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October Song by Incredible String Band
October Song
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.
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version 2
D G D
I'll sing you this October song,
A7 D
Oh, there is no song before it.
G D
The words and tune are none of my own,
A7 D
For my joys and sorrows bore it.
D G
Beside the sea
D A7 D
The brambly briars in the still of evening,
G D
Birds fly out behind the sun,
A7 D
And with them I'll leaving.
(The chord structure repites on every verse)
The fallen leaves that jewel the ground,
They know the art of dying,
And leave with joy their glad gold hearts,
In the scarlet shadows lying.
When hunger calls my footsteps home,
The morning follows after,
I swim the seas within my mind,
And the pine-trees laugh green laughter.
I used to search for happiness,
And I used to follow pleasure,
But I found a door behind my mind,
And that's the greatest treasure.
For rulers like to lay down laws,
And rebels like to break them,
And the poor priests like to walk in chains,
And God likes to forsake the.
I met a man whose name was Time,
And he said, "I must be goin,"
But just how long ago that was,
I have no way of knowing.
Sometimes I want to murder time,
Sometimes when my heart's aching,
But mostly I just stroll along,
The path that he is taking.
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