Backwater Blues

Hello folks.

I've been a constant reader of this newsgroup, but never contributed

anything so far. So, I decided to take some time and type up some tab

stuff during my work. ;^) Following is a blues tune called "Backwater

Blues" that I happened to find in a magazine called "Accoustic Guitar

yesterday at a nearby CD shop. It wasn't so hard and fun to play.

Since tab form can't express time interval, I hope you will figure

that out by feeling. Once you get used to the progression, you can

also enjoy improvising your own style too.

Backwater Blues (Words, Music by Bessie Smith)

Intro Verse

|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-----------||-----0------0---|---0-----------|

|------------------------|--------0----||:------3--------|--------2---2--|

|------------------------|-------------||----------------|----------0----|

|------12----11----10----|9---------1--||-----2--------2-|-----2------2--|

|------------------------|--0-1-2------||:---------------|-0------0------|

|-0----------------------|-------------||--0-------0-----|---------------|

Fill

|------------|-------0-------|-------0-----|-0-----0-------|

|----3--2-0--|-0---0---------|---2---------|---2-------2---|

|-----1------|---1-----------|-------------|---------------|

|------------|-----0-------0-|-----2-----2-|-----2-------2-|

|------------|---------------|-0-------0---|-0-------0-----|

|-0--0--0--0-|-0--------0----|-------------|---------------|

Fill

|------------0---|----------------|-------2-------2---|-0-----0-----|

|--------3-------|----3-------0---|---------0---------|---2---------|

|-----2/4--------|-2/4--0-1-------|-------------------|-------------|

|----------------|----------------|-------1---------1-|-----2-----2-|

|----------------|----------------|-2----------2------|-0-------0---|

|-0---0----0---0-|-0----0---0---0-|-------------------|-------------|

Turn-Around Ending

|-----4--3--2--0-|-----------------||---0---0-------|------------|--0----|-||

|------0---------|-----------0----:||-----3---2---1-|------------|--2----|-||

|-----4--3--2----|-----------------||-----4---3---2-|------------|--1----|-||

|----------------|-------------1---||---------------|-----1-2----|--0----|-||

|----------------|---0-1-2--------:||---------------|-2-4--------|--2----|-||

|-0--------------|-0---------------||-0-------------|----------0-|-------|-||

Chord

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B7 021202

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A7 002020

enjoy!

Takahito Yoshizawa

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