Jansch Bert - The Bright New Year guitar tab

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: The Bright New Year

Album: Birthday Blues

Tuning: EADGBE

A really nice little ditty this one and easy to play, too. There are actually many ways to

finger this, I tabbed it as it sounds played to me on the recording. But experiment with the

fingers and frets used. It is also possible to play it barred at the 5th fret, and if you find

the stretch from the low G to the high B difficult, you can actually play this tune with a capo

at the 5th fret if you drop the low E to a D. The rhythm is basically 4/4 with a swing 8th

feel. Watch for the bar of 3 in the intro though. The asterisks are a guide.

Intro:

Beat:* * * * * * * *

E||---------------0-------5----0--|-----------1-------0----------|

B||-------------------------------|----------------------3----1--|

G||-------2--5--------------------|------------------------------|

D||-------------------------------|--------------0---------------|

A||--0---------------2------------|--3---------------------------|

E||-------------------------------|------------------------------|

Verse:

* * * * * * *

E----------------|-------0-------0-------5----0--|

B-------0--------|-------------------------------|

G----------------|----------5--------------------|

D----------------|-------------------------------|

A----------------|--0---------------2------------|

E--3-------------|-------------------------------|

* * * * * * * *

E-----------1-------0-------0--|----------------------------------|

B----------------------3-------|-------3--1------------3----------|

G------------------------------|---------------4----------4----5--|

D--------------0---------------|--2---------------0---------------|

A--3---------------------------|----------------------------------|

E------------------------------|----------------------------------|

* * * * * * * *

E----------0----7-------5--3----0--|----------------------------------|

B-------3--------------------------|-------3--1----4-------3--1-------|

G----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D----------------------------------|------------------------------/7--|

A--0-------------------------------|--0---------------1---------------|

E------------------3---------------|----------------------------------|

* * * * * * * *

E-------0-------0-------5----0--|-----------1-------0----------|

B-------------------------------|----------------------3----1--|

G----------5--------------------|------------------------------|

D-------------------------------|--------------0---------------|

A--0---------------2------------|--3---------------------------|

E-------------------------------|------------------------------|

* * * *

E--------------------||

B-------0------------||

G--------------------||

D--------------------||

A--------------------||

E--3-----------------||

TAB guide: / = slide up from below