Walk On Boy tab by Doc Watson

Tabs

tabbed by Pancake (whereabouts unknown)

Walk on Boy
as performed by Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, and Ricky Scaggs
From the album "The Three Pickers (Live)"

Key of Bmin

Chord Shapes used:

  Bmin A/Bmin F#7F#7  Dmaj  Gmaj F#maj E/F#maj F#/Bmin

E MajorE  2   2   2   2   3   2   2   2
BB  3   3   2   3   3   2   2   3
G+G  4   4   3   2   4   3   3   4
D MajorD  4   4   2   0   5   4   4   4
A augmentedA  2   0   4   x   5   4   4   x
E MajorE  x   x   2   x   3   2   0   2

Verse/Chorus
------------

  I   was    born  one   morning,           the
  rain     a pourin'   down.               I

  Bmin      A/Bmin     F#7F#7

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
BB |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
G+G |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------3------3-3------3-3-------| x2
D MajorD |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
A augmentedA |2---------------0--------------|--------4------4-4------4-4-------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|2----------------2----------------|


  heard my    mammy    say    to my  pappy  let's

  Bmin      A/Bmin     Dmaj       Gmaj

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-3--------3-----3-|
BB |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------3------3-3--------3-----3-|
G+G |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-4--------4-----4-|
D MajorD |--------4-----4---------4----4-|0----------------5--------5-----5-|
A augmentedA |2---------------0--------------|-----------------5--------5-----5-|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|-----------------3--------3-----3-|

  call em John  Hen-  ry   Brown.      Walk  on  Boy.

  F#maj      E/F#maj     Bmin       F#/Bmin A/Bmin

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2--------2-------2-|
BB |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------3------3--------3-------3-|
G+G |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
D MajorD |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
A augmentedA |--------4-----4---------4----4-|2-------------------------0-------|
E MajorE |2---------------0--------------|-----------------2----------------|

  Bmin              Bmin       A/Bmin

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2------2------2-2------|--------2-----2---------2----2----|
BB |--------3------3------3-3------|--------3-----3---------3----3----|
G+G |--------4------4------4-4------|--------4-----4---------4----4----|
D MajorD |--------4------4------4-4------|--------4-----4---------4----4----|
A augmentedA |2------------------------------|2---------------0-----------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  Walk on   down      the road.

  Bmin      A/Bmin     F#7F#7

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
BB |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
G+G |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------3------3-3------3-3-------|
D MajorD |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
A augmentedA |2---------------0--------------|--------4------4-4------4-4-------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|2----------------2----------------|


  Ain't no-   body   in the whole wide  world    gonna

  Bmin      A/Bmin     Dmaj       Gmaj

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-3--------3-----3-|
BB |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------3------3-3--------3-----3-|
G+G |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-4--------4-----4-|
D MajorD |--------4-----4---------4----4-|0----------------5--------5-----5-|
A augmentedA |2---------------0--------------|-----------------5--------5-----5-|
E MajorE |-------------------------------|-----------------3--------3-----3-|


  help you   carry   your  load.

  F#maj      E/F#maj     Bmin       F#/Bmin A/Bmin

  1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2--------2-------2-|
BB |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------3------3--------3-------3-|
G+G |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
D MajorD |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
A augmentedA |--------4-----4---------4----4-|2-------------------------0-------|
E MajorE |2---------------0--------------|-----------------2----------------|

  Bmin      F#/Bmin

  1    2    3    4

E MajorE |--------2-----2---------2----2-| |
BB |--------3-----3---------3----3-| |
G+G |--------4-----4---------4----4-|.| repeat as needed.
D MajorD |--------4-----4---------4----4-|.|
A augmentedA |2------------------------------| |
E MajorE |----------------2--------------| |

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