Cavatina - Stanley Myers
theme music from 'The Deer Hunter'
solo guitar version, arrangement and fingering by John Williams
the tab is based on the solo guitar sheet version (Robbins, London, 1971)- this
differs from the recording - see Comments below the tab for more info
Roman Numerals indicate barre positions
Left-Hand Fingering is below the tab
play measures 1-51, then 1-24, then 76-87
Time 3/4
1. CIV CVIE+--7----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+B+--------------------5----------------+--------------------9----------------+G+*-------------4-----------4----------+--------------8-----------8----------+D+*-------6-----------------------6----+--------6-----------------------6----+A+-------------------------------------+--6----------------------------------+E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 1
3. CIX CIXE+--------9----------------------------+-------------------------------------+B+-10h-12-------------10---------------+-------------------10----------------+G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------9-----------9----------+D+-------11----------------------11----+-------11----------------------11----+A+-------------------------------------+--9----------------------------------+E+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 2 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3
5. CVII CVIIE+-----7--9----------------------------+--------------------------------7----+B+-10-----------------10---------------+----------------------------------10-+G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------------8----------------+D+--------7-----------------------7----+--------------7-----------7----------+A+-------------------------------------+--------9-----------------------9----+E+--7----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 [see Comments below]
7.E+--7----------------------------------+--------------------------------5p-4-+B+--------------------9----------------+--------------------3----------------+G+--------------8-----------8----------+--------------4-----------4----------+D+--------9-----------------------9----+--------6----------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+--0----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 1 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 1 2
9. CII CIIE+--4----------------------------------+--2-------------------------------0--+B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------2----------------+G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----------2----------+D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------4-----------------------4----+A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3
11.E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------0----------------+G+--------------0-----------0----------+--------------0-----------0----------+D+--------0-----------------------0----+--------2-----------------------2----+A+-------------------------------------+--3----------------------------------+E+--3----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 2 3 2 2
13. CIIE+--0----------------------------------+--------------2----------------------+B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------------4----------+G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----4-----2----------+D+--------4-----------------------4----+--------4-----------------------4----+A+--2----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 3
15.E+--0----------------------------------+--0-----------0-----------7----11----+B+--------------------------------0----+--------0-----------9----------------+G+--2-----------1-----------1----------+-------------------------------------+D+--------4-----------2----------------+-------------------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 4
17. CIX CIXE+-12----------------------------------+-12----------------------------11p-9-+B+--------------------9----------------+--------------------9----------------+G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------9-----------9----------+D+--------9-----------------------9----+--------9-----------------------9----+A+-------------------------------------+--9----------------------------------+E+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
19. CIX CVIIE+--9----11h12\11----------------------+--------------------------9-----7----+B+-------------------11----------------+--------------------9----------------+G+-------------------------11----------+--------------8----------------------+D+--------------------------------9----+--------9----------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 [see Comments below]
21. CII CVIIE+--5----------------------------------+--------------7----------------------+B+--------------------2----------------+-10-----------------------7----------+G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------------8----------------+D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------------7-----------7----------+A+-------------------------------------+--------9------------------------9---+E+--2----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3
23. @E+-------------------------------------+--------------------------0-----2----+B+--9----------------------------------+--------------------3----------------+G+--------------------8----------------+--------------4---------------------*+D+--------------9-----------9----------+--------2---------------------------*+A+--------7-----------------------7----+-------------------------------------+E+--0----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 1
25. (CII) CVE+--4----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------7----------------+G+*-------------2-----------2----------+--------------6-----------6----------+D+*-------2-----------------------2----+--------7-----------------------7----+A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 1
27. CVIE+--6----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+B+--------------------7----------------+--------0-----------7-----------0----+G+--------------6-----------6----------+--------------8-----------8----------+D+--------8-----------------------8----+-------------------------------------+A+--7----------------------------------+--6----------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 4 2 4
29.E+--7----------------------------------+-12----------------------------------+B+--------0-----------7-----------0----+--------------0-----------0----------+G+--------------7-----------7----------+--------0-----------9-----------0----+D+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+--8----------------------------------+ 3 4 1 2 1 1 2
31.E+-12-----8-----8----10----10-----7----+--7-----8-----8-----------7-----8----+B+-------------------------------------+--------------------10---------------+G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+D+-10----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+A+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+--7----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 1
33.E+-12----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+B+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+G+--9-----5-----5-----7-----7-----4----+--4-----5----------------------------+D+-------------------------------------+--------------7-----4-----2----------+A+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------3----+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 2
35.E+-------------------------------------+--------------------2----------------+B+-------------------------------------+--------------2-----------2----------+G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+D+-------------------------------------+--------2-----------------------2----+A+--2-----------------------------0----+--1----------------------------------+E+--------5-----3-----2-----3----------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 2
37. CII CIII E+--------------------2----------------+-------------------------------------+B+--------------3----------------------+--------------------3----------------+G+-------------------------------------+--------------3-----------3----------+D+--------4----------------------------+--------3-----------------------3----+A+--2------------------------2----4----+--5----------------------------------+E+--------------------2----------------+--4----------------------------------+ 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
39. CI CIIIE+-------------------------------------+--------------------3----------------+B+-------------------------------------+--------------4-----------4----------+G+-------------------------------------+--------3-----------------------3----+D+--3-----------1-----------1-----3----+--5----------------------------------+A+--------1-----------1----------------+--4----------------------------------+E+--2-----------2----------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2
41. CIE+-------------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+B+-------------------------------------+--------------0-----------0----------+G+--3-----------1-----------1-----3----+--4----------------------------------+D+--------1-----------1----------------+--------2-----------------------2----+A+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+--4----------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 1
43. CIIE+--------------------0----------------+-------------------------------------+B+--------------0-----------0-------2--+--0----------------------------------+G+-------------------------------------+--------------------2----------------+D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------------1-----------1----------+A+-------------------------------------+--------2-----------------------2----+E+--3----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+
2 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 2
45.E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+B+-----------------------------------2-+--0----------------------------------+G+--------------------2----------------+--------------------1----------------+D+--------------1------------1---------+--------------0-----------0----------+A+--------2------------------------2---+--------2-----------------------2----+E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 4 2 3 1 4 1 3 2 1 2
47.E+-------------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+B+--------2----------------------------+--------------0-----------0----------+G+--------------2-----1----------------+--------2-----------------------2----+D+--------------------------4-----2----+--2----------------------------------+A+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 2
49. CII (CI)E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+B+--------------------4-----0----------+-------------------------------------+G+--------2-----------------------2----+--2-----------1-----------------1----+D+--------------4-----------1----------+--2-----4-----------1-----2----------+A+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1
51. D.C. al @ CodaE+--------------------0-----4-----5---||B+--0-----------0---------------------||G+--------1--------------------------*||D+-----------------------------------*||A+------------------------------------||E+------------------------------------|| 1 4 5
@76. (CII) CIIE+--4----------------------------------+--2-------------------------------0--+B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------2----------------+G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----------2----------+D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------4-----------------------4----+A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3
78.E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------0----------------+G+--------------0-----------0----------+--------------0-----------0----------+D+--------0-----------------------0----+--------2-----------------------2----+A+-------------------------------------+--3----------------------------------+E+--3----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 2 3 2 2
80. CII CIIE+-------------------------------------+--------------2----------------------+B+--5----------------------------------+--------------------------4----------+G+--------------------2----------------+--------------2-----4-----2----------+D+--------------2-----------2----------+--------4-----------------------4----+A+--------4-----------------------4----+--2----------------------------------+E+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2
82. (CI)E+--0----------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+B+-------------------------------------+--0-----------0-----------9-----12---+G+--2-----------1-----------------1----+--------1----------------------------+D+--------4-----------1-----2----------+-------------------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
84. CIX CIIE+-11----------12----------------------+-------------------------------------+B+--9----------------------------------+--4-----------5----------------------+G+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+D+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+A+-------------------------------------+--4----------------------------------+E+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ 3 4 3 4 arp. 2 arp.
86. CII tenutoE+--------2--4--2----------------------+--0---------------------------------||B+--5----------------------5-----------+------------------------------------||G+--2----------------------------------+--2-----------4---------------------||D+--4----------------------------------+--4-----------6---------------------||A+--2----------------------------------+------------------------------------||E+-------------------------------------+--0---------------------------------|| 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 3 3 arp.
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Comments
according to posts on the newsgroup rec.music.classical.guitar John Williams
did a double-take recording, so there is probably no definitively correct
solo version in tab or in sheet - "Although it won't always be technically
possible to hold on to the melody as written, it has been put down like it is
in order to convey the feeling of legato to be aimed at" (from the sheet)
eg measure 5 - the broken chord - the sheet has
B,A,E,A,E,A - the record has B,A,C#,E,C#,A (which is playable?) -
5. CVIIE+-----7--9----------------------------+B+-10----------------------------------+G+--------------------9----------------+D+--------7-----11----------11-----7---+A+-------------------------------------+E+--7----------------------------------+
measure 19 - a suggestion from Manabu Saeki - manabusaeki@hotmail.com
19.E+--9----11h12\11----------------------+B+--------------0----------0-----------+G+-------------------8-----------------+D+-------------------------------------+A+--------9-----------------------9----+E+--7----------------------------------+ 3 4 4 4 2 1 2 3
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