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Delia Tab by Martin Simpson

Delia tab by Martin Simpson

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I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. It took me a lot of close
listening at 1/2-speed to catch exactly what Simpson was doing
on this one, and I ran through a couple of pretty exotic tunings
(well, he is very fond of 'em) before deciding it was, after all,
in standard... and then I asked Simpson himself after a gig, only
to be told it was in dropped D. (All of which only concerns 3 notes
in measure 10 in any case.)

Please feel free to mail me and say hello - all comments, corrections,
and general feedback very welcome.

Barry
🎸
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                                  -----
                                  DELIA
                                  -----

As arranged and played by Martin Simpson on 'Smoke and Mirrors'.
Transcribed by Barry Hutchinson (bhutchinson@cix.compulink.co.uk).

I haven't included the vocal part here - in any case, I strongly
recommend that you hear the album to get a proper idea of the overall
feel of the piece.


Dropped D tuning (DADGBE), capo 3rd fret


Played lightly, jauntily

     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  q  e e  e
||------------5-----------2--|-----------0----------|
||---------------------------|--------------3p0-----|
||*--------2-----------0-----|--------0----------0--|
||*-----4-----------4--------|-----4----------------|
||---0-----------0-----------|--0-------------------|
||---------------------------|----------------------|


e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  q  e e  e
---------5-----------2--|-----------0----------|
------------------------|--------------3p0-----|
------2-----------0-----|--------0----------0--|
---4-----------4--------|-----4----------------|
0-----------0-----------|--0-------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|


e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  q  e e  e
---------5-----------2--|-----------0----------|
------------------------|--------------3p0-----|
------2-----------0-----|--------0----------0--|
---4-----------4--------|-----4----------------|
0-----------0-----------|--0-------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|


e  e  e   e  e e  e  e     e  e e  e  e e  e  e
------10-----7p0-----5--|-----2p0----------------|
----------0-------0-----|----------3--5p3--------|
---7--------------------|---------------------0--|
0------------0----------|--0---------------4-----|
------------------------|-------4-----2----------|
------------------------|------------------------|


q  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e e  e  e e
------------0--------|----------------0-------|
------3--------------|-----------3h5------p3--|
------------------4--|------------------------|
---5-----------5-----|-----5------------0-----|
---------5-----------|--------5---------------|
5--------------------|--0----------0----------|


e  e  e  q  e   e e     e e  e  e  e e  e  e
---------------------|-------------2p0--------|
---------------------|----------3----------3--|
4--------4--0---2p0--|-------0----------0-----|
---5------------|----|--2h4-------------------|
------5---------|----|------------------------|
----------------|----|------------------------|
            'frailed' note

e  e  e  e e q  e
--------------------||
---------5h7p5--0---||
---6---------------*||
------7------------*||
0-------------------||
--------------------||




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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
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----------
----------                            ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato                    ||*----*||
----------                            ||*----*||
----------                            ||------||

Rhythm:
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole
  h = half note             H = dotted half
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth
  ^ = triplet

General:
  'frailed' note - played with percussive downstroke of middle fingernail

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