Bert Jansch – Blackwaterside (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 5

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Tabbed by Jamie Phillips ([email protected]) Artist: Bert Jansch Track title: Blackwaterside Album: Jack Orion Amazing tune but a real pain to transcribe! There are bars of 2,3,4,5 and 6; the asterisks let you know how many beats. You will have to work closely with the record to capture the fine nuances of the rhythm and structure. There are also slight variations from verse to verse and in the instrumental. Some of the fingering can be changed to suit you; most of them I arrived at for reasons of tone. I think mine is a little different to the Stefan Grossman transcription, though I stick by it - it sounds really authentic especially when you sing along. Good luck and have fun! Rhythm: Varies

 Beat*   *   *     *        *    *    *     *        *      *
E|----------------------|------------------------|--3h-5h3-2--0--|
B|-------------------5--|-/7------/7-------7-----|---------------|
G|----------------7-----|---------------7--------|--0------2-----|
D|------------/7--------|------------------------|---------------|
A|-------------------4--|-/5------/5-------------|---------------|
D|----------0-----------|-------0-------------0--|---------------|

    *     *      *     *    *        *     *      *      *                
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----3-----------------------3--|-----1------1----1----1-----|
G|-----0h-2h0-------------2-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
D|------------4--2--0-----0-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
A|--------------------------------|--3-----3-3----3----3-------|
D|--0------------------0----------|-------------------------0--|
                                     Repeat bar below 3 times on intro
                                     and start again; continue through
                                     on verse without repeats.

    *      *        *      *     *       *     *      *    *             
E|---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3----3-----|--3-----------------|--------------------------|
G|----0----0-----|--0h-2h0----5-------|-----2---------0-------0--|
D|----0----0-----|---------4--2----0--|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
A|--2----2-------|--------------------|------------3--2----------|
D|------------0--|--------------------|--0-----------------3-----|

    *     *      *      *        *    *     *    *                     
E|----------------------------|------------------------|
B|-----3---------0h-1h0----0--|--3---------------------|
G|-----0h-2h0-----------2-----|-------------0----------|
D|------------4--0------------|--4----0--4--5----4--5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------2----0--2--|
D|--0------------5------------|--0---------------------|

    *      *     *    *     *     *        *   *    *      *           
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|--2------------0-------0--------------|--0------0--------------|
D|--0h-2h0------------3--------0--2--4--|--5------5----4h2-0--2--|
A|---------3-----2----------------------|--2------2--------------|
D|--0---------0-------3-----0--0--2--4--|--0------0--------------|

    *     *      *    *        *     *      *    *                       
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----2---------0-------0--|-----2---------0-------0--|
D|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
A|------------3--2----------|------------3--2----------|
D|--0-----------------3-----|--0-----------------3-----|

    *     *      *    *                           
E|--------------------------||
B|--------------------------||
G|-----2---------0-------0--||
D|-----0h-2h0---------3-----||
A|------------3--2----------||
D|--0-----------------3-----||

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