Sea Of Joy Tab by Blind Faith

Sea Of Joy tab by Blind Faith

Guitar Tab

SEA OF JOY

As recorded by Blind Faith
(From the 1969 Album BLIND FAITH)

Words and Music by Steve Winwood

Transcribed by Slowhand


          Am                    D                   Em                   A7
     x x x 9 10 8          x x x 7 7 5          x x x 9 8 7          x 0 2 0 2 0

           A                    E                   F#m                 Dsus2
      x 0 2 2 2 0          0 2 2 1 0 0        x 9 11 11 10 9         x x 0 2 3 0

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

         EmXII
    x x 14 12 12 12


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Winwood - Acoustic 12-string Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Winwood - Organ'


 Intro 1
  Q=116
  Am                 D
 4/4
  Gtr III
  W                  W
  |                  |
  /                  /

  Gtr I
                           ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---2-0------------|
|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|
|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|


  Em
  W                       +W
  |                        |
  /                        /

  Q.   a E +S  E. S S E   +S  E. a E E S S E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------7-|-(7)-9--------------------|
|--------------5--7s9---|--------9s7p5-7p5---5-----|
|------5s7-(7)----------|------------------7---7\--|
|-0---------------------|--------------------------|


  Am                 D
  W                  W
  |                  |
  /                  /

                           ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---2-0------------|
|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|
|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|


  Em
  W                     +W
  |                      |
  /                      /

  H    +E  S S  Q     a  E E S S E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------7---|-----------------------||
|----------7s9-(9)--|-9s=7p5-7p5-------5----||
|-------------------|------------7-5-7---7--||
|-0----(0)----------|-----------------------||


   Intro 2 & Interlude
    A7               A
    W                W
    |                |
    /                /

    Gtr II
    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E a E E
||-----------------|-0-----0-2-0-------|
||o----2-----3-----|---2---------------|
||-------0-----0---|-----2-------------|
||---------2-----2-|-----------------2-|
||o-0--------------|-------------3s4---|
||-----------------|-------------------|


  E
  W                  +W
  |                   |
  /                   /

  Q  S S E E E E E    E E E E E E a E E
|--------0---------|---------------------|
|------------------|--0-----0-2-0--------|
|----1h2-----2-----|----1----------------|
|----------2---2-2-|------2--------------|
|------------------|------------------2--|
|-0----------------|--------------3s4----|


  A7               A
  W                W
  |                |
  /                /

  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E a E E
|----------------|-0-----0-2-0-------|
|----2-----3-----|---2---------------|
|------0-----0---|-----2-------------|
|--------2-----2-|-----------------2-|
|-0--------------|-------------3s4---|
|----------------|-------------------|


  E
  W                    +W
  |                     |
  /                     /

  Q  S S E  E  E E E    E E E E E E a E E
|--------0-(0)-------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--0-----0-2-0-------||
|----1h2-------2-----|----1---------------||
|-----------2----2-2-|------2-------------||
|--------------------|------------------2-||
|-0------------------|--------------3s4---||


 1st & 2nd Verses
  A7               A                   E
  W                W                   W                  +W
  |                |                   |                   |
  /                /                   /                   /

  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E a E E   Q  S S E E E E E    E E E E E E a E E
|----------------|-0-----0-2-0-------|--------0---------|--------------------|
|----2-----3-----|---2---------------|------------------|--0-----0-2-0-------|
|------0-----0---|-----2-------------|----1h2-----2-----|----1---------------|
|--------2-----2-|-----------------2-|----------2---2-2-|------2-------------|
|-0--------------|-------------3s4---|------------------|------------------2-|
|----------------|-------------------|-0----------------|--------------3s4---|


  A7               A
  W                W
  |                |
  /                /

  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E a E E
|----------------|-0-----0-2-0-------|
|----2-----3-----|---2---------------|
|------0-----0---|-----2-------------|
|--------2-----2-|-----------------2-|
|-0--------------|-------------3s4---|
|----------------|-------------------|


  E
  W                    +W
  |                     |
  /                     /

  Q  S S E  E  E E E    E E E E E E a E E
|--------0-(0)-------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--0-----0-2-0-------||
|----1h2-------2-----|----1---------------||
|-----------2----2-2-|------2-------------||
|--------------------|------------------2-||
|-0------------------|--------------3s4---||


 Pre-Chorus
  $
  A7               A                    D
  W                W                    W
  |                |                    |
  /                /                    /

  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E  E  E E    Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|-0-----5---(5)-5----|----2-----3-----|
|----2-----3-----|---2-----5----------|------3-----3---|
|------0-----0---|-----2------6----6\-|--------2-----2-|
|--------2-----2-|--------------------|-0--------------|
|-0--------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|


                    F#m
  +W                W                   +W
   |                |                    |
   /                /                    /

   E E E E E E Q    E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E a E E
|--------0h2------|-------2-(2)---2---|--------2-(2)-2-------|
|------3-----3-3--|-----2-------2---2-|------2---------0h2---|
|----2------------|---2---------------|----2---------------2-|
|--0--------------|-4-----------------|--4-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|


                                                       To Coda
  E                    Dsus2
  W                    W                   +W
  |                    |                    |
  /                    /                    /

  Q  S S E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
|--------0-(0)-------|-------0-(0)-------|--------0-(0)--------|
|--------------------|-----3-------3-----|------3-----------3--|
|----1h2-------1---1-|---2-------------2-|----2---------2------|
|----------------2---|-0-------------0---|--0-------------0----|
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0------------------|-------------------|---------------------|


                                             Chorus
  1.                    2.
                         Dsus2                Am
  +W                     W                    W
   |                     |                    |
   /                     /                    /

                                              Gtr I
   E E E E +E  E E E     E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E Q
|--------5-(5)---5----||-------5-(5)---5---||------------------|
|------3-------3---3-o||-----3-------3---3-||------------------|
|----2----------------||---2---------------||------------------|
|--0------------------||-0-----------------||---2-0------------|
|--------------------o||-------------------||-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|
|---------------------||-------------------||------------------|


  D                     Em                                  Am
  W                     W          +W                       W
  |                     |           |                       |
  /                     /           /                       /

        ~                             ~~
  E E E E +E  E E S S   W           S E. E E a E E S S E    E E E E +E  E Q
|---------------------|----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|---2-0---------------|----------|--7s9--9-7--------------|-------------------|
|-0-----4-(4)-2-0-----|----------|-----------5s7-5-7p5----|---2-0-------------|
|---------------------|----------|---------------------7\-|-0-----3-(3)-2-0---|
|-----------------x-x-|-0--------|------------------------|-------------------|


  D                  Em
  W                   W
  |                   |
  /                   /

                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    +E   E  E  E      +Q     E  E
|------------------|-----12------------------12----|
|------------------|--------12-15b17==(15)r-----12-|
|---2-0------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|-(0)---------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|


  +W
   |
   /

   E      E  E  E  E     E  E       E
|-----------12-------------------------||
|--------12----15----------------------||
|-14b16===========14b16-14-12b12.5-----||
|----------------------------------12\-||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||


 Bridge
  Am                                  D
  W                +W                 W
  |                 |                 |
  /                 /                 /

  Q  E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-0--7-0---7---7-|----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|--------0---0---|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|


                      Am
  +W                  W                 +W
   |                  |                  |
   /                  /                  /

   E E  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-/7-7-/5-5---2---0-|---2---2---5---2-|----2---2---2---2-|
|-----------------0-|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0---0---|


  EmXII                                     Am
  W                     +W                  W
  |                      |                  |
  /                      /                  /

  E a E E E a E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E +E  E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------3-----------|-------------------|------------------|
|---2s4-4-4-4s2-0-----|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------2-|----2---2---2---2\-|---2-0------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|
|-0---------------0---|--0---0---0---0----|------------------|


  D                  Em
  W                  W
  |                  |
  /                  /

        ~~~~~~                        ~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    Q.    E  E       Q   E
|------------------|------12----------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|---2-0------------|---------12b12.5--------|
|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|-----------------14--14-|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|-0----------------------|


                                       Am                 D
  +W                                   W                  W
   |                                   |                  |
   /                                   /                  /

                                                                ~~~~~~
   E  E  E       E  E       E  E  E    E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----12------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-12----12b12.5-14-12b12.5-----------|------------------|---2-0------------|
|--------------------------14----12\-|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|
|-----------------------------14-----|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|


                                                Violin Solo
  Em                                             A7
  W                   +W                         W
  |                    |                         |
  /                    /                         /

                                             Gtr II
                 ~
  Q  E E +E  E a Q     E a E S S E E S S E E     Q  E E E E E E
|----0-------0------|--------------0---------||-----------------|
|------0-(0)---3s5--|--3---------------------||o----2-----3-----|
|-------------------|----4s2-0h1-----2p1---0-||-------0-----0---|
|-------------------|------------2-------2---||---------2-----2-|
|-------------------|------------------------||o-0--------------|
|-0-----------------|------------------------||-----------------|


  A                   E
  W                   W
  |                   |
  /                   /

  E E E E E E a E E   Q  S S E E E E E
|-0-----0-2-0-------|--------0---------|
|---2---------------|------------------|
|-----2-------------|----1h2-----2-----|
|-----------------2-|----------2---2-2-|
|-------------3s4---|------------------|
|-------------------|-0----------------|


                             A7
  +W                         W
   |                         |
   /                         /

   E E E E E E a E E  8x     Q  E E E E E E
|---------------------||-||------------------|
|--0-----0-2-0-------o||-||o----2-----3------|
|----1----------------||-||-------0-----0----|
|------2--------------||-||---------2-----2--|
|------------------2-o||-||o-0---------------|
|--------------3s4----||-||------------------|


  A                   E
  W                   W
  |                   |
  /                   /

  E E E E E E a E E   Q  S S E E E E E
|-0-----0-2-0-------|--------0---------|
|---2---------------|------------------|
|-----2-------------|----1h2-----2-----|
|-----------------2-|----------2---2-2-|
|-------------3s4---|------------------|
|-------------------|-0----------------|


 1.                     2.
                               D.S. al Coda
                         E
  +W                     W
   |                     |
   /                     /

   E E E E E E a E E     E E E E E E a E E
|---------------------||--------------------||
|--0-----0-2-0-------o||-0-----0-2-0--------||
|----1----------------||---1----------------||
|------2--------------||-----2--------------||
|------------------2-o||-----------------2--||
|--------------3s4----||-------------3s4----||


  &
  Dsus2
  W                   +W
  |                    |
  /                    /

  Gtr II                                 Gt
  E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
|-------5-(5)---5---|--------0-(0)-------||
|-----3-------3---3-|----3---------3---3-||
|---2---------------|------2---------2---||
|-0-----------------|--0-----------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||


 Outro
  Am                 D
  W                  W
  |                  |
  /                  /

 r I
                           ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---1-0------------|
|------------------|---2-0------------|
|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|
|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|


  Em
  W
  |
  /

            ~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~
  Q   E     E      +E    E  Q
|--------------------------12--|
|----15b17-15b17==(15)r-15-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|


                                   Am
  +W                               W
   |                               |
   /                               /

                ~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q      E  E  E      +Q     E    E E E E +E  E Q
|--------12----------------------|------------------|
|-15b17-----15-15b17==(15)r--15\-|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|---2-0------------|
|--------------------------------|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|
|--------------------------------|------------------|


  D                  Em
  W                   W
  |                   |
  /                   /

        ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q     Q      E  E  E     +E   E  E
|------------------|-------------------------12----|
|------------------|-15b17--15-12-15b17-(15)----15-|
|---2-0------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|


   W
   |
   /

   E  Q      E  E  S  S  S  S  E
|--------------12-----------------|
|-12--------12----15p12-----------|
|----14b16--------------14-12-----|
|-----------------------------14\-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Am                 D                  Em
  W                  W                   W
  |                  |                   |
  /                  /                   /

                           ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q     E   Q      E  E  E  E     E
|------------------|------------------|------------12----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----12--------12-15-------12-|
|------------------|---2-0------------|-----14b16-----------14b16----|
|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|------------------------------|
|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-(0)--------------------------|


                                  Am                 D
   W                              W                  W
   |                              |                  |
   /                              /                  /

                             ~~~                           ~~~~~~
   E  E  E      +E    E  Q   E    E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-12-15-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------14b16==(14)r-14-12--12\-|------------------|---2-0------------|
|-------------------------------|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|
|-------------------------------|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|


  Em
  W
  |
  /

  Q.    S  S  E  E  S  S  E
|---------------12----------|
|------12h15p12----12h15p12-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|


                                          Am
   +W                                     W
    |                                     |
    /                                     /

   +E   S  S  E  S  S  S  E.  S  S  S S   E E E E +E  E Q
|----------------------------------12---|------------------|
|-(12)-12h15p12-15p12h15p12--15p12------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---2-0------------|
|---------------------------------------|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|


  D                  Em
  W                  W                 +W
  |                  |                  |
  /                  /                  /

        ~~~~~~              ~
  E E E E +E  E Q    Q  E E Q  E E   a  Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---2-0------------|----7s9-9--7h9-|--------------------|
|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|---------------|-9s=7--5-7-5--------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------7-5h7--|
|------------------|-0-------------|--------------------|


  Am                 D                  Em
  W                  W                  W
  |                  |                  |
  /                  /                  /

                           ~~~~~~
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q    Q.    Q   Q   a  E
|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------12-------------|
|------------------|---2-0------------|------12------14s16--|
|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0--|----------14---------|
|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0-------------------|


                                Am                 D
   +W                           W                  W
    |                           |                  |
    /                           /                  /

                                                         ~~~~~~
   +E   Q   a  E  E  E  E  E    E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E E. S
|-----------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------15---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-(16)-----16s14-12-----------|------------------|---2-0---------------|
|-------------------14p12-----|---2-0------------|-0-----4-(4)-2-0-----|
|-------------------------14\-|-0-----3-(3)-2-0--|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------x--|


  Em
  W                             +W
  |                              |
  /                              /

  Q.    E  +E   S  S  S  E  S    E  S  S  +S   S  E  E  E  S  S  E
|--------------12----12-12-12-|----12---------12--------------------*|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|------12-(12)----12----------|-12----12-(12)----12-14-12-----------*|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------14p12-14\-*|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|-0---------------------------|-------------------------------------*|


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

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