Blue Cheer - Parchment Farm guitar tab
Band: Blue Cheer
Song: Parchment Farm arr. Blue Cheer (written by Mose Allison)
Riff #1:
e---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G-------------5--3------5--3------|
D-------------5--3------5--3------|
A----3h5-3h5-------3-5------------|
E---------------------------------|
Riff #2:
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D----3h5—3h5--3--------------3-----3--|
A---------------5--3-0--3-5----3-5----|
E-------------------------------------|
‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm…’ etc.
Riff #3:
(long vibrato lead)
e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G------------------3~~~~~~~~--|
D----5~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|
A-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------|
‘…well I’m sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’
Repeat above for all verses.
Solo on G major pentatonic scales, with lots of fuzz.
Then the breakdown:
e---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E--1-1-3----15/3---1-1-3---15-----|3—
Repeat as necessary.
Then the fade in:
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A-------------5-3---------|
E---3--6-3-6------6-3-----|
e---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D—3~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~---3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
A------------------------3/5-3/5-3/5-3/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E------------------------1/3-1/3-1/3-1/3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
e-----------------|
B------16~~~~~----|
G-----------------|
D--5--------------|
A--5--------------|
E--3--------------|
‘…well I’ve been sitting over here on the parchment farm, ain’t never done nobody no wrong!…’
Then play riff #1, #2 & #3 one fret higher, so the song is now in G# or Ab major (4th fret)
Outro:
e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G---------6-4------6-4---------------------------------|
D---------6-4------6-4---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—7~~~~~~~~~~~--|
A—4h6-4h6------4-6-------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------|
E------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
Tabbed by William BAdded by tabs-database.com and our distinguished partners
