Parchment Farm Tab

Band: Blue Cheer Song: Parchment Farm arr. Blue Cheer (written by Mose Allison) Riff #1: e--------------------------------- B--------------------------------- G-------------5--3------5--3------ D-------------5--3------5--3------ A----3h5-3h5-------3-5------------ E--------------------------------- Riff #2: e------------------------------------- B------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- D----3h5—3h5--3--------------3-----3-- A---------------5--3-0--3-5----3-5---- E------------------------------------- ‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm…’ etc. Riff #3: (long vibrato lead) e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G------------------3~~~~~~~~-- D----5~~~~~~~~~~~------------- A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’ Repeat above for all verses. Solo on G major pentatonic scales, with lots of fuzz. Then the breakdown: e-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G-------------------------------- D-------------------------------- A-------------------------------- E--1-1-3----15/3---1-1-3---15/3— Repeat as necessary. Then the fade in: e------------------------- B------------------------- G------------------------- D------------------------- A-------------5-3--------- E---3--6-3-6------6-3----- e--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D—3~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~---3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------- A------------------------3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------- E------------------------1/3-1/3-1/3-1/3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------- e----------------- B------16~~~~~---- G----------------- D--5-------------- A--5-------------- E--3-------------- ‘…well I’ve been sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’ Then play riff #1, #2 & #3 one fret higher, so the song is now in G# or Ab major (4th fret) Outro: e------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G---------6-4------6-4--------------------------------- D---------6-4------6-4---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—7~~~~~~~~~~~-- A—4h6-4h6------4-6-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------- E------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------- Tabbed by William B