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Subject: Dar William's "When I Was A Boy".tab
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 01:32:05 -0800
From: Carl Gigun 


Dar Williams, When I was a boy... aditional tablature
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I don't know how David ever figured out that she was using this tuning, 
it had me stumped until I got this tab. I've added a section showing 
the finger picking that Dar uses below David's original submission.


From: dave.thompson@mps.org (David Thompson)
Subject: Dar William's When I was a Boy.Chords

Think is pretty close:

/"When I Was A Boy"---by DAR Williams--From the Seminal alblum The Honesty
Room////

Dar Plays something like the following ("It works for me" as you americans
would say)
DADGAD tuning-No capo
----Here's how to do it:  Tune the treble E string down until it sounds
like the open D string; do the same for the bass E string.  Then tune the 
B
string down until it sounds like the open A string.  This tuning was, I
believe, "discovered" by Davy Graham
Chords:
X: (5x5000);  Y: (9x9000);  Z: (10,x,10,000);  W: (000000);  R: (030034);
S: (020020)

(X)I ..(Y)Pan ..(Z)hand//
I ..(Y)glad ..(W)check.//
(X)I ..(Y)fight, ..
(Z)night//
We ..(Y)on ..(W)deck.//
And (R)I ..(S)when ..
(R)friends//
And ..(S)tell ...(W)help me//
..(X)home.//
When ..(Y)scared ..(Z)mom, //
Climbed ..(Y)on(W)//
(X)And .. (Y)survived..
(Z)all ... (Y)(W)//
And (R)you can (S)walk me (W)home..(X)too.////

I ..(Y)like, ..(Z)bike//
Riding .. (Y)never ..(W)saw.//
(X)My ..(Y)say, "..
(Z)way//
It's ..(Y)breaking any (W)law."//
And (R)..(S)store..(R)More//
More .. (S)see..
(W)me//
That ..(X)flat//
When ..(Y)see ..(Z)me//
Grass-..(Y)knees(W)//
And (X)..(Y)change..
got (Y)implants ..(Z)implants to (W)remove//
But (R)I am (S)not for(W)getting//
That ..(X)too////

And ..(Y)creep, ..(Z)keep//
Except ..(W)guard//
(X)I've ..(Y)day, ..(Z)way//
To ..(Y)in the back(W)yard.//
And (R)I ..(S)..(R)lived//
And ..(S)gun, ..(W)won//
And ..(X)see//
When ..(Y)mom ..(Z)talked//
And ..(Y)where..(W)walked.//
(X)And ..(Y)cry..(Z)alone ..
(Y)do(W)//
And (R)I have (S)lost some (W)kindness//
But ..(X)too.//
And ...(Y)me, and (Z)I was (Y)just (W)like (X)you.////\\
>>>>>david

*********************************************************

Now for the finger picking. It's basically alternating thumb, so anyone
who plays any folk will recognize it.

I've used the same finger lettering scheme used in classical guitar.
(P=thumb.....I=index.....M=middle.....A=ring...... pinky is not used)

This tab is for RIGHT hand only. Place your left hand as David indicated.
I'll label the chords the same way he did.

Chords W,X,Y,Z picking: 
(the Y measure right before descending to W is short. Play only the)
(first 1/2 of the tab for it.) 

|d|--A---------------------A----------
|a|--M---------M-------M-------M------
|g|--I-------------I---------------I--
|d|------P-------P-------P-------P----
|a|-----------------------------------
|d|--P-------P-------P-------P--------

Chords R,S picking:

|d|--A---------------------A----------
|a|--M---------M-------M-------M------
|g|--I-------------I---------------I--
|d|------P-------P-------P-------P----
|a|--P-------P-------P-------P--------
|d|-----------------------------------

That's the general pattern anyways. You could always embelish a little.
If you have trouble, try practising the thumb and finger parts separately.
The thumb just bobs back and forth between the two bass notes. The fingers
look more complicated, but really they just go like a little wave
Try drumming them on the table in this order (M,I,M,A,M,I) to get a feel
for it.

Carl (carlg@pinc.com)

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