Tabs
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Bright Sunny South - Sam Amidon
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Tabbed by: Adam Loomis
E-mail: [email protected]
Verse:
First I'll give you a break down of the key chords.
Fmaj7Fmaj7+9 and 
D7D7+11
e|---0-------------3-------------------------|
BB|---1-------------1-------------------------|
G+G|---0-------------2-------------------------|
D MajorD|---3-------------0-------------------------|
A augmentedA|---x-------------x-------------------------|
E MajorE|---x-------------x-------------------------|
Now here's a breakdown of the picking pattern in the intro/verse:
e|-----0-----0--------0-------------------3----3---3p0-----------------------|
BB|--1-----1-------1-------1---1---1----------1---------3---------------------|
G+G|-----0-----0------0-------0-------0h2----------2-------2-------------------|
D MajorD|--3-----3-----3-------3-------0-------0------0-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
This part is basically riffing off a Cmaj and Am. It only happens twice in the song ?
once in the middle, and again at the end where it sort of melds back into the Fmaj7Fmaj7+9 chord from the verse.
I'm not sure I got the picking pattern perfect here, but it's close.
e|-----0-----0--------------------------0-------0-------------------0-----------0--------0------------|
BB|--1--1--1--1--------1-----1---------1-------1---------1-----------1----1------1----1-----1----------|
G+G|--0-----0--------0-----------0--0h2-----2p0---------0--------------------0h2---------2--------------|
D MajorD|-------------0h2-------2------------------------0h2-----2p0-------0h2-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--3---------------------------------------------------------3-0-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending (comes right after the last Chorus)
e|--------------------0---------|
BB|--------1-------1---1---------|
G+G|----0---------0-----2---------|
D MajorD|--------------------0---------|
A augmentedA|--2---2---2h3-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
Hope this helps you out. Remember to keep it loose, and play around with the picking. Sam never plays it the
same way twice.
And if I might...
What I really love about Sam Amidon's playing, and what I try hardest to channel when I'm learning his songs,
is the way his mind seems to wander through them, as if he's simply sitting on a porch somewhere with you
after a long night, but good sleep and maybe what you're really doing is waiting for the water to boil.
Thanks.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
