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Folsom Prison Blues Tab by Reverend Horton Heat

Folsom Prison Blues tab by Reverend Horton Heat

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Band: Reverend Horton Heat
Album: Holy Roller
Tuning: Standard

Alright kids, back with another tab. The Reverend definitely raises
the bar in terms of difficulty. Jim Heath is an exceptional guitarists and
it was quite a pain to tab this out. I definitely have
my work cut out for me since there are a couple of
other songs of his I plan on tabbing. But it was
definitely worth it nonetheless. This is the 23rd
track off of their 6th album. A great greatcover
from one of the most influential artists in history.
I'm about 85% sure on this tab. There are some walking
bass notes in the solos that Jim finger picks that I
couldn't really figure out yet. So, I just tabbed the main
parts for us finger picking noobies. Strums not exact. Let's go!
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

INTRO

e|-----------------------|----------------|   |-------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------|   |-------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------|   |-------------|
D|-------1--1------------|--2-2-----------|X3 |----------1--|
A|-2-2-2-------2---------|-----2p0--------|   |--2---4------|
E|----------------2(b)-0-|----------2(b)0-|   |-------------|
                                                 pm*********

VERSE
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------2-----------|
B|-------------------|---2-----|-------------------|---------3-----------|
G|---2---------------|---2-X8--|-------------------|---------4-x7--------|
D|---2--X15----------|---2-----|-2-2------------x3-|---------4-----------|
A|---1---------------|-0-------|----2p0------------|---------2-----------|
E|-0---------0--2--4-|---------|---------2(b)0-----|-4-5-6---------2(b)0-|
  pm******             pm                                    pm
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-22-----------x3---|
A|----2h0------------|
E|--------2(b)0------|

Repeat VERSE one more time

SOLO:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------0---2--3--2-0--0----2--5-----|
G|-------------0h1------------0h1-----------|
D|-------1-------------------------------X2-|
A|-2--4-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|--------------5-----9------12------17----------|-------------------------|
B|----------------7/----10/-----14/-----19-------|-0---2-3-2-0--0---2--5---|
G|-----------------------------------------------|-0h1----------0h1--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0--2--4--5-------------------------------12\--|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------------7-8---|-0---2--3--2--0--0---2--5---|
G|------------4-----4-----4-----------|-0h1-------------0h1--------|
D|---------------7-----7-----7--------|----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-4-5-6-7----------------------------|----------------------------|

Repeat VERSE

SOLO 2:  (jeez, i should figure out those walking bass notes...)
e|----------------0-----0-----|---------------------3----0----|
B|----------------------------|------------------2-----2------|
G|-------------------1--------|-------------0h1---------------|
D|------0--1--2------------x3-|-------------------------------|
A|---3------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-12\---0-0---------------------|

e|--------5---7--|------7-----|-----------------------------------|
B|-/6---7---6----|----8---8---|-0---2--3--2-0--0---2--5-----------|
G|-/5------------|--9-------9-|-0h1------------0h1----------------|
D|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1-----1-1-----------|
A|----0--1--2---------------2------------2------2-------1---------|
E|-4----------------2-------------2-----------------------2(b)0---|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-2-2------------x3--|
A|-----2p0------------|
E|----------2(b)0-----|

Repeat VERSE

End with the intro riff:

e|----------------------|----------------|
B|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
G|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
D|--------1-1-----------|--11111111~~~---|
A|--2-2-2------2--------|--00000000~~~~--|
E|----------------2(b)0-|----------------|

Alright, that's it guys! Let me know what you think. I
have no idea what I'm going to tab out next, but I'll tab something.
Have fun!!



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

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