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Tumbleweed by Rowan Peter

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Tumble Weed - Pete Rowan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

A augmentedA wonderful and haunting contemporary folk song penned by Peter Rowan and Bill Miller
from Rowan's album "Dust Bowl Children" (1990). Highly recommended!

It's not that difficult to play, mostly Travis. The final E7E7 of Intro/Link/Chorus,
however, might at first pose some problems to picking beginners with
the bending quickly followed by a hammering on. The notes in brackets can be added
to link the chord transitions smoothly. Rowan himself plays lots of subtle variations
throughout the song that I sometimes but not always noted here.

Have fun!

Capo 3rd fret

Intro
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------3----------------|-----0-------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2-------(0)|--------------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------0h3---------------------|
G+G|(h2)--------------------2-------(0)|(h1)-------------------------(1)----|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
                                 1. Far a-

Verse 1./3.
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------2---------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0----------------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------0-------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
 -cross the Mississippi and out  on  the open  plains    In an
  [3.] boot heals tap in time to an old flat top box guitar    He's a

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3----------------0------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------1---------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
  Oklahoma cow town where the    sky begins to rain        In a
  guitar local hero and he     sings straight from the heart. And his

  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------2---------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
  dusty run-down honky tonk sits a  drifting tumbleweed
  tip jar is just a jumble of worn old dollar bills          He

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|-----0------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3-----|
G+G|------------------------2----------|------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0-------|
  Thumbing through some magazine   he can't even read
  makes his bread and grocery in the local bar and grill

Link between verses 1./2. and 3./4.
  Am7Am7                 Am7Am7
e|-----0------------3----------------|-----0------------3---------3------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------------|
G+G|------------------------2--------2-|------------------------2----------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
                                  2. Now
                                  4. When

Verse 2./4.
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------2---------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0----------------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------0-------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
  tumbleweed remembers how the    west was won and lost      The
  he starts to picking that     people turn and stare      When
      old guitar you know the
  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3----------------0------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------1---------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
 homestead act and the dust bowl, everybody paid the cost    And the
 he starts singing the songs he wrote wells there's magic in the air. Cause

  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------2---------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
 great white father promised to treat his children all the same Back when
 his song can heal your wounded heart, he can set you spirit free. He can

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3----------------0------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------1---------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
  Indian Territory was        Oklahoma's name         Oh,
  raise you hopes to be the very   best that you can be

Chorus (after verse 2 and 4)
  FF                  C majorC
e|------------------1----------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-------1---------1------|
G+G|-------2----------------2----------|-------0------------------0---------|
D MajorD|-----3--------3-------3--------3---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|-3-----------------3--------3-------|
E MajorE|-1-------1--------1-------1--------|----------3-------------------------|
  tumbleweed keep rollin', he just  roams from town to town   It ain't

  DmDm                 E7E7
e|-----------1----------------1------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-------3----------------3----------|------------3----------------0------|
G+G|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|--------------------------1---------|
D MajorD|-0----------------0----------------|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|---------0----------------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
  easy for a half-breed kid to    try and settle down

  FF                  C majorC
e|------------------1----------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-------1---------1------|
G+G|-------2----------------2----------|-------0------------------0---------|
D MajorD|-----3--------3-------3--------3---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|-3-----------------3--------3-------|
E MajorE|-1-------1--------1-------1--------|----------3-------------------------|
  Tumbleweed keep rollin', he can't  find no place to rest   'Cause the

  DmDm                 E7E7
e|-----------1----------------1------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-------3----------------3----------|------------0h3---------------------|
G+G|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------0----------------|-----2--------2---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------0----------------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-0--------0--------0----------------|
  desert wind blows tumbleweed               the spirit
                                of the west

Link (from Chorus 1 to Verse 3/from Chorus 2 to Verse 5)
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------3----------------|-----0-------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2-------(0)|--------------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-------------------3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3-----------------------|
G+G|(h2)---2----------------2-------(0)|(h1)-------------------------(1)----|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
                               3. Well, his
                              5. So when you

Verse 5
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------2---------|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0----------------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------0-------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
  cross the Mississippi, you head out on the open plain      And you

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  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3----------------0------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------1---------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
  pass through Oklahoma where the   sky begins to rain    And you're

  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------0----------------|-----0-------------0----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2----------|--------------------------0-------0-|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
  feeling kind of rootless, you can't find no place to nest


  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-----0-------------0---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------3-----------------------|
G+G|(h2)---2----------------2-------(0)|(h1)--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0----------------|
 Just remember tumbleweed,                the spirit
                                of the west

  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0-----------~3----------------|-------------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|--------------2---------2-------(0)|-------0------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2----------------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0----------------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
                                 Yeah, the

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-------------------3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------b3-----------------------|
G+G|(h2)---2----------------2-------(0)|(h1)--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0----------------|
 desert wind blows tumbleweed,              the spirit
                                of the west


  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|--------0---------3----------------|-------------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|--------------2---------2-------(0)|-------0------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2----------------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0----------------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
                                  Oh, the
  D9/F#               E7E7
e|-------------------3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------b3-----------------------|
G+G|(h2)---2----------------2-------(0)|(h1)--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0----------------|
 desert wind calls tumbleweed,              the spirit
                                of the west

Outro
  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|------------------3----------------|-------------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|-------2----------------2-------(0)|-------0------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

  D9/F#               E7E7
e|------------------~3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------0h3---------------------|
G+G|(h2)---2----------------2-------(0)|(h1)-------------------------(1)----|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|

  Am7Am7                 C/GC/G
e|-----0------------3----------------|-----0-------------3----------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|-----------1-----------------1------|
G+G|------------------------2-------(0)|--------------------------0------(0)|
D MajorD|-----2--------2-------2--------2---|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0--------0-------0--------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
  [falsetto wail] Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

  D9/F#               E7E7          (ritardando)
e|-----0------------~3---------------|----b3----0-----0-------------------|
BB|-----------1----------------1------|------------0h3--------3----1---0---|
G+G|(h2)--------------------2-------(0)|(h1)--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|-----2--------2---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--------2--------2--------2------|-0--------0--------0----------------|
 Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
  A minorAm
e|-------0---------------------------|
BB|----1---1--------------------------|
G+G|---2-----1-------------------------|
D MajorD|--2-------1------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------0------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
 [sweep up (t)]
    [sweep down (i)]


************************************

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

************************************

Tumble Weed
(Bill Miller/Peter Rowan)

1.
Far across the Mississippi and out on the open plains
In an Oklahoma cow town where the sky begins to rain
In a dusty run-down honky tonk sits a drifting tumbleweed
Thumbing through some magazine that he can't even read

2.
Now tumbleweed remembers how the west was won and lost
The homestead act and the dust bowl, everybody paid the cost
And the great white father promised to treat his children all the same
Back when Indian Territory was Oklahoma's name

Chorus 1
Oh tumbleweed keep rollin', he just roams from town to town
It ain't easy for a half-breed kid to try and settle down
Tumbleweed keep rollin', he can't find no place to rest
Cause the desert wind blows tumbleweed, the spirit of the west

3.
His boot heals tap in time to an old flat top box guitar
He's a local guitar hero and he sings straight from the heart
And his tip jar just a jumble of worn old dollar bills
He makes his bread and grocery in the local bar and grill

4.
When he starts picking that old guitar the people turn and stare
When he starts singing them songs he wrote well there's magic in the air
Cause his song can heal your wounded heart, he can set you spirit free
He can raise your hopes to be the very best that you can be

Chorus 2
Oh tumbleweed keep rollin', he just roams from town to town
It ain't easy for a half-breed kid to try and settle down
Tumbleweed keep rollin', he can't find no place to nest
'Cause the desert wind blows tumbleweed, the spirit of the west

Verse 5
So if you cross the Mississippi, you head out on the open plain
And you pass through Oklahoma and the sky begins to rain
And you feeling kind of rootless, you can't find no place to nest
Just remember tumbleweed, he's the spirit of the west
Yeah, the desert wind blows tumbleweed, the spirit of the west

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