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From: alcork@onlink1.onlink.net
Date: 10 Jul 1995 03:08:44 GMT
Subject: "Big Boss Man" - Mance Lipscomb
Here's Mance Lipscomb's Big Boss Man. This blues sounds good whether played fast or slow --
just lock your thumb into a steady tempo and play the melody notes as you feel them. Note the
extra two beats in measure 14.
4/4 time
E (I)
0--------------0---------0---------3----|------------------------|--------|-----3------------------------------------|------------------------|------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|-----|----------2------------------2-----------|---------2---------2----|-------|-------------------------------------------|--------------2---------|-----|0-------------------0---------------------|----0-------------------|------|
0--------------0---------0---------0----|----------------------------|-----|-----3------------------------------------|----------------------0-----|---|-------------------------------------------|--------------0h1---------|----|----------2-------------------2----------|---------2------------2-----|----|------------------------------------------|---------------2-------------|--|0-------------------0-------------------|----0-------------------------|---|
A7 (IV)
0--------------0---------0---------|----3---------0---------------|-------|-----3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---|----------2-------------------2-----|---------2--------------2-----|------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---|0-------------------0----------------|----0--------------0---------|------|
E (I)3----0----------3---------0-----|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------|----------2-----------2-----------|---------2---------2------|---------|-----------------------------------|--------------2-----------|--------|0-----------------0---------------|----0---------------------|---------|
-----3---------3---------|----0----------------0--------------------|----|---------------------------|----------------0---------0---------------|--|---------------------------|---------0h1-----------------------------|---|-----2--------------2----|----------------------2--------------2------|--|0---------0--------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----0--------------------------0---------|---|
A7 (IV)
-----3---------3----------|----3-------------------|------|---------------------------|---------------2---------|----|---------------------------|-------------------------|----|-----2--------------2-----|---------2---------2----|------|0---------0---------------|----0---------0---------|------|----------------------------|------------------------|----|
E (I)----------------------------0--------- |-----------|-----0----3---------0----------3-----|--------------|----------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------|---------------------------------------|------------|0----0---------0----------0---------|---------------|
6/4
------------0--------------0-------------------0----|--------|-----------------0-------------------3---------------|-------|0h1-------------------------------------------------|--------|-------2----2--------------2--------------2---------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----|0---------------------0---------0-------------------|--------|
B7 (V)
-----0--------------|---------2---------2---------|---------|-----0--------------|---------0---------0---------|---------|---------------------|------------------------------|-------|-----2--------------|---------1--------------1----|---------|----------0----1---|----2---------2--------------|----------|0-------------------|-------------------------------|-------|
A7 (IV) E (I)
-----0--------------------|----0--------------------------||------|-----2---------2---------|----0---------0----3----------||--------|--------------------------|--------------------------------*||----|-----2--------------2----|---------2--------------2-----*||-------|0---------0--------------|---------------------------------||-----|---------------------------|----0---------0----------------||-----|
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Alan Cork (alcork@.onlink.net)
North Bay, Ontario
