How Long tab by John Fahey

Tabs

Difficulty: 0

John Fahey - How Long
from the album "The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites"

Tuning: Open G+G
DGDGBD


Fahey uses a lot of embellishments when playing and changes things up fairly frequently.
You can add these in as you please.

This is the bare bones of the song:

First part:

e|--------------------------------------------------------12------------------|
BB|--12--12-----------12--12----------12--12----------12-------12----12--------|
G+G|------------12---------------12--------------12-----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---0---0------------0---0-----------0---0-----------0--------------0--------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10-------10--10-------10--10---------10------0h12---10--10--------------|
G+G|-----10-----------10------------10---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0---0--------0---0----------0------0-----------0--------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--5-----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--|---------------------------------------|
BB|----5--------5-------5-------5-----|--5----5--5----5--5----5--5----4-------|
G+G|-----------------------------------|----5-------5-------5-------5----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--5-----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--|--5----5--5----5--5----5--5----4-------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Chorus:

e|-0----0--0h1-0--0--0h1--0--0--0h1--0------0----|
BB|--------------------------------------0---1----|
G+G|------------------------------------------2----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------0----|
A augmentedA|-0----0--0---0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


e|-0--0--0--0--0--0---------|-0-0---0-----0-----0-------|
BB|------------------1--0----|-0-0---0-----0-----0-------|
G+G|-0--0--0--0--0--0------0--|-0-0---0-----0-----0-------|
D MajorD|------------------0--0----|-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-0---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------0--|---------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|---------------------------|

e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|------------------------0--|
D MajorD|------0-2-0-3-2-0--0----0--|
A augmentedA|--0/4------------4---4--0--|
E MajorE|---------------------------|

Play this twice, but on the second time finish instead with this:

e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|------------------------0---|
A augmentedA|------0-----0-----0-----0---|
D MajorD|--0/4-- 0/4-- 0/4--0/4--0---|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

Second part:


e|--3-3----3--3-----3---3--------|
BB|--2-2--2----2h3-----3----------|
G+G|--------------------------0----| x 4
D MajorD|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-0----0--0-----0---0---0----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|

e|--5-5---5---8---8---8-----------------------------|
BB|------5-----------5------5---5-5---5-5---5-5---4--|
G+G|---------------------------5----5------5----5-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--5-5---5---5---5---5----5---5-5---5-5---5-5---4--|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

e|-0----0--0h1-0--0--0h1--0--0--0h1--0------0----|
BB|--------------------------------------0---1----|
G+G|------------------------------------------2----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------0----|
A augmentedA|-0----0--0---0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


e|-0--0--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2----|--5---5---3---3---2---2--1---1--0---|
BB|---------------------------------|----0-------0-------0------0--------|
G+G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|------------------------0--|
D MajorD|------0-2-0-3-2-0--0----0--|
A augmentedA|--0/4------------4---4--0--|
E MajorE|---------------------------|


A augmentedA lot of this was transcribed with the help of this extremely helpful video tutorial:

watch?v=Ahb6jeeEBmo&list=WL&index=7

This version differs slightly but is essentially the same.


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

| x  Dead note
| g  Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| r  Release
| >  Accented note
| t  Tapping
| b  Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| s  Slap
| P  Pop
| PM Palm mute
| TR Trill
| N  Tremolo