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The Duke Tab by Tommy Emmanuel

The Duke tab by Tommy Emmanuel

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The Duke - Tommy Emmanuel

Artist: Tommy Emmanuel
Tab submitted by: Harold Schaefer
Email: schaefeh_19440@yahoo.com
Submitted to GTE by: Ingo

Tab Notes:
Tuning: Standard
h = hammer on
P = pull off
/ = slide
< > = harmonic

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Verse

e|--10--9--7--7--7--5--2-5-----|--10--9--7--7--7--5-------2-----|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3----2--|---7-----5-----0--0--3h5--3--2--|
G|------9--7-----7--6--2----2--|------9--7-----7--6-------2--2--|
D|---------5-----5--5--0-------|---------5-----5--5--5----0-----|
A|---------5-----0-------------|---------5-----0----------------|
D|--------------------------4--|-----------------------------4--|


e|--10--9--7--7--7--5-------2--0--|------0h2-2-----2-2p0--------------|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3/h5-3--0--|--3/5-0--------3------3p0-----0h3--|
G|------9--7-----7--6-------4--1--|------0-------4--------------2-----|
D|---------5-----5--5--5----4--0--|--5---0------5--------------4------|
A|---------5-----0----------2--2--|------------0--------------0-------|
D|-----------------------------2--|------5-------------------0--------|


e|-------------2-2--2-----2h5--|------------0-----0h2-----|
B|---3h5------0-----2--5--2----|--2h3--0-3--3--3--3----2--|
G|o--0-------0------2-----2----|--2----0----2-----2----2--|
D|o---------0-------2-----4----|--2----0----2-----0-------|
A|---------0--------2-----0----|-------0----0-------------|
D|--------5--------------------|-------5---------------4--|

e|------------2-2--2-----2h5--7--|-------10p7---0--------|
B|--3h5------0-----2--5--2----5--|-----------8------0----|
G|--0-------0------2-----2----7--|-----------------5-6--o| - repeat last
D|---------0-------2-----4----5--|----------------9-----o|    two lines
A|--------0--------2-----0----5--|------------------0--------|
D|-------5-----------------------|-----------------------|

e|--10--9--7--7--7--5--2-5-----|--10--9--7--7--7--5-------2-----|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3----2--|---7-----5-----0--0--3h5--3--2--|
G|------9--7-----7--6--2----2--|------9--7-----7--6-------2--2--|
D|---------5-----5--5--0-------|---------5-----5--5--5----0-----|
A|---------5-----0-------------|---------5-----0----------------|
D|--------------------------4--|-----------------------------4--|

e|--10--9--7--7--7--5-------2--0--|------0h2-2-----2-2p0--------------|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3/h5-3--0--|--3/5-0--------3------3p0-----0h3--|
G|------9--7-----7--6-------4--1--|------0-------4--------------2-----|
D|---------5-----5--5--5----4--0--|--5---0------5--------------4------|
A|---------5-----0----------2--2--|------------0--------------0-------|
D|-----------------------------2--|------5-------------------0--------|


Bridge (finger rolls throughout...not sure if this is 100%)
Each measure is repeated several times before playing the transition note,
such as the '12' (E note) in the first measure.

The string picking pattern is: (I think)
Strings:
1 2 5 4
4

e|---2-/5-/9-10------10-12--|--9-----9-10--|
B|---------------0----------|----0---------|
G|--3----------11-----------|---9----------|
D|------------9----9--------|--7---7-------|
A|--------------------------|--------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------|


e|--7----7--5--5--|--5----5-7--|
B|----0-------0---|----0-------|
G|---7-------7----|---6--------|
D|--5--5----5-----|--4---4-----|
A|----------------|------------|
D|----------------|------------|


e|--5----5--3----3--|--3------3----3--|
B|----0-------0-----|----0------0-----|
G|---5-------5------|---5------4------|
D|--3---3---3---3---|--2---2--2---2---|
A|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|


e|--7----7-------7--9---9--|
B|----0-------6-------8----|
G|---7-------7-------9-----|
D|--5---5---6---6---7---7--|
A|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|

verse

e|--10--9--7--7--7--5--2-5-----|--10--9--7--7--7--5-------2-----|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3----2--|---7-----5-----0--0--3h5--3--2--|
G|------9--7-----7--6--2----2--|------9--7-----7--6-------2--2--|
D|---------5-----5--5--0-------|---------5-----5--5--5----0-----|
A|---------5-----0-------------|---------5-----0----------------|
D|--------------------------4--|-----------------------------4--|


e|--10--9--7--7--7--5----0--2--0--|------0h2-2-----2-2p0------2-----|
B|---7-----5-----0--0--3----3--0--|--3/5-0--------3------3p0--3--3--|
G|------9--7-----7--6-------4--1--|------0-------4------------4--4--|
D|---------5-----5--5-------4--0--|--5---0------5-------------4--4--|
A|---------5-----0-----0-1--2--2--|------------0--------------2--0--|
D|-----------------------------2--|------5--------------------------|

e|-------0h2-2-2-2p0-------|-------------|
B|--3-5--0-----0-----3~~~--|--0/3(hold)--|
G|-------1-----0-----------|-------------|
D|-------0-----0-----------|-------------|
A|-------------0-----------|-------------|
D|-------2-----5-----------|-------------|

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
B|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3--------|--------3--|
G|----0----0---|----0----0---|----0----0---|----0----0----|-------2---|
D|---4----4-4--|---4----4-4--|---4----4-4--|---4----4--2--|------4----|
A|--2----2-----|--2----2-----|--1----1-----|--0----0------|-----0-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--0--------|


************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
|  harmonic

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