Incredible String Band – October Song tab

Artist: Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band)
Album:  The Incredible String Band
Song:   October Song
tabber: felix (sirewatkins at hotm..)

I really love this hauntingly beautiful song, full of the wander-lust that 
powers much of robin's work.

My dad gave me a tattered old book of incrediable string band tab (no longer 
in print) which contained this song. In a recent move I lost the remains of
that book, so before forget it - here it is...

This is just the intro which is all I ever learned, but it makes a great
tune/improv base on its own.

You basically play clawhammer in open D tuning and play around on 
the top d string.

Chords:

    D  A  G

d | 0  2  5
A | 0  0  5
F#| 0  3  5
D | 0  2  5
A | 0  0  5
D | 0  x  5


   D
                      
d ||0---------------|A ||----------------|F#||----------------|D ||----------------|A ||----------------|D ||0---------------|

   D                

d |0--h2-----------|2--h4-----------|----4-----------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|F#|------------0---|------------0---|--------0-------|D |--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|

   h = hammer on

   D                A                

d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------|D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------|A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------|D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|

   A

d |2---------------|A |----------------|F#|----------------|D |----2-----------|A |0-------0-------|D |------------2>>5|

   >>> = slide

   G

d |9-----------9---|9-----------9---|7-------7-------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|F#|--------5-------|--------5-------|----------------|D |----------------|----------------|----------------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|D |5---------------|5---------------|5---------------|   ^   full bar 5th fret

   D

d |0--h4-----------|----2--p0-------|A |----------------|----------------|F#|------------0---|----------------|D |--------0-------|----------------|A |----------------|----------------|D |0---------------|0---------------|

                    p = pull off

   D

d |2--h4-----------|----4-----------|A |----------------|----------------|F#|------------0---|--------0-------|D |--------0-------|----------------|A |----------------|----------------|D |0---------------|0---------------|


   D                A                

d |4--h5-----------|0--h2-----------|----2-----------|A |----------------|----------------|----------------|F#|------------0---|------------3---|--------3-------|D |--------0-------|--------2-------|----------------|A |----------------|0---------------|0---------------|D |0---------------|----------------|----------------|


   A
 
   pull off both fingers in one smooth movement to make a triplet.
   |
d |4p2p0-----------|0---------------||A |----------------|----------------||F#|------------0---|----------------||D |--------0-------|----------------||A |0---------------|----------------||D |----------------|0---------------||

Try a 12th fret harmonic on the top three strings to finish.

Enjoy!