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The Growing Old Man by Traditional

The Growing Old Man tab by Traditional

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Here's another nice old-time fiddle tune, "The Growling Old Man and Old Woman,"
in an arrangement adapted from a hammered dulcimer arrangement. Some people
play the part I have labeled as Part Chord diagramBB first.

Fiddlers usually play this in A, so capo at the second fret.

|-3-| is a triplet. (D/F) means "D or F." -1p0- means pull off from 1 to 0.
-3/4- means slide from 3 to 4.

TAB: The Growling Old Man and Old Woman (traditional, arr. and TAB by Bo
Parker, [email protected])

Part Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G                (D/F)    Chord diagramG+G
                    |-3-|
1 |   |   |   |   2 |     |   |   |   3 |   |   |   |   4 |   |   |   |
|---0-----------0-|-1p0---------------|---0-------------|-----3-5-3-----0-|
|-3---3-1-0-1-3---|-----3-1-----------|-3---3-1-0-1-3-0-|---3---------3---|
|*----------------|---------3-2-------|-----------------|-5---------------|
|*----------------|-------------3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                        __1________________
  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF       | Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
                    |-3-|                                 |-3-|
5 |   |   |   |   6 |     |   |   |   7 |   |   |   |   8 |     |   |   |
|-1-0-----------0-|-1p0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----3-1-0-1-3---|-----3-1-------1---|-----------------|---------------0-1-|
|-----------------|---------3-2-------|-2---0-----------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------3-----|---3---3-2-3-0-2-|-3p2p0------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------2p0---------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------3-------|

_2________________
| Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
  |-3-|
16|     |   |   |
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-3p2p0---------0-|
|-------2p0-------|
|-----------3-----|

Part Chord diagramBB
  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
17|   |   |   |  18 |   |   |   |  19 |   |   |   |  20 |   |   |   |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
|*--0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-3---0-------|
|*5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                  _1____________________________________________________
  Chord diagramG+G               | Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
21|   |   |   |  22 |   |   |   |  23 |   |   |   |  24 |   |   |   |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
|*--0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-3---0------*|
|*5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-3--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

_2____________________________________________________
| Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
30|   |   |   |  31 |   |   |   |  32 |   |   |   |
|-------------3-1-|-----1-----------|-----------------|
|-----1-----1-----|-3-1---3-1-------|-----------------|
|---0-----0-------|-----------3/4-0-|-----------------|
|-3-----3---------|-----------------|-3-0-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----1p0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|


Enjoy!

-Bo Parker
[email protected]
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"I poked at it with a stick."

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