Monday, December 20, 2010

Down In the River to Pray

It has taken me longer than I intended to get this one done. I arranged this tune with a simple, mountain dulcimer type of sound in mind.

I used a tablature program called Songwrite, and then exported the tab in ASCII format.

I played this on the 12-string guitar, which I keep tuned at least a full step lower.

Enjoy.


Low Verse:

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------0----|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0-h2-h4----|-2-----2-p0--4-----2--0-|
|-------0-----2----------|-------------------0-h2-|------------------------|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-------------0----------|-0-----4-----2----------|-------0----------------|
|-------2-----0----------|-0--------2--------2----|-------------0----------|-2-h5--------2-p0-------|
|-0-----------0-----4----|-0-----------0----------|-0----------------------|-5-----------0----------|



Low Chorus:

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------2----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------2----p0----|-2--4--------4--2-------|-2--4--2--0--0----------|-------0----------------|
|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|------------------------|-2--5--------2--0-------|
|------------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------5----------|-5-----------0----------|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------2----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------2-----0----|-2--4--------4--2-------|-2--4--2--0--------0----|------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-------------2--5-------|-2--0-------------------|
|------------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------5----------|-0----------------------|



High Verse:

|-------------------0----|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0-h2-h4----|-2-----2-p0--2-h4-p2-p0-|
|-------0----------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0-----------0----------|
|-------------2-h4-------|-------------------2-h4-|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-2-----------2----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

|-0----------------------|-------------0----------|-0-----2-h4--2----------|-------0----------------|
|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------|-2-h5--------0----------|
|-------4-----2----------|-2--------4--------4----|------------------------|-0-----------4-p2-------|
|-0-----------0-----4----|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------2----------|-------------0----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


High Chorus:

|-2-----------2----p0----|-4-----------4-p2-------|-4-----2-p0--0----------|-------0----------------|
|-0----------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------5----------|-5-----------0----------|
|------------------------|------*2----------------|-------------0----------|-0-----------4-p2-------|
|-2----------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0----------------------|-------------0----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

|-2-----------2----p0----|-4-----------4-p2-------|-4-----2-p0--------0----|------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------2-h5-------|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------*2----------------|-------------0----------|-4-p2-------------------|
|-2----------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


*Please note that the high A note played on the 2nd fret of the G string sounds an octave higher. I used the high octave string of my 12-string guitar to play that one.


1 comments:

  1. hey man. this is a great version. im trying to learn to play it like you, im at the point where ive got all the fingering down, just need to get in that rhythm. anyways, wanted to let you know how good you sound. i wish you would post more songs :) maybe some celtic jigs in dadgad with videos. thanks alot, very inspiring. ps, your guitar is insanely beautiful.
    steve, usa

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