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Blues Run The Game - Bert Jansch
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Bert Jansch's arrangement of the Jackson C. Frank song Blues Run the Game
Video used for tab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MO_Xxq3LVw&feature=kp
Make sure to check out the Note > and the Variations
Tuning: Standard Tuning
Capo 3rd Fret
A B C D
See note >
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|fg1-------0-----|----------0-----|1-----1---------|
G|------0h2-------|------2---------|------0h2-----0-|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
A B E F
See note >
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-----3---------|
B|----------3-----|fg1-------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
G|------0h2-------|------2---------|------0-------0-|----0---------0-|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
A B G H
See note >
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------3-----|fg1-------0-----|----------0-----|0h1----------------|
G|------0h2-------|------2---------|-------2-------2-|----------2-------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1----------|
J K
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------1-----|----------0-----|
G|------0---------|------0---------|
D|----0---2---2---|----0-------0---| Repeat for rest of song
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
NOTE >: Figure 1 is played as follows - 1h3p1p0
Figure 1 begins on the downbeat of the measure, so the note on the first fret of the B
string is played at
the same time as the note on the third fret of the E string. You play the first two
notes with a pinch, and this is the only pluck you use. The rest of the notes in the figure
are achieved with hammer-ons and
pull-offs. If there is any confusion consult the video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MO_Xxq3LVw&feature=kp
An easier version of this figure can be played as follows - 0h1p0
The timing is the same for both the actual and the easy figure.
Variations
Sometimes instead of F, Jansch just repeats E.
For the first B in each verse, Jansch plays the following:
e|----------------|
B|fg1-------------|
G|------2---0-----|
D|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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