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St Patricks Hymn

John Fahey

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                                ST PATRICKS HYMN
                            As recorded by John Fahey
          (From the 1965 Album THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BLIND JOE DEATH)

Music by John Fahey
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh

Gtr I (E A D G B E) 

  Moderately Q=117
 3/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q    Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q     Q   Q  Q
|---------|----------|-----------|------0-----|
|---------|----------|-----------|-^1------3--|
|---------|-2-----2--|-^0-----0--|-^0---------|
|------2--|-2--2-----|-^2--2-----|------------|
|------2--|-0--------|-^0--------|-^3---------|
|---------|----------|-----------|------------|
                                    H.


  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    H    Q
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|
|-1--0-----|-^3-----0--|----0--3--|-1----1---|
|----0--0--|-^0-----0--|-0-----0--|-0--------|
|-2--2-----|--------0--|-0-----0--|----------|
|-3--------|-----------|----------|-3--------|
|----------|-----3-----|-3--------|----------|


  Q  Q  Q    Q   E E E E   Q  Q  Q    H    Q
|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
|-0--------|-------0-1---|----------|-1--------|
|-0--0-----|-2---2-----2-|-0--------|-0----0---|
|-2-----2--|-2-----------|----2-----|----------|
|----------|-------------|-------3--|----------|
|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
             H.


  Q  Q  E E   H    E E   H    Q    H    Q
|-----------|-0------0-|---------|----------|
|----0--1-3-|------3---|-1----0--|----------|
|-2---------|----------|-0-------|-2----2---|
|-3-----2---|-2--------|---------|-2----2---|
|-3-----0---|-3--------|-3-------|-0----0---|
|-----------|----------|---------|----------|
  H     Q


  H    Q     H     Q    Q   Q  Q     H    Q
|---------|-----------|--------0--|-----------|
|---------|-^1----^1--|-1---3-----|-^3----2---|
|-2----0--|-^0----^0--|-0---------|-^0----0---|
|-2----0--|-----------|-----------|-^0----0---|
|-0-------|-^3----^3--|-3---------|-----------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|-^3----3---|
                        H.


  H   Q   H    Q    Q  Q  Q    H    Q
|-----0-|---------|----------|---------|
|-3---0-|---------|----0--3--|-1----1--|
|-0-----|-2----2--|-0-----0--|-0----0--|
|-0-----|-2----2--|-0-----0--|---------|
|-------|-0----0--|----------|-3----3--|
|-3-----|---------|-3--------|---------|


  H    Q    Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q
|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-------|----------|-----------|-1---------|
|-0-------|-2-----2--|-^0-----0--|-0-----0---|
|-2----2--|-2--2-----|-^2--2-----|----2------|
|---------|-0--------|-^0--------|-3---------|
|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|


                                H.=H
  Q  Q  E E   H     E E   H     Q    H    Q   H.
|-----------|-0-------0-|----------|--------|-------*|
|----0--1-3-|-------3---|-1-----0--|--------|-------*|
|-2---------|-----------|-0--------|-2----2-|-2-----*|
|-------2---|-2---------|----------|-2----3-|-2-----*|
|-------0---|-3---------|-3--------|-0----0-|-0-----*|
|-----------|-----------|----------|--------|-------*|
  H     Q     H.          H.


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths