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Song:Black Betty Artist:Ram Jam Tabber: Roger Olofsson ([email protected]) x=strum muffled strings Intro: Steady bass drum Play with bridge pickup and nice distorsion guitar 1 measure 1 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-------------7--9--7---------------| G---------------------7~-------------|-------------7--9--7---------------| D---7--9~-----7--9-9--7--------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------| A---7--9------7--9-9--5--------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------| e---5--7------5--7-7-----------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------| guitar 1 measure 2 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------| G--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------| D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------| A---7--9-9--x------------------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------| e---5--7-7--x------------------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------| guitar 2 measure 2 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G------------------------------------|---11-14r11-14---------------------| D---7-7-7--7---------------------9-9-9-9---------------------------------| A-9------9---9-7---------------------|-----------------------------------| e----------------10-7----------------|-----------------------------------| guitar 1 measure 3 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B--------------7--9--7---------------|-----------------------------------| G--------------7--7--7---------------|----------------9-----------7-7----| D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|--7--9-9--9--9--9----9-9-9--7-7----| A---7--9-9--x------------------------|--7--9-9--9--9--7----9-9-9--5-5----| e---5--7-7--x------------------------|--5--7-7--7--7-------7-7-7---------| guitar 2 measure 3 E-------14-12-10---10----------------|-----------------------------------| B----10---------14----14-10----------|-----------------------------------| G--11-----------------------7-9-7-9-7-9b11~---b10r-b10r-b10r-b10r7------7| D------------------------------------|-----------------------------9r7h9-| A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| guitar 1 measure 4 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----------7-9-----------7~---------|--------8--------------------------| D----9-9-9--7-9--7-9-x-x--7--7--9~---|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------| A----9-9-9--5-7--7-9-x-x--5--7--9----|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------| e----7-7-7-------5-7-x-x-----5--7----|--7-7-7-7---7----------------------| guitar 2 measure 4 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G---9---7----------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-9---9---9-7---9-7----7-------------|---9h12-9----9~--------------------| A-------------9----9-7---9-7----7----7/9--------12-----------------------| e----------------------------10---10-|-----------------------------------| Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam Black betty had a child, guitar 1 measure 5 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam The damn ... guitar 1 measure 6 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam Said one ... guitar 1 measure 7 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam The damn ... guitar 1 measure 8 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam Said Whoa-oh Black Betty guitar 1 measure 9 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty guitar 1 measure 10 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Bam-a-lam Play measures 1-4 again then follows Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above Whoa-oh .. She really ... (same as measure 5) Bam-a-lam You know ... (same as measure 6) Bam-a-lam She's so ... (same as measure 7) Bam-a-lam That she's ... (same as measure 8) Bam-a-lam Said Whoa-oh ... (same as measure 9) Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh ... (same as measure 10) Bam-a-lam guitar 1 measure 11 E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G---7-7-9--7-------------------------|-7-7-9--7--------------------------| D---7-7-9--7------7-9----------------|-7-7-9--7------7-9-----------------| A---5-5-7--5--7-9--------------------|-5-5-7--5--7-9---------------------| e----------------------10-7----------|-------------------10-7------------| Drum solo then follows measure 11 again Another drum solo then measure 11 again guitar 1 measure 12 E------------------------------------|------------------------7--7-10-7-10-1 2-| B------------------------------------|---------9r7---7-10-7-10-10----------- --| G-----------7r6----------7h9r7-------|-----7h9----9------------------------- --| D---------------9------9------9------|-7h9---------------------------------- --| A-------7h9--------7h9---------------|-------------------------------------- --| e--7h10------------------------------|-------------------------------------- --| guitar 1 measure 13 E-12--12--12-12h15r12h15r12h15r12h15r12----------------------------------| B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above Whoa-oh Black Betty ... She's from ... (same as measure 5) Bam-a-lam Way down in ... (same as measure 6) Bam-a-lam Well, she's ... (same as measure 7) Bam-a-lam Boy, she ... (same as measure 8) Bam-a-lam Said Whoa-oh Black Betty (same as measure 9) Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty (same as measure 10) Bam-a-la "Let freedom ring" "Oh Rock of ages do not crumble love is breathing still" "Oh Lady Moonshine down, a little people magic if you will" This tab was created with the help of an Amiga computer and the sampling software Audiomaster IV, under the menu effects/duration/pitch the frequency and the pitch can be doubled, thus enabling the program to play back the sample at half the speed but with the original pitch.
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