Sligo river blues — Fahey John

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From: "Damien Batstone" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:20:31 +1000 Subject: Sligo_River_Blues by John Fahey

Hi All,

I've had a couple of requests for this. It's a very simple song Based on 1st, 4th and 5th (C, F, G). It is repetitious and you Could find it boring if you don't vary sincopation and occasionally Hit double notes with your thumb on alternate notes. Listen to the CD if you want more details. I got this off Return of the Repressed Give it a bit of bounce and it's a great song to play.

Enjoy Damien

Sligo River Blues John Fahey

Transcribed Damien Batstone ([email protected])

Chord sequence CFCFCG

roll roll

Repeat last 4 bars

Thumb is playing double notes on beats 2 & 4. This happens occasionally elsewhere.

Repeat those bars you repeated before

Repeat last two

Repeat last 4 bars

Then repeat those 4 bars again but throw an A in (on the bass) Instead of the F near the end (for fun)

Repeat

Do it with the F base Then back with the C base Then repeat those 4 bars again Then in G Then repeat the 4 bars again reverting to an e-0 (instead of g-3) High on the last bar.

Run through the whole C-F-C-F-C-G findangle like you did at the start And end on a: roll roll big thumb strum

Damien Batstone Advanced Wastewater Management Centre Chemical Engineering The University of Queensland St. Lucia Brisbane Qld 4072 Phone: (07) 3365 4729 Email: [email protected] http://www.cheque.uq.edu.au/awm