'My Melancholy Blues' tab guide

Note: Arranged for classical guitar.
Note some improvised free rhythms couldn't be notated. Listen to
the song to learn or at least the "feel" them. That's going to
be your own melancholy blues, a nice cofehouse repertoire piece.


Intro (played ad libitum)
|--------------------------------------------------------<12>----|
|---------------------___----------------------------------------|
|---------9---9---9---9p7-7-7-9p7-------7-9-9---9---9------------|
|---------7---7---7---7-----------9p7-9-----6---6---6------------|
|-----7-------------------------------------7---7---7------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------0---0---0------------|


|-h12---h12---h12-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------12-10hphphp-9-10-12--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------9--7hphp----9-9-9---9--9---9---9---9---9---|
|-------------------------------------------------9----------7--9---8---9---8---9---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------11--10--11--10--11---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---|


|---------------0----2--->4-----------------4------<4------------------------|
|-------------0-0----4---<5---5-5-5-5-5-5---------->4----------------4-------|
|-----h1--2-3---1----4--->6------------------------<4----4-4-4-4---4---------|
|-2-------------2--------<6------------------------>6------------------------|
|---------------2----2--->4------------------------<6------------------------|
|---------------0---------------------------------->4------------------------|



|-------------------------------4--------|
|-4--5--4--5---4---5--4-5-6--7--7--------|
|-3-----3------2------2---4--4--7--------|
|-5-----5------4------4---6--6--6--------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3------------2----------4--------------|


|-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--5-----------------------5--5--5--4--5--4--2-----0--0--|
|-2-----------------------------------------5-----------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------5-----------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------------------------------0-1-2-3--------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------2----3-4----------------------------------------|


|-0---0-0-0-0-0---7--------0----------------|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---------0--0-0-0------------|
|-1---1-1-1-1-0------------2-2-2------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------2------|
|-4---4-------3------------2----------------|


2/4 with shuffle beat
    .     *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|---------------------------4p0-------4-------------------|
|-------------0-----------0-----0-----------7-------7p4---|
|-0-0---0-1-----------------------5---------5-----------5-|
|---------2---------2-------------6---------------6-------|
|---------2-----------------------6-----------------------|
|---------0-----0-----------------4-----4-----------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-----2-2---0-2p0---------------------0-----------|
|-----2-------1---1-----------5-------2--2------2-|
|-----2-------2---------2-----4--6--4-3--------3--|
|-----------------------------6-------------------|
|-0-----------0-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-----------3-----------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-------------------------4-7-3-------------------|
|-2-----2----------14\----5---1-------------1-----|
|-2-----2----------14\----5---2-------2-----2---0-|
|-2--2----2--------14\------------1-4-------1-4---|
|-----------------------------0-3-----------------|
|-2-----2-----2-----------------------------------|


  *     .     *    .     *     .     *     .
|------------------------4-4-4----4--4-----------|
|-----0---------00000----4-----------4---7-------|
|-1------------------32015-----------5-----------|
|-2---------2------------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------------------6-3---|
|-0-----0----------------4-----------4---------4-|



  *     .     .     .     *     .     .     .
|-----2-2---0-2p0---------------------0-----------|
|-----2-------1---1-------5-----------2---2-------|
|-----2-------2---------2-4---4-6---4-3-----3---0-|
|-------------------------6-----------------------|
|-0-----------0-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-----------3-----------|


  *     .     .     .     *     .     .     .
|-------------------------------0--------0--------|
|-5----------------14\----2-----2-----4-----4--2--|
|-2----------------14\----3---3-------3-----3--3--|
|-4---4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2-----------3---------3-------------|


##

  *     .     .     .     *     .     .     .
|-----------------------7----5--------------------|
|-5-----4---5-6---7-9-----------2-----2-----2-----|
|-4---6-------7---7-7-----------2-----2-----2-----|
|-6-----------------------------4-----3-----2-----|
|-------------8-----------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------2------------------(2-4)|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-5---5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-------5-5---5-4--5--4--2--|
|-5-----------5-----------5-----5-----5-----------|
|-6-----------6-----------5-----5-----5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-4-----------------4-----------------------------|
|-4-----------5-----5--5--------------5-----------|
|-4-----6-46466-------6-6-4--6--4-6-466--6----4-6-|
|-6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------|
|-6-----------4-----------6-----------4-----------|
|-4-----------------------4-----------------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|---------------------------0-0-----0-3---0--------|
|-2--2------2-5---2-----2-------2--2----------2----|
|-2--2----2-----------2---3-----0h3-------------3h0|
|-4--4--4-----------4------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------2-----3------------------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *       .
|-0-----0-----3---2-------0---<12>--<12>--0-3/4-5-6-|
|-2-------2---1---4-------0-------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2---2-------1-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0---2---------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------0-------------------------|


"solo"
  *     .     .     .     *     .     .        .
|-7---9-7---9-7-9-7-------7---9-7---9----9------------|
|-9-----9-----7-----------7-----7----------12p9-------|
|------------------------------------h10-------10-----|
|-------------------------0----------------------12p10|
|-7-----------6---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------9---------------|

  *     .     *     .         *     .     *     .
|-0---2-0---2-0-2-0---<12-12>-------------0-2-0-------|
|-2-----2-----1---------------5---7-5---7-2-------2---|
|-2-----------2---------------4-----4-----3--------3p0|
|-----------------------------6-----------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4-----------3-----------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-0--0--------0-----------0---0-----0-----0-------|
|-2--2--------2----14\----2---2-----2-------4---2-|
|-2--2--------2----14\----3---------0-3-----3---3-|
|---------------------------------2---------------|
|-----------------------------1-4-----------------|
|-2-----2-----2-----------3-3---------------------|


  *     .     .     .     *     .     .     .
|-----------------------7-5-----------------------|
|-5-----4---5-6---7---9---------2-----2-----------|
|-4---6-------7---7---7---------2-----2-----2-----|
|-6-----------------------------4-----3-----2-----|
|-------------8-----------------------------4-----|
|-4-----------------------2-------------------2-4-|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-5---5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-------5-5---5-7--5--------|
|-5-----------5-----------5-----5-----5-----9--7--|
|-6-----------6-----------5-----5-----5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *     .
|-4-----------------4-----------------------------|
|-4-----------5-----5--5------------5-------------|
|-4-----6--46-6---------6-6-----4-6---6---6-4-4-6-|
|-6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------|
|-6-----------4-----------6-----------4-----------|
|-4-----------------------4-----------------------|

  *           *             *           *
|-------------------------0-3---0------------------|
|-2---------------------2---2----------------------|
|-2-------------------2-----3----------------------|
|-4--4------------4-4-----------------------14\2---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------3----------------------|

  *     .     *     .     *     .     *       .
|-0-----0-----3---2-------0---<12>--<12>--0-3/4-5-6-|
|-2-------2---1---4-------0-------------------------|
|-2-----3-----2---2-------1-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0---2---------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------0-------------------------|

repeat from solo - fade out

Another way of closing the song (based on the BBC version)
is to play the Intro after the closing E chord ("... blues").




Author: Arranged by PD. 1996, 2003
Last update: 03/21/2007