Joe Kirby Blues Tab by John Fahey

Joe Kirby Blues tab by John Fahey

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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 (user643309@aol.com) and transcribed by me.

Dave suggests these fingerings (T = thumb, I = index, M = middle,
R= ring, L = little, O = open string):

Am in Part A:         D7 in Part A:        Am in Part B
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

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                    John Boston



                               JOE KIRBY BLUES


   D                     E         Am     PART A                       =

----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--------|--------------------------------------
-------------------------------|--------------------------------------
                                                                      =


D7           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-----------|---------------------------------------
------------------------------|---------------------------------------
                                                                      =


   F6                                             bend   Am           =

-----------------------------------|--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 and A' go to Part B                                          =

-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-2-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------
-------------|---0-----------|----------------------------------------
-0-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------
                                                                      =


PART B       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
                                                                      =

                                                   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         Am            =

------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 up to E 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--||--------------------------

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