Tabs
On The Frisco Line
written by Mississippi Fred McDowell
from Mississippi Fred McDowell album Mississippi Fred McDowell
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus ([email protected])
played in Open 
D MajorD (D MajorD 
A augmentedA D MajorD 
F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD from low to high)
(Any non-open notes contained within the (* *) are played
with a slide. The notes in parenthesis -(0)- in the intro
and interludes are made by pulling the slide off the high
A augmentedA and D MajorD without hitting the strings. Also, the alternating
bass picking pattern on the two low D MajorD strings is done by
using the thumb to hit all open notes, and the index finger
to hit any fretted notes.)
Intro:
(* *)
D-|--2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----------|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|
Verse:
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|-4/5---5----5----5--|--5----5----5----5--|
D-|-------0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0--|
Lord I ain't...
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------| play 5x
D-|--------------------|
A-|--5----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|
Seen my baby....
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------| play 3x
D-|--------------------|
A-|--4----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|--------------------| play 5x
D-|--------------------|--------------------|
A-|--5----5----5----5--|--4----5----5----5--|
D-|--0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0--|
Lord I ain't seen...
(mute all strings ligthly with palm)
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------| play 4x
D-|----0----0---------0|
A-|--------------3/5~--|
D-|--5----3----0----0--|
Lord I ain't seen...
D-|------------|
A-|------------|
F#F#|------------|
D-|----0----0--|
A-|------------|
D-|--5----3----|
(parts in between verses are played about twice as fast as the intro)
1st interlude:
(* *)
D-|0-2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----------|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|
return to Verse
2nd and 3rd interlude:
(listen to the song for when to play the notes with the * on top -
sometimes only one or the other is hit, sometimes both are hit.)
(* *)
* *
D-|0-2/3-0---------(0)-|---------0----0-----|
A-|----------3/5~--(0)-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|---P----------------| play 6x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|
return to Verse
Ending (after 3rd interlude):
(* *)
D-|----------------P---|---------0----0-----|
A-|------0----3/5\3^0--|--------------------|
F#F#|--2/3---------------|---P----------------| play 2x
D-|-------0---------0--|--5^4--0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0-------|
(* *)
D-|---------0----0-----|---------0----------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|
F#F#|---P----------------|--------------------|
D-|--5^4--0---------0--|-------0---------0--|
A-|--------------------|--3/5---------------|
D-|--0---------0-------|--0---------0----0--|
(* *)
D-|--5/---/12~--12~----|
A-|--------------------|
F#F#|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
D-|--------------------|
