John Fahey - desperate man blues

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:00:09 GMT-10 From: Damien Batstone To: guitar@olga.net Subject: TAB: Desparate_man_blues by John Fahey Hi All, Here's one of my favourite Fahey tunes. I think it's one of his first and is more melodic and less bizarre than others. Fahey indicated in his liner notes that he used a bass string tuned to G in unison with the second string but I couldn't work that out. Maybe he it to maintain an alternate base picking pattern during the first half instead of the one stri (guitartabs.cc)

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:00:09 GMT-10 From: Damien Batstone To: guitar@olga.net Subject: TAB: Desparate_man_blues by John Fahey Hi All, Here's one of my favourite Fahey tunes. I think it's one of his first and is more melodic and less bizarre than others. Fahey indicated in his liner notes that he used a bass string tuned to G in unison with the second string but I couldn't work that out. Maybe he it to maintain an alternate base picking pattern during the first half instead of the one stri (guitaretab.com)

# Hi All, Here's one of my favourite Fahey tunes. I think it's one of his first and is more melodic and less bizarre than others. Fahey indicated in his liner notes that he used a bass string tuned to G in unison with the second string but I couldn't work that out. Maybe he it to maintain an alternate base picking pattern during the first half instead of the one string bass pattern I've shown here. Take note of the ghost notes (). These seem to be done by hammering or sliding up the neck on (azchords.com)