This is a transcription on the version of Caravan found on their
first LP, "Walk Don't Run." It varries in many ways from the live in
Japan '65 version, namely:
#1 It has a tonality of B, the live version has a tonality of E
#2 It features slower, less agressive playing tahn Japan '65
#3 It features an intro and a clossing section that is not on Japan '65
#4 It fetures a lower octave melody section
The song arangement:
the intro guitar lines are double stops using parralell 4ths
the main theme is played twice
theme #2 is played once
then the main theme is repeated with a varriation at the end of each bar
after a four note low octave run the main theme is played an octave lower
with varriations
and finally there is an outro, which is a varraition in the intro
tab ledgend
\=slide
h=hammer on
p=pull off
b=bend 1/2 step
B=bend full step
into--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|----------------|--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3--3---3--|-----------|-----------------|----4------4----|-----------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
main theme------------------------------11-----------------|--11h12p11-12--13-12----10-12--------10-10--9/10-|---------------------11----------11--11-11-10/11-|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|-12-12h13-12-13--12-10----10--10-10--9/10--|-----------------------11-----11-11-10/11--|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|-11b-10-9-8-7-6-5---3---3-|----------------------4---|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|end of main theme
REPEAT MAIN THEME
theme #2----12----------------|----------7-----------|-------14-12----------|-5-5-7-5----7-5-------|-------------11-11-11-|----------------4-4-4-|-14-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-10--10-------------|---------------------------------------------------|-10-----12-10-------|----------12-13p12--12-13p12--12-12-12--13-12--12/-|-11-----------9-9-9-|-7-7-9-7-------------------------------------------|-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|-10-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|end of theme #2
main theme varriation-----------------------11----|-11/14-14/11-|--0/12--13-12----10-12-------|--play-------|--------------11----------11-|--these------|-----------------------------|--slides-----|-----------------------------|--four-------|-----------------------------|--times------|
---------------------------|-11/14-14/11-|----------------------|----------|--12--13-12-13-12-10----10-|--play-------|--12-11--10-9-8-7-6-5-|-3-2-3----|---------------------11----|--these------|----------------------|-------4/-|---------------------------|--slides-----|----------------------|----------|---------------------------|--four-------|----------------------|----------|---------------------------|--times------|----------------------|----------|end of main theme varriation
main theme ovtave section----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-|-2--2------2--2------2--2------2--2-----|----------------------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|------2-5-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------3---3-|----------------------------------------------4---|---------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------|-2-3-2-3-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2--2-1-0-----------------|-----------5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------4-3-2-1-0-------|
outro--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|-------------|--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3/2----|-----------|-----------------|----4-0------|-----------|-----------------|--repeat-----|-----------|-----------------|--three------|-----------|-----------------|--times------|
------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-2-1-0------------|-------4-3-2-1-0--|