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Sligo River Blues by John Fahey
Sligo River Blues
chord sequence
CFCFCG
e|------------------------------------------------|
b|0-h1-p0-------------------------------------0---| 0
G|0--------0----------------------0-------0-------|: 0
D|2-----------2---------------2-------2-----------|: 2
A|3---------------3---2---3-----------------------| 3
E|------------------------------------------------|
roll roll
e|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
b|0-------1------1----------------|0---1-------------------1-------|
G|--------------0-----------------|0---------------0-------0-------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----------------0---------------|----0---------------------------|
b|0---1-------------------0-------|1-----------0-------1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|------------0-------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----------------0---------------|----------------0---------------|
b|0-------1-----------------------|0---1---------------0-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------3---------------3-------|--------3---------------3-------|
A|------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
E|1---------------1---------------|1---------------1---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|--------0-----------------------|--------------------0-----------|
b|1---------------0---1-----------|----0-------1-------1-----------|
G|----------------------------0---|--------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
repeat last 4 bars
Thumb is playing double notes on beats 2 & 4.
This happens occasionally elsewhere.
e|----------------0---------------|------------0-------------------|
b|0-------1-----------------------|0---1---------------0-----------|
G|--------0---------------0-------|--------0-----------------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
A|------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
E|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Repeat those bars you repeated before
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|1-------------0h1---------------|1-------------------1-----------|
G|0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|--------0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
repeat last two
e|--------0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------3---------------3-------|--------3---------------3-------|
A|------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
E|1---------------1---------------|1---------------1---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|--------0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
repeat last 4 bars
e|--------0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
A|------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
E|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
then repeat those 4 bars again but throw an A in (on the bass)
instead of the F near the end (for fun)
e|--------0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
A|------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
E|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|--------3-----------3-----------|3-----------3-----------3-------|
b|0--h1-------0--h1-------0--h1---|----0--h1-------0--h1-----------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------2---------------2-------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|h1------1------0h1------1-------|1-------------------------------|
G|0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------------------------------|
D|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------------------------------|
A|3---------------3-------------- |3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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