The Carter Family – Church In The Wildwood (Guitar Intro Tab)

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The original sounds in Bb - and the guitar is tuned one full tone lower This tab is written for standard tuning To play along with the original retune the guitar to D - G - C - F - A - D or alternatively change the pitch of the recording using software. The first two beats of the first bar are slow, the second bar commences 2 secs in. Maybelle Carter generally used a thumb pick and finger pick on the first finger. Thumb picking the melody and strumming the top strings with the first finger with down and up strokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iVz2yOqnME and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE80Ed59uCY show her playing wildwood flower and may help in understanding her fingerpicking style.
[Intro]
   C                                                        G7
e|----0-0-----0-0-0-|----0----0-|--0-0-0-----|---0----0-0-|---1----1-|
B|----1-1-----1-1-1-|----1----1-|--1-1-1-----|---1----1-1-|---0----0-|
G|----0-0-----0-0-0-|----0----0-|--0-0-0-----|---0----0-0-|---0----0-|
D|------------------|-----------|----------0-|-2----2-----|-0----0---|
A|--3---------------|-------0---|--------3---|------------|----------|
E|----------3-------|--3--------|-3----------|------------|----------|
    p       p          p    p     p      p p   p    p       p    p

                              C
e|---1--------|---1-1------|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0---0-|
B|---0--------|---0-0------|--1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1---1-|
G|---0--------|---0-0------|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0---0-|
D|------------|-0-----2--0-|--------2-------|---------|
A|-----2--3---|------------|-3--------------|-3---3---|
E|-3----------|------------|----------------|---------|
   p   p  p     p     p  p   p      p         p   p

   F                         C             
e|---1--------|---1-1------|---0-----0-0-|---0-------|
B|---1--------|---1-1------|---1-----1-1-|---1-------|
G|---2--------|---2-2------|---0-----0-0-|---0-------|
D|------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-0-----0--2-|-3-----2--0-|-------3-----|------2--0-|
E|------------|------------|-3-----------|-3---------|
   p     p  p   p     p  p   p     p       p    p  p

    G7                        C
e|---1-1-1---1-|---1--------|---0---0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-|
B|---0-0-0---0-|---0--------|---1---1-1-1-|---1---1-1-1-|
G|---0-0-0---0-|---0--------|---0---0-0-0-|---0---0-0-0-|
D|-------------|------------|-----2-------|-----2-------|
A|-------------|------0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----------|
E|-3-------3---|-3----------|-------------|-------------|
   p       p     p    p  p    p   p         p   p