October Song Intro Tab

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!
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