John Fahey – Joe Kirby Blues tab

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From: jboston@delphi.com (John Boston)
Subject: TAB: Fahey's "Joe Kirby Blues"
Date: 7 Jan 1996 17:16:03 GMT

                           Joe Kirby Blues
                            by John Fahey


John Fahey has a genius for simple beauty and this tune, from his old
Takoma LP DAYS HAVE GONE BY, is a prime example.  This was tabbed by
Dave Cohen (user643309@aol.com) and transcribed by me.

Dave suggests these fingerings (T = thumb, I = index, M = middle,
R= ring, L = little, O = open string):

Am in Part A:         D7 in Part A:        Am in Part B
3  M                  O                    5  I
3  M                  3  I                 8  L
2  I                  5  L                 O
O                     O                    7  M
O                     5  R                 O
O                     O                    O

                    John Boston

                               JOE KIRBY BLUES


   D                     E         Am     PART A                       =

----5---5--5---3--3--3---0--0--0------|--------------------|----------|----7---7--7---5--5--5---0--0--0------|---5--5--3h5--5--5--|----------|----7---7--7---5--5--5---1--1--1------|------2-------------|----------|----7---7--7---5--5--5---2--2--2------|--------------------|----------|-------------------------2--2--2---0--|--------------0-----|----------|-------------------------0--0--0------|--------------------|----------|                                                                      =


                                                                      =

----------------------5--3-----|--------------------------------------|---3h5--5--5--5--3h5--------5--|--------------------------------------|2-------------2-------------2--|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------0-------------0--------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|                                                                      =


D7           roll                                                     =

--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-3--------3---3-----3--3--3--------3--|-------------------------------|-------5------5--5--------------5-----|-------------------------------|--------------0--------------0--------|-------------------------------|----5------------------5--------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|                                                                      =


                                                                      =

------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------|------3--3-----3-----3--------|---------------------------------------|---5--------5--------------0--|---------------------------------------|---------0--------------0-----|---------------------------------------|5-----------------5-----------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|                                                                      =


   F6                                             bend   Am           =

-----------------------------------|--0-------------------|-----------|---------3--3-----3--3--3-----1h3--|--0------------8------|-----------|------2--------2-------------------|---------------9------|-----------|------------3--------------3-------|-----2--2--2----------|-----------|-----------------------------------|------------------7---|-----------|0-h1-----------------1-------------|--0------------0------|-----------|                                                                      =


roll  PART A'       quick  roll then arpeggio                         =

-5-----------------------------5-----------------5--------------------|-5-----------------------------5--5-----------5-----5-----------------|-------------------------------------5-----5-----------5--------------|----------------------------------------7-----------------------------|-0---0-----5-----5------5---0--7--------0--------0--------------------|--------7-----7------7------------------------------------------------|                                                                      =


repeat A and A' go to Part B                                          =

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


PART B       roll                             roll                       =

-5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|------5---5----5--7--5-- -----5--|------|-------8------8--------8-----|----8--------8----8---------8----|------|----0---------------0--------|----------0--------------0-------|------|--------------7--------------|-7----------------7--------------|------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------|          C                                                                      =

                                                   roll               =

------5--5-----5--5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---------5--|--------------|---8--------8--------------8-----|--8--8--8--7--7---7--|--------------|---------7--------------7--------|-----------7--7------|--------------|0-----------------0--------------|--0--0--0--0--0---0--|--------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------|                                                                      =


                  roll                        E         Am            =

------5--5-----5---5--5--------5--|--5--5--5---4--4--4---5--|---------|---6--------6------6--------6-----|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5--|---------|---------7---------------7--------|----------------------5--|---------|0------------------0--------------|--0--0--0-------------7--|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------0--|---------|----------------------------------|------------0--0--0------|---------|                                                                      =


repeat parts A', A, B, A', A up to E chd         bend                 =

-|--------------------------------|--0------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|--0------------8-----|-------------|-|--------------------------------|---------------9-----|-------------|-|--------------------------------|-----2--2--2---------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------7--|-------------|-|--------------------------------|--0------------0-----|-------------|                                                                      =


                                                                      =

5--8--5--------------------------------5--||--------------------------|5--------8--5--------------------------5--||--------------------------|5--------------7--5--------------------7--||--------------------------|7--------------------7--5-----7-----5--7--||--------------------------|---------------------------7-----7-----0--||--------------------------|