Learn Music: Old King guitar tab - Neil_young tabs

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  mike pettersson [robin_hood88@hotmail.com]
  
  Song:   old king
  Artist: by Niel Young.  He play'd it on "Harvest moon".Enjoy!!!
  
  It all starts with a banjo(?)intro.Any way-I tab it for guitar.
  tune:DADGBD(low to high). that's drop D' tuning, folk's!
  I don't claim this to be a 100% right tab, but it's not wrong!
  But as always-corrections welcome! This tab was made by "the great
  beyond".
  
  
   f=full note           A=10
   h=halv note           B=11
   q=quarter note        C=12
   e=eight note          s=slide
   b=break
  
  oh!-the Chords!
  
      D5      G       C      F5
  
  D---0-------0-------x------x-----------------------
  B---3-------0-------1------x-----------------------
  G---2-------0-------0------x-----------------------
  D---0-------0-------2------3-----------------------
  A---0-------5-------3------3-----------------------
  D---0-------5-------x------3-----------------------
  
  
  
  
  
   into:
  
       D5
  
        q      e    e    h            e  e  e   e+ h
  
  D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
  B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
  G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
  D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
  A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
      |
  bass
  
      | f                             h                  q     q
  G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D---|--b--------------------------|-b-------------------------------|-
  A---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D---|-----------------------------|--------------------3-----0------|-
  
  
  
       q     e   e  e   e+q           e   e   e   e+h
  
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
  G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
  A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
     |
     | h             h                q      q      h
  
  G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  A--|---------------5--------------|---------------5-----------------|-
  D--|-0----------------------------|-3--s---0------------------------|-
  
        q      e    e    h            e  e  e   e+ h
  
  D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|-
  B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|-
  G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|-
  D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|-
  A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
      |
      | h              h              q      q           h
  G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D---|----------------0------------|---------------------------------|-
  A---|-----------------------------|--------------------5------------|-
  D---|-0---------------------------|-3------0------------------------|-
  
       q     e   e  e   e+q           e   e   e   e+h
  
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|-
  G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|-
  A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
     |
     | h             h                e  (e) q       h
  
  G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
  A--|---------------5--------------|----------------5----------------|-
  D--|-0----------------------------|-3--(3)-0------------------------|-
  
  
  SORRY! The strumming is totally up to your self!
  
  but im sort'a kind. Bass notes are included(small letters)!
  
  chorus:
  
   G          g       g       d    g
   King went arunnin' after a deer was'nt scared
      f       d             d D5   d   d
   to jumpin' of the truck in high gear.
  
   G          g            g        g
   King went asniffin' and he would go.
   d       g        g     g D5        C     G5  F5   d
   Was the best old hound I ever did know- ow- ow.
  
  
  vers1:
   D5                           f    d
   I had a dog and his name was king.
   d          d         C     g    g
   I told the dog about ev'ry thing.
   D5          d              d   c   d
   There in my truck, the dog and I.
   d        d       C    G5     F5
   Then one day the King up and died.
  
  Midplay:
      D5
       q      q    e  q     e      e  e  q    e   e+q
  D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
  D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
  A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
    |
  
    | h            h              h           q      q
  G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
  D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
  A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
  D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
  
      D5                                      C
       q      q    e  q     e      e  e  q    h
  D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0-----------|-
  D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----2-----------|-
  A-|----------------------------|------------3-----------|-
  D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
    |
  
    | h            h              q     q     q      q
  G-|---------------------------|-------------5-----------|-
  D-|--------------0------------|-------0-----------------|-
  A-|---------------------------|--------------------3----|-
  D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
  
      D5
       q      q    e  q     e      e  e  q    e   e+q
  D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  B-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|-
  D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|-
  A-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
    |
  
    | h            h              h           q      q
  G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
  D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|-
  A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
  D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
  
      D5                           C         D5
       q      e   e  e  e  e  e    q    q    h
  D-|----------------------------|------------------------|-
  B-|----------------------------|-----------3------------|-
  G-|---------0--2---4--2--0-----|-0----0----2------------|-
  D-|--b------0------0-----0--3--|-2----2----0------------|-
  A-|----------------------------|-3----3-----------------|-
  D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|-
    |
  
    | h            h              q     q     q      q
  G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|-
  D-|--------------0------------|--------------------0----|-
  
  
  A-|---------------------------|-3-----------------------|-
  D-|-0-------------------------|-------5-----0-----------|-
  
  vers:
    D5     d                  d       f    g
  2 Then I thought about the  time we had;
  3 That old king was a friend of mine,
  4 I had a dog and his name was king,
  
  d           d          d    C      g    g
  once when I kicked him when he was bad.
  never knew a dog that was   half as fine
  I told the dog ablout       every thing
  D5        d            d         d
   Old King sure meant a lot to me
   I may find one,but i never do know
   Old king sure meant a lot to me
       d          d      C   G5    F5
   but that hound dog is his-to -  ry (play intro+chorus)
  'cause I still got a long way to go (play intro)
   ut that hound dog is his -to   -ry (play intro+chorus)
  
  (play midplay*2 and improvise)
  end on D5
  That's it pal.
  Oh!- the bass tab well- play half note's and additional fourthnotes.
  
   But most of all- get the rythm right!-this is country.

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