Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas guitar tab

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Here is the version of Classical Gas found on Tommy's new instructional video UP CLOSE.
It's an entirely acoustic piece which sounds great as a solo. This song is fairly
difficult to play in some areas. It contains false harmonics and separate thumbing.
The only way you're really going to do this song justice is with a thumb pick. You'll
definitely need it if you want crisp harmonics.

I will represent the shaped harmonics by tabbing the fingering as normal and the
fingering for the harmonics above it.The way to play these if you haven't seen it done
before is to hold the chord specified, then holding your first finger on the harmonic
while plucking the string with your thumb(pick) behind the first finger. If you want to
learn from the master, buy the UP CLOSE video.

Normal harmonics I will place a ~ above.

Here we go

In the key of Am.

" = 10th Fret
! = 11th Fret
@ = 12th Fret
# = 13th Fret
* = 19th Fret
& = 18th Fret
h = hammer on
p = pull off
x = Mute Strings

The intro has no steady timing. I'll specify the mood....

Slowly..
                    ~                    hp  hp  hp  hp
|------------------ @ ------------------0---0---0---0-----]
|----01-10--------- @ --0----0--------1--10--10--10--10---] progressively faster.....
|---2--2----0--0--- @ --0202--------2------0---0---0---0--]
|--2-------0--0---- @ ------------2-----------------------
|-0---------------- - ----------0-------------------------
|---------3--2--0-- - --0---0-----------------------------

 Slow     h  pp                  ~           Speed Up ......
|------------------------------- @ --------------------------------2-3--3-
|-------0-1-310--0-------------- @ --0----0-1--1-0--0-1--1-1--1-3-3----0--
|-----2--------2-----0-----0---- @ --0202-----2----0----0----2---2----0---
|---2--------------0-----0------ @ ----------2----0----2----3-------------
|-0----------------------------- - ---------0----2----3-------------------
|----------------3-----2-----0-- - --0---0-----------------1----2----3----

           * * & * & * * * & * & * * * & * & * * * & * & & *
|-4--5--7-------7-7---------7-7---------7-7---------7-7----7------
|-3--4--6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6------6--------
|-4--5--7---7----7----7-7----7----7-7----7----7-7----7------------
|-2--4--6------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6--------------
|------------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----------------
|----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------

Up Tempo Into Part 2(a)....
( Slightly Mute A string with heel of right hand )
                              ~ ~ ~                  3/4
|875--0--|--------|875--0--|--------|875--0--|--------|------|------|
|5--8---7|--------|5--8---7|--7-@-7-|5--8---7|--------|-----1|--1---|
|5------5|--------|5------5|--7-@-7-|5------5|--------|--0-0-|-2---2|
|--------|--------|--------|--7-@-7-|--------|--------|-0----|3---3-|
|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|000000--|---3--|---1--|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------02|3-----|------|

4/4                          (Slaps his guitar around for 3 beats....)
|-0--0--0|--0-----|-0--0---|0-------|
|--3--3--|3--3----|--0--0--|0-------|
|---2--2-|-2--2---|---1--1-|1-------|
|3-------|--------|--------|2-------|
|2-------|--------|--------|2-------|
|--------|-----320|-------0|0-------|

Part 1
  p                              h
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|10-0-1-0|--------|0----0-1|--1-----|---01-10|--------|0----0-1|
|2-2--2--|--0--0--|0202---2|--2-02--|--2--2--|--0--0--|0202---2|
|2-------|-0--0---|2-------|-2--02--|-2------|-0--0---|2------2|
|0---0-0-|--------|--------|0--0----|0-------|--------|-------0|
|--------|3--2--0-|0---0-0-|--------|--------|3--2--0-|0---0-0-|
 x x x x  x x
|-------2|-3-4-57-|
|-0-1-1-3|-0-3-46-|
|-0-0-2-2|-0-4-57-|
|-0-2-3--|---2-46-|
|-2-3----|--------|
|-----1-2|-3------|

repeat Part 2(a) then...

Part 3

|0--0---0|1-1-0---|0--0---0|1-1-0---|----3643|-------|
|-1--1-1-|3-3-1---|-1--1-1-|3-3-1---|---4----|4-4-4--|
|--0--0--|1-1-0---|--0--0--|1-1-0---|--3-----|5-5-3-3|
|--------|3-3-2---|--------|3-3-2---|-5------|6-6-55-|
|3-------|2-2-3---|3-------|2-2-3---|6-------|-------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|4-4-3--|
                          2/4
|--------|--------|--------|---@|
|4--4--6-|-6--8--8|--"--"--|@--9|
|-3--5--5|--7--7--|9--9--!-|-!-9|
|--5--6--|7--8--9-|-"--!--@|--#9|
|--------|--------|--------|---!|
|3--4--5-|-6--7--8|--9--"--|!--0|

4/4
                                                                ~ (bend neck)
|--------|---@-@-@|--------|---@-@-@|--------|---@-@-@|--------|@-------|
|--------|---9-9-"|--------|---"-"-!|--------|---!-!-@|--------|@-------|
|--------|---9-9-!|--------|---!-!-@|--------|---@-@-#|--------|@-------|
|--------|---9-9-"|--------|---"-"-!|--------|---!-!-@|--------|@-------|
|--------|---!-!-0|--------|---0-0--|--------|--------|--------|@-------|
|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|@-------|

Back to Part 1 then.....

Part 2(b)

                              ~ ~ ~
|875--0--|--------|875--0--|--7-@-7-|875--0--|--------|--------|-1------|
|5--8---7|--------|5--8---7|--7-@-7-|5--8---7|--------|-0---1--|-1------|
|5------5|--------|5------5|--7-@-7-|5------5|--------|-0---0--|-2------|
|--------|--------|--------|--7-@-7-|--------|--------|-0---202|3-------|
|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|000000--|--023---|--321012|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------02|3-------|--------|

                             (Slaps his guitar around for 3 beats....)
|-0--0--0|--0-----|-0--0---|0-------|
|--3--3--|3--3----|--0--0--|0-------|
|---2--2-|-2--2---|---1--1-|1-------|
|--------|--------|--------|2-------|
|--------|--------|--------|2-------|
|--------|-----320|-------0|0-------|

Part 3 Again then Part 1 then.....

Part 2(c)

                              ~ ~ ~
|875--0--|--------|875--0--|--7-@-7-|875--0--|--------|--------|-1------|
|5--8---7|--------|5--8---7|--7-@-7-|5--8---7|--------|-0---1--|-1------|
|5------5|--------|5------5|--7-@-7-|5------5|--------|-0---0--|-2------|
|--------|--------|--------|--7-@-7-|--------|--------|-0---202|3-------|
|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|00000000|000000--|--023---|--321012|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------02|3-------|--------|

                                                      {}
|-0--0--0|--0-----|-0--0--0|--0--0--|-0--0--0|--0--0--|-0--0--0|--0--0--|
|--3--3--|3--3----|--0--0--|0--0--0-|1-1--1--|1--1--1-|2-2--2--|2--2--2-|
|---2--2-|-2--2---|---1--1-|-1--1--1|2--2--2-|-2--2--2|2--2--2-|-2--2--2|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|2-------|--------|2-------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|0-------|--------|
|--------|-----320|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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

Repeat From {} with double plucking (Twice the speed for twice as long for each bar )
Then....

Outro:
  xx xxx  xxx xxx  x x  x x  xx   x
|0------1|-------0|-0-00---|0--000--|
|1--0---1|---0---1|-1-11-0-|1--111--|
|2--0---2|---0---2|-2-22-0-|2--222--|
|2--0---3|---0---2|-2-22-0-|2--222--|
|0--2---3|---2---0|-0-00-2-|0--000--|
|---3---1|---3----|------3-|--------|


Hope all this makes sense. If you memorise my symbols for the higher frets it may
make it a little easier! I put most of the finger picking in as part of the tab.
He uses a lot of it to fill out the sound between the melody.
Get this song at:
bol.com
amazon.com

Copyrights:

Author: Mason Williams

Composer: ?

Publisher: Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.

Details:

Released in: 1995

Language: English

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