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!
