Billy Joe Shaver - Sail Of My Soul bass tab
Sail Of My Soul
Billy Joe Shaver
12 bar blues shuffle in G
The double notes are actually triplets
played with this rhythm:
|x-xx-xx-xx-x|x-xx-xx-xx-x|
G C
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|-225522-|-225522-|
A|-225522-|-225522-|-225522-|-2255223|3------3|3-------|
E|3------3|3------3|3------3|3-------|--------|-------3|
G D C G
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|-447744-|-225522-|--------|--------|
A|-225522-|-2255225|5------3|3-------|-225522-|-225522-|
E|3------3|3-------|--------|-------3|3------3|3------3|
That is the basic structure of the song.
You can improvise with these runs
to move from one chord to the next:
G C
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|-----225|53322---|-225522-|
A|-2255---|-----553|3------3|
E|3-------|--------|--------|
G C
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|-225522-|
A|-225522-|-0011223|3------3|
E|3------3|3-------|--------|
G C
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|-----225|522-----|-225522-|
A|-2255---|---55223|3------3|
E|3-------|--------|--------|
G D
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|-447744-|
A|-225522-|-2233445|5-------|
E|3------3|3-------|--------|
G D
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|-----225|522-----|-225522-|
A|-2255---|---55225|5------3|
E|3-------|--------|--------|
