Eric Clapton – Danny Boy (Guitar Tab)
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:25:36 -0600
From: Brian Davies
Subject: TAB: Eric Clapton's version of Danny Boy
Forget "Change The World" - God's true gift to the Faithful is the b-side
of the single. Here it is, in all its glory.
DANNY BOY (traditional)
Arranged by Eric Clapton
The B-Side of the "Change The World" single
Transcribed by Brian Davies ([email protected])
For more of my transcriptions, check: http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/
I didn't have room to mark all the hammer-ons and pull-offs explicitly, so
if you see something like 464, that's three separate notes, not one very
high one. The ~ denotes a fast hammer-on and pull-off (usually
sixteenth-note triplets).
Eric gets a great, very fluid tone by playing almost every node with a
glissando. I've only marked the most noticable slides.
There are a couple of times when Eric descends into a flurry of notes -- I
can play flurries that sound fine, but I'm not sure if I'm getting exactly
the same notes as the recording. Anyway, I've marked the two places where
this happens. My advice for these sections: play lots of notes. :)
[Intro]
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6-7-------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse 1]
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-------464-------|-----------------|---------------4-| D|-6-------------4-|-6----------/6-4-|---2-------------|-------2/6---7---| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-----------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|---------------46|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-------6~---/6-4-|-----------------|---------------4-| A|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|-------6-7-------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|----/6-4---------|-----------------|-----------------| D|/6-------------4-|-6-----------6-4-|---2-------------|---------------4-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-----------|-------6-7-------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------/4-6--/8---| D|-6-------------67|-6-----4~2----/4-|-2---------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse 2]
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-9-------------89|-8-6-6----/6--/6-|-4---------------|------/4-6--/8---| D|-----------------|-----------------|---6-6-----------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-9-----9-9-----9~|-8-----6~4-------|-----------------|------/4-4---4---| D|-----------------|-----------6-6-4-|-------------2-4-|-1---------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|/9-------------7-|-7-------------5-|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|---9-9----/6-----|-4---------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|---6-2-----------|---------------4-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6-7-------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------4-5-7-| G|------/6-4-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-6-----------6-4-|-------2-------2-|-2---------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|---------4-------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse 3]
E|-----------------|-------797-------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-9-------------7-|-9-----------9-7-|-----------------|-------5/9---10--| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-12-----------12~|-12----9~---/9-7-|-----------454---|-------4-5-----12| G|-----------------|---------9-------|---------46---646|-4---------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-------46--------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-------797-------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-9-------------7-|-9-----------9-7-|---5-------------|-------4-5---7-9-| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----6---------4~|-3---------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----7---9--/11--| B|--------------910|-9-----7~5-----7-|-5---------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|----------------6|-------64--------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2-242-|-2---------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|----------------4|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse 4]
E|-12------------11|11-9-9----/9--/9-|-7---------------|-------7-9--/11--| B|-----------------|-----------------|--95-------------|-5---------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------46|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-12---12-12---12~|11-----9~7-------|-----------------|-------7-7-----7-| B|-----------------|------------/9-7-|---------5-754~--|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------64|-4---------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|/16------------14|14-1212---/9---12|-7---------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|---9-5-------4-54|-------4-5-----7-| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6---------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & E|-------797-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-9--/11--| B|-9-----------9-7-|-------5-------5-|-5---------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|---------6-------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse 1]
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[Cadenza]
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