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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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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