------9------|-----------|
------------3--------------3-------|-----2--2--2----------|-----------|
-----------------------------------|------------------7---|-----------|
0-h1-----------------1-------------|--0------------0------|-----------|
                                                                      =


roll  PART A'       quick  roll then arpeggio                         =

-5-----------------------------5-----------------5--------------------|
-5-----------------------------5--5-----------5-----5-----------------|
-------------------------------------5-----5-----------5--------------|
----------------------------------------7-----------------------------|
-0---0-----5-----5------5---0--7--------0--------0--------------------|
--------7-----7------7------------------------------------------------|
                                                                      =


repeat A and A' go to Part B                                          =

-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
-2-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
-------------|---0-----------|----------------------------------------|
-0-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
                                                                      =


PART B       roll                             roll                       =

-5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|------5---5----5--7--5-- -----5--|------|
-------8------8--------8-----|----8--------8----8---------8----|------|
----0---------------0--------|----------0--------------0-------|------|
--------------7--------------|-7----------------7--------------|------|
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
          C
                                                                      =

                                                   roll               =

------5--5-----5--5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---------5--|--------------|
---8--------8--------------8-----|--8--8--8--7--7---7--|--------------|
---------7--------------7--------|-----------7--7------|--------------|
0-----------------0--------------|--0--0--0--0--0---0--|--------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|
                                                                      =


                  roll                        E         Am            =

------5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---4--4--4---5--|---------|
---6--------6------6--------6-----|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5--|---------|
---------7---------------7--------|----------------------5--|---------|
0------------------0--------------|--0--0--0-------------7--|---------|
----------------------------------|----------------------0--|---------|
----------------------------------|------------0--0--0------|---------|
                                                                      =


repeat parts A', A, B, A', A up to E chd         bend                 =

-|--------------------------------|--0------------------|-------------|
-|--------------------------------|--0------------8-----|-------------|
-|--------------------------------|---------------9-----|-------------|
-|--------------------------------|-----2--2--2---------|-------------|
-|--------------------------------|------------------7--|-------------|
-|--------------------------------|--0------------0-----|-------------|
                                                                      =


                                                                      =

5--8--5--------------------------------5--||--------------------------|
5--------8--5--------------------------5--||--------------------------|
5--------------7--5--------------------7--||--------------------------|
7--------------------7--5-----7-----5--7--||--------------------------|
---------------------------7-----7-----0--||--------------------------|