xArtist: Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band)
Album: The Incredible String Band
Song: October Song
tabber: felix (sirewatkins at hotm..)
I really love this hauntingly beautiful song, full of the wander-lust that
powers much of robin's work.
My dad gave me a tattered old book of incrediable string band tab (no longer
in print) which contained this song. In a recent move I lost the remains of
that book, so before forget it - here it is...
This is just the intro which is all I ever learned, but it makes a great
tune/improv base on its own.
You basically play clawhammer in open D tuning and play around on
the top d string.
Chords:
D A G
d | 0 2 5
A | 0 0 5
F#| 0 3 5
D | 0 2 5
A | 0 0 5
D | 0 x 5
D
d ||0---------------|
A ||----------------|
F#||----------------|
D ||----------------|
A ||----------------|
D ||0---------------|
D
d |0--h2-----------|2--h4-----------|----4-----------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|------------0---|------------0---|--------0-------|
D |--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
h = hammer on
D A
d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------|
D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------|
A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|
A
d |2---------------|
A |----------------|
F#|----------------|
D |----2-----------|
A |0-------0-------|
D |------------2>>5|
>>> = slide
G
d |9-----------9---|9-----------9---|7-------7-------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|--------5-------|--------5-------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |5---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
^
full bar 5th fret
D
d |0--h4-----------|----2--p0-------|
A |----------------|----------------|
F#|------------0---|----------------|
D |--------0-------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|
D |0---------------|0---------------|
p = pull off
D
d |2--h4-----------|----4-----------|
A |----------------|----------------|
F#|------------0---|--------0-------|
D |--------0-------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|
D |0---------------|0---------------|
D A
d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------|
D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------|
A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|
A
pull off both fingers in one smooth movement to make a triplet.
|
d |4p2p0-----------|0---------------||
A |----------------|----------------||
F#|------------0---|----------------||
D |--------0-------|----------------||
A |0---------------|----------------||
D |----------------|0---------------||
Try a 12th fret harmonic on the top three strings to finish.
Enjoy!
