October Song Intro

tabber: felix (sirewatkins at hotm..)

I really love this hauntingly beautiful song, full of the wander-lust that
powers much of robin's work.

My dad gave me a tattered old book of incrediable string band tab (no longer
in print) which contained this song. In a recent move I lost the remains of
that book, so before forget it - here it is...

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.

Enjoy!