The Gael tab by Dougie Maclean

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The Gael - Dougie MacLean
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Tuning: standard
Tempo: 100

Bass layer: (record it first to get timing and rythm right)
e|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G+G|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|-----7-7-------7-7------|-----7-7------7-7-----|-----5-5--------5-5-------|-----5-5-------5-5--------|
A augmentedA|-5-5--------5-----------|-5-5-------5----------|-3-3---------3------------|-3-3--------3-------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
  . . .   . . .    . . .   . . .   . . .    . . .     . . .   . . .

e|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G+G|-----5-5-------5-5------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3--------3-----------|-----5-5------5-5-----|-----7-7--------7-7-------|-----7-7--------5-5-------| x4
A augmentedA|------------------------|-3-3-------3----------|-5-5---------5------------|-5-5--------3-3-----------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
  . . .   . . .    . . .   . . .   . . .    . . .     . . .   . . .

Backing layer: (record second, preferably on separate track)
e|------------------------|----------8-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|-10-----10-11--10-------|--------8-------------|----------------8-------8-|-10-----10-11-10-----8----|
G+G|----12------------12-10-|-12--9--------9-------|-10--------10----------9--|----12-----------10----9--|
D MajorD|------------------------|----------------12-10-|-----10-12---------10-----|--------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e|-----------10---------10|-----------8---------8|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|-10------------10-------|-8------------8-------|----------------8-------8-|-10-----10-11-10-----8----|
G+G|--------10--------------|---------9------------|-10--------10----------9--|----12-----------10----9--|
D MajorD|----12-----------12-12--|----10----------10-10-|-----10-12---------10-----|--------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|


Main Riff: (play along or record it last, you may also add chords as a layer)
 DmDm            DmDm           C majorC             C majorC
e|-----1--0--0------------|-----1-0--0-----------|-----0----0-3-0-0-0---0---|-----0----0-3-0-0-0---0---|
BB|---------3---3-1-3-1----|--------3--3-1-3-1----|-1-1----3-----------3-----|-1-1----3-----------3-----|
G+G|-2-2-----------------0--|-2-2---------------0--|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
  >            >           >             >

  FF            C majorC            DmDm            DmDm     C majorC
e|-1--1-1-0-1-3-1-1-1-0---|-0--0-0---0-3-0-0-0-----|------------1-0---------|------------1-0---0-------|
BB|----------------------3-|--------3-----------3-1-|-3--3-3-1-3-----3---3-3-|-3--3-3-1-3-----3---3-1---|
G+G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------2-----|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  >            >           >             >

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| . Staccato
| > Accented note

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