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My First Lover by Gillian Welch
My First Lover
This is mainly a banjo tab.
I couldn't find any tabs of this song so I decided to make one. Its one of the songs I
wanted to learn when I first started playing banjo.
I hope this helps some people.
If you have any improvements to make, please feel free to do so.
I haven't tabbed Dave Rawlings's guitar playing in the song, just given some chords.
Banjo is played claw hammer style.
Guitar has a capo on 2 and is basically just a repeat of A and C (or what is actually B
and D because of capo) with a bit of stompin' beat to it.
~ my first lover my first lover
a c a c a c a c
Banjo Tab:
Capo on 4. Standard tuning except for the 5th string which needs to be tuned up to A.
My First Lover-----------
|---intro---| |---------repeat--------------------|
D|-0----0---0-----0-(0)-0-----0--0--0-----0-(0)-0-------------|
B|-0--3-0---0-0h3-3--0--0-----0--0--0-0h3-3--0--0-------------|
G|-0----0---0-0h3-3--0--0-(0)-0--0--0-0h3-3--0--0-------------|
D|-0----0-3-0-----0--0--0--3-(3)-0--0-----0--0--0-------------|
A|-----------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------|
Little instrumental bit after chorus, and the same for the end of the song:
D|------0-0-----0----0---------|
B|----3-1-1-1h3-3--0-0---------|
G|--------0-0h3-3--0-0---------|
D|-0------0-----0----0---------|
A|---------0-----0-----0-------|
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