Bert Jansch – The Black Swan (Guitar Tab)

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Listen to the song to get the idea
Riff 1
|---------------------------------------0---------|
|--3h2------------------------------0-----0---0---|
|--------4------------------------2---2-----2-----|
|-----------4-------------------2-----------------|
|--2---------------2----2----0--------------------|
|----------------2----2---------------------------|

riff 2
|----------------------------|
|--------------------------0-|
|--1-------1-----------------|
|--2-------2-----------------|
|--2-------2-------------4/5-|
|--0-------0-----------------|

riff 3
|--0---|     |--12---|    listen to the recording to get the strumming
|--8---|     |--10---|    down...
|--0---|     |--0----|
|--9---|     |--11---|
|--10--|     |--12---|
|--8---|     |--10---|
   (Thumb on 6th str. for both chords)

riff 4
|---------------------2--------|---------------------2------------|
|-----------2-----2h3----3p2---|----------2-----2h3-----3h2-------|
|--------4-----4-------------4-|-------4-----4---------------4----|
|------4-----------------------|-----4----------------------------|
|--2---------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------2-------2b3--3r2-------|-------------------------------|
|-------4---4--------------------|----------3--------------------|
|-----4-------4------------------|--------4---4-----0h2p0--------|
|--------------------------------|------4-------4----------4-----|
|--3-----------------------------|--2----------------------------|

riff 5 (free time)
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------2p0------------|
|-------3--------------------------|-------------3------3----------|
|---2h4---4p2h4-2h4p2-0h2--4p2p0h2-|-0--2-4---4------------4-------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|----2p0----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------------------------------|
|-----------4--2h4p2p0--2---0----------0--------|
|----------------------------------4------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Structure: Intro: Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Verse 1:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 1:Riff 1x 2 Verse 2:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 2:Riff 3 x 6 Riff 4 x 1 Verse 3:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 3:Riff 1x 2 Verse 4:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 4:Riff 3 x 5 then first bar of riff 3... Riff 5 x 1 Verse 5:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 5:Riff 1x 2 Verse 6:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Outro: Riff 1 till fade... Lyrics: (since there are no actually offical lyrics for this song i had to get them by ear, and this song Bert mumbles a couple of times, so, fo a couple of lines i have no idea what says) Verse 1: Traveling on space highway, Three long years to this day. A billion million trillion miles. Home is a long, long way away. [break 1] Verse 2: From bow to stern she’s 20 miles long, Ten miles high and wide. A beautiful swan in a silent sea, No water to slow her down. [break 2] Verse 3: Sometimes it seems we’re motionless, Caught between time and space. Other tiny star systems rush headlong by. (?) Signs are bursting in the rain (?) [Break 3] Verse 4: No earthly sound can penetrate, This black and endless void. Only thoughts and dreams, Of the unborn babes, Where your body and fill your mind. [Break 4] Verse 5: Every day down those quiet canyons, Like a love that’s for the stars. And people that shop at the market place, And the ship loads ever, ever on. [Break 5] Verse 6: If ever we come to our promised land, Gotta take the shuttle (?) For the black swan never ever wants to rest Never stops to say goodbye. i think it's mostly corrent, i made use of the live version on youtube and the recording make this tab...