Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel - Borsalino guitar tab

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I think this would have to be one of Tommy's best tunes. It can be played
either just as a melody with a band, or as a solo piece, which Tommy does
to perfection on the Up Close Video. This is the solo version. It contains
a lot of Harmonics and some very wierd shapes. It may take a while to wrap
your fingers around some of the chords. In some places I will just put
the fingering for the chords, not all the fingering in between.
You can throw this in yourself around the chords. See how you go.

In the key of G.

! = 10th Fret
@ = 11th Fret
H = 12th Fret Harmonic
h = 7th Fret Harmonic
f = 5th Fret Harmonic
x = mute
/ = slide up to next note
| = slide down to next note

Part 1
         *                                                              *
|--------|--------|--------|----0---|---H----|--------|--------|--------|3-------|
|--------|0--0--01|---1-0--|3----2--|---H----|7--87--8|7-87-8-5|-----5--|55-5----|
|----0-2-|--0--2--|--2---2-|-4----0-|--H--79-|7-7-7-7-|6-66-6-5|-7--7-7-|5-5-0-2-|
|--------|-0------|-2-----2|--4----4|-H------|99--99--|88-----5|---5---5|-----0-0|
|--------|--------|0---0---|2--2----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|----0-2-|3---3---|--------|--------|0-------|7---7---|6---6-6-|5-5-----|5---0-2-|

Repeat between *. Second time through last bar leads into Part 2.

                                                                        |3---5---|
                                                                        |5---5---|
                                                                        |5---4---|
                                                                        |0---3---|
                                                                        |0---4---|
                                                                        |5-------|
Part 2

|7--7--78|---87---|--------|---375--|--------|--------|
|8----!--|--!-7-!-|!-x8x/7-|5-5---8-|7--8----|9--!----|
|7-------|-9--8---|7-x7x/6-|4------9|5-5---5-|!-!@-@--|
|7-------|----7---|9-x9x/7-|5-------|55---5--|99--!---|
|7-------|9---9---|7-x7x---|-0------|5---5---|--------|
|8-8-8---|----7---|--------|--------|--------|!-----!\|

+
|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|3--3-3--|H-------|
|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|0--0-0--|H-------|
|2--2-2-2|---2--2-|5--5-5--|H---0-2-|
|1-------|--------|5-------|h-------|
|0-------|--------|0---0---|h-------|
|1---1-1-|1----1--|--------|h---0-2-|

Repeat Parts 1 and 2 again.
The second time through, go to part 3 from the +.

The Album version, at this point goes into a bit of improvisation
using the same chord progressions. However Tommy ends the song here in
the solo version by doing a run of harmonics and false harmonics combined with some
pull offs and other techniques.
I'll try to tab the ending as best I can, but you'll probably find that
you'll need to see his video or see him play this live to fully understand
what it all means!


Part 3

|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|3--3-3-3|---3----|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|
|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|0--0-0-0|---0----|3--3-3-3|---3--3-|
|2--2-2-2|---2--2-|5--5-5-5|---5----|2--2-2-2|---2--2-|
|1-------|--------|5-------|--------|1-------|--------|
|0-------|--------|0---0-0-|0-------|0-------|--------|
|1---1-1-|1----1--|--------|-----432|1---1-1-|1----1--|

Slower....
             ~ ~ ~   ~p  ~p  ~p  ~p
|----3------------5- -75 --- -75 ---
|---0-0---------5--- --- -75 --- -75
|--5---5----5-5----- 5-- --- 5-- ---  This pattern repeats getting progressively
|-5-----5--5-----5-- --- 5-- --- 5--  faster and faster, then gradually slow into
|0--------5----5---- --- --- --- ---  next section.
|--------5---5------ --- --- --- ---

 ~p  ~p  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
|-75 --- ---------5-----------5-----------7-----------5------
|--- -75 -------5---5-------6---6-------5---5-------5---5----
|5-- --- -5---5--5----5---5--5----5---5--5----5---5--5----5--
|--- 5-- ---5--5---5----5--5---5----5--5---5----5--5---5----5
|--- --- 5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---7-------7---
|--- --- --5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-

 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~p  ~p  ~p  ~p  ~ ~ ~~ ~p ~ ~
|---------5-----------5---------- -75 --- -75 --- 7-5---5---------
|-------5---5-------6---6-------5 --- -75 --- -75 ----5---75------
|-5---5--5----5---5--5----5---5-- 5-- --- 5-- --- -----5-----5----
|---5--5---5----5--5---5----5--5- --- 5-- --- 5-- -------5--------
|5---5-------5---5-------5---5--- --- --- --- --- ----------5-----
|--5-----------5-----------5----- --- --- --- --- ------------5---


|------H---H-----H-----------------3--------------|
|--h-----h-----H-----H------1------1p0------------|
|f---h-------h-----h---H-----------0--------------|
|------------------------H---------0--------------|
|----------------------------------2--------------|
|----------------------------------3--------------|

Let me explain what all the symbols in Part 3 represent.

~ means play the harmonic 12 Frets from the note represented. For example,
a 5 with a ~ above it means hold your finger on the 5th fret while playing the
harmonic at the 17th fret.

p means a pull off to the next note. A 7 with a p above it, followed by a five means
pull off from the 7 to the 5.

Once you get the hang of the harmonic technique Tommy uses, you will get a
sensational sounding sweeping harp-like effect. This takes a lot of practise.

Anyway, hope this helps.
Get this song at:
bol.com
amazon.com

Copyrights:

Author: Claude Bolling, Jack Fishman

Composer: ?

Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment

Details:

Released in: 1997

Language: English

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