Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues guitar tab

GRATEFUL DEAD - SAN FRANCISCO'S GRATEFUL DEAD

tabbed by MaxxDaddy

Viola Lee Blues

Intro

-------

--8~~~-

-10~~~-

--9~~~-

-10~~~-

-------

--------------------

--------------------

--------------------

--------------------

--------1---3---1---

-1--3-3---3---3---1-

G

The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.

G

Clerk he wrote it down indeed-a

C G

Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down

F C G

Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound

before every solo:

-------------

-------------

-------------

----3---3-5~-

-/5---5------

-------------

1st solo:

-----------------------------------------------10--8-6h8p6---6----

----6---6-6h8~~--------------------6h8--6h8\---------------8---8\-

-/7---7-----------7\5-3---3-5(7)----------------------------------

------------------------5-----------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------

-7\5-3---3-3(5)---------------------------------------------

-------5--------5-3---3-----------------3---5--5--5-5p3h5-5-

--------------------5---5--3--1------/5---5-----------------

--------------------------------1-3-------------------------

12x

-------------------------------------------||-------13-||

----------------------------------6---6-8\-||-13h15----||

----------------3---3-5(7)5-3-5/7---7------||----------||-12\-

-3--3-1-3-1-3-5---5------------------------||----------||

-------------------------------------------||----------||

-------------------------------------------||----------||

Some got six month some got one solid.

Some got one solid year indeed-e

Some got six month some got one solid.

But me and my buddies all got lifetime here

2nd solo:

-----13----13-15~~-------------------------15-15-15-15~~--

-/15----15----------15\13-11----11-13(15)-----------------

-----------------------------12---------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

4x

------------------------||-------------||---------------------

-15\13-11----11-13(15)--||-13(15)13----||-----------------13(15)13----11-13-

----------12------------||----------12-||--12-10----10-12----------12-

------------------------||-------------||--------12-------------

------------------------||-------------||---------------------

------------------------||-------------||---------------------

-----15~~--15(17)-15(17)-15p13-------------------------------------------------

-/15---------------------------15\------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11--------------

-------------------------------------/12--12---------------------12

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

------------13----13-15~~-15p13----13------------------------------------

-13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13\11-13(15)-13p11----11-11--------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------12-------12\

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

12x

||-------13-||

||-13h15----||

||----------||-12\-

||----------||

||----------||

||----------||

I wrote a letter I mailed in the, Mailed it in the air indeed-a

I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.

You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere

3rd solo:

-3---------------------------------------------------------

-3---------------------------------------------------------

-4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)-----

-5----------5----5p3---3-5p3h5---5---5\----3-5p3h5---------

---------------------5------------------/5-----------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-----------/8-8-6-8-6--8-8-6-8-6-8-8(10)-8p6--6---6-8(10)-

-5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------

---------5------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-

--------------------------------------------------------12--

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------

-----------5----------------------5-------5-3-5-3-5p3h5---

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------13--15-15~~----------------------------

-----------------------/15---------------13(15)~--(15)13p11------------------

------------------------------------------------------------12-

-----3---3-5\---5p3h5-------------------------------------------------

-3h5---5------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------/15-15~~-

-11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11---------------------------------------------

------------------------------12----------------------12------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-

-----------------------------------------------15---------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------

-13(15)13P11----11-13(15)-13(15)----------

-------------12----------------------5(7)-

------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------

crescendo begins

4x 4x

||-----------------||-15p13h15--15p13h15p13~~-||

||-8p6h8--8p6h8p6~-||-------------------------||

||-----------------||-------------------------||

||-----------------||-------------------------||

||-----------------||-------------------------||

||-----------------||-------------------------||

okay, I'm not going to transcribe the entire frenzy, because

it follows the same blues runs transcribed above.

Follow the G blues scale:

-------------------------6-8(10)-

---------------------6-8---------

---------------3-5/7-------------

-----------3-5-------------------

-----1-3/5-----------------------

-1-3-----------------------------

at the climax of the frenzy, play this chord over and over

-15-----

-15-----

-17(19)-

--------

--------

--------

then sing the airmail verse over

-----------3~-

-----------3~-

-----------4~-

----3---3--5~-

-/5---5-------

--------------

Get this song at:  amazon.com sheetmusicplus.com

Share your thoughts

Comments