Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch
Track title: Blackwaterside
Album: Jack Orion
Tuning: DADGBE (dropped D)
Capo: 5th Fret

Amazing tune but a real pain to transcribe! There are bars of 2,3,4,5 and 6; the asterisks let you
know how many beats. You will have to work closely with the record to capture the fine nuances of
the rhythm and structure. There are also slight variations from verse to verse and in the
instrumental. Some of the fingering can be changed to suit you; most of them I arrived at for
reasons of tone. I think mine is a little different to the Stefan Grossman transcription, though I
stick by it - it sounds really authentic especially when you sing along. Good luck and have fun!



Rhythm: Varies


 Beat*   *   *     *        *    *    *     *        *      *
E||----------------------|------------------------|--3h-5h3-2--0--|
B||-------------------5--|-/7------/7-------7-----|---------------|
G||----------------7-----|---------------7--------|--0------2-----|
D||------------/7--------|------------------------|---------------|
A||-------------------4--|-/5------/5-------------|---------------|
D||----------0-----------|-------0-------------0--|---------------|


  *     *      *     *    *        *     *      *      *
--------------------------------|----------------------------|
-----3-----------------------3--|-----1------1----1----1-----|
-----0h-2h0-------------2-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
------------4--2--0-----0-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
--------------------------------|--3-----3-3----3----3-------|
--0------------------0----------|-------------------------0--|
                                     Repeat bar below 3 times on intro
                                     and start again; continue through
                                     on verse without repeats.
  *      *        *      *     *       *     *      *    *
---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
----3----3-----|--3-----------------|--------------------------|
----0----0-----|--0h-2h0----5-------|-----2---------0-------0--|
----0----0-----|---------4--2----0--|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
--2----2-------|--------------------|------------3--2----------|
------------0--|--------------------|--0-----------------3-----|


  *     *      *      *        *    *     *    *
----------------------------|------------------------|
-----3---------0h-1h0----0--|--3---------------------|
-----0h-2h0-----------2-----|-------------0----------|
------------4--0------------|--4----0--4--5----4--5--|
----------------------------|-------------2----0--2--|
--0------------5------------|--0---------------------|


  *      *     *    *     *     *        *   *    *      *
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
--2------------0-------0--------------|--0------0--------------|
--0h-2h0------------3--------0--2--4--|--5------5----4h2-0--2--|
---------3-----2----------------------|--2------2--------------|
--0---------0-------3-----0--0--2--4--|--0------0--------------|


  *     *      *    *        *     *      *    *
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----2---------0-------0--|-----2---------0-------0--|
-----0h-2h0---------3-----|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
------------3--2----------|------------3--2----------|
--0-----------------3-----|--0-----------------3-----|


  *     *      *    *
--------------------------||
--------------------------||
-----2---------0-------0--||
-----0h-2h0---------3-----||
------------3--2----------||
--0-----------------3-----||



TAB symbols:

/ = slide into note from below;  h=hammer on or pull off