Tabs
Joe Kirby Blues
by John Fahey
John Fahey has a genius for simple beauty and this tune, from his old
Takoma LP DAYS HAVE GONE BY, is a prime example. This was tabbed by
Dave Cohen ([email protected]) and transcribed by me.
Dave suggests these fingerings (T = thumb, I = index, M = middle,
R= ring, L = little, O = open string):
A minorAm in Part A: 
D7D7 in Part A: A minorAm in Part 
BB
3 M O 5 I
3 M 3 I 8 L
2 I 5 L O
O O 7 M
O 5 R O
O O O
John Boston
JOE KIRBY BLUES
D MajorD 
E MajorE A minorAm PART 
A augmentedA =
----5---5--5---3--3--3---0--0--0------|--------------------|----------
----7---7--7---5--5--5---0--0--0------|---5--5--3h5--5--5--|----------
----7---7--7---5--5--5---1--1--1------|------2-------------|----------
----7---7--7---5--5--5---2--2--2------|--------------------|----------
-------------------------2--2--2---0--|--------------0-----|----------
-------------------------0--0--0------|--------------------|----------
=
=
----------------------5--3-----|--------------------------------------
---3h5--5--5--5--3h5--------5--|--------------------------------------
2-------------2-------------2--|--------------------------------------
-------------------------------|--------------------------------------
--------0-------------0--------|--------------------------------------
-------------------------------|--------------------------------------
=
D7D7 roll =
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
-3--------3---3-----3--3--3--------3--|-------------------------------
-------5------5--5--------------5-----|-------------------------------
--------------0--------------0--------|-------------------------------
----5------------------5--------------|-------------------------------
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
=
=
------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------
------3--3-----3-----3--------|---------------------------------------
---5--------5--------------0--|---------------------------------------
---------0--------------0-----|---------------------------------------
5-----------------5-----------|---------------------------------------
------------------------------|---------------------------------------
=
F6F6 bend A minorAm =
-----------------------------------|--0-------------------|-----------
---------3--3-----3--3--3-----1h3--|--0------------8------|-----------
------2--------2-------------------|---------------9------|-----------
------------3--------------3-------|-----2--2--2----------|-----------
-----------------------------------|------------------7---|-----------
0-h1-----------------1-------------|--0------------0------|-----------
=
roll PART A' quick roll then arpeggio =
-5-----------------------------5-----------------5--------------------
-5-----------------------------5--5-----------5-----5-----------------
-------------------------------------5-----5-----------5--------------
----------------------------------------7-----------------------------
-0---0-----5-----5------5---0--7--------0--------0--------------------
--------7-----7------7------------------------------------------------
=
repeat A augmentedA and A' go to Part BB =
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-2-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---0-----------|----------------------------------------
-0-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------
=
PART BB roll roll =
-5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|------5---5----5--7--5-- -----5--|------
-------8------8--------8-----|----8--------8----8---------8----|------
----0---------------0--------|----------0--------------0-------|------
--------------7--------------|-7----------------7--------------|------
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------
-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------
C majorC
=
roll =
------5--5-----5--5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---------5--|--------------
---8--------8--------------8-----|--8--8--8--7--7---7--|--------------
---------7--------------7--------|-----------7--7------|--------------
0-----------------0--------------|--0--0--0--0--0---0--|--------------
---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------
---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------
=
roll E MajorE A minorAm =
------5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---4--4--4---5--|---------
---6--------6------6--------6-----|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5--|---------
---------7---------------7--------|----------------------5--|---------
0------------------0--------------|--0--0--0-------------7--|---------
----------------------------------|----------------------0--|---------
----------------------------------|------------0--0--0------|---------
=
repeat parts A', A, B, A', A augmentedA up to E MajorE chd bend =
-|--------------------------------|--0------------------|-------------
-|--------------------------------|--0------------8-----|-------------
-|--------------------------------|---------------9-----|-------------
-|--------------------------------|-----2--2--2---------|-------------
-|--------------------------------|------------------7--|-------------
-|--------------------------------|--0------------0-----|-------------
=
=
5--8--5--------------------------------5--||--------------------------
5--------8--5--------------------------5--||--------------------------
5--------------7--5--------------------7--||--------------------------
7--------------------7--5-----7-----5--7--||--------------------------
---------------------------7-----7-----0--||--------------------------
