Jansch Bert - Blackwaterside guitar tab
Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)
Artist: Bert Jansch
Track title: Blackwaterside
Album: Jack Orion
Tuning: DADGBE (dropped D)
Capo: 5th Fret
Amazing tune but a real pain to transcribe! There are bars of 2,3,4,5 and 6; the
asterisks let you know how many beats. You will have to work closely with the record to
capture the fine nuances of the rhythm and structure. There are also slight variations
from verse to verse and in the instrumental. Some of the fingering can be changed to
suit you; most of them I arrived at for reasons of tone. I think mine is a little
different to the Stefan Grossman transcription, though I stick by it - it sounds really
authentic especially when you sing
along. Good luck and have fun!
Rhythm: Varies
Beat* * * * * * * * * *
E||----------------------|------------------------|--3h-5h3-2--0--|
B||-------------------5--|-/7------/7-------7-----|---------------|
G||----------------7-----|---------------7--------|--0------2-----|
D||------------/7--------|------------------------|---------------|
A||-------------------4--|-/5------/5-------------|---------------|
D||----------0-----------|-------0-------------0--|---------------|
* * * * * * * * *
--------------------------------|----------------------------|
-----3-----------------------3--|-----1------1----1----1-----|
-----0h-2h0-------------2-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
------------4--2--0-----0-------|-----2------2----2----2-----|
--------------------------------|--3-----3-3----3----3-------|
--0------------------0----------|-------------------------0--|
Repeat bar below 3 times on intro
and start again; continue through
on verse without repeats.
* * * * * * * * *
---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
----3----3-----|--3-----------------|--------------------------|
----0----0-----|--0h-2h0----5-------|-----2---------0-------0--|
----0----0-----|---------4--2----0--|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
--2----2-------|--------------------|------------3--2----------|
------------0--|--------------------|--0-----------------3-----|
* * * * * * * *
----------------------------|------------------------|
-----3---------0h-1h0----0--|--3---------------------|
-----0h-2h0-----------2-----|-------------0----------|
------------4--0------------|--4----0--4--5----4--5--|
----------------------------|-------------2----0--2--|
--0------------5------------|--0---------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
--2------------0-------0--------------|--0------0--------------|
--0h-2h0------------3--------0--2--4--|--5------5----4h2-0--2--|
---------3-----2----------------------|--2------2--------------|
--0---------0-------3-----0--0--2--4--|--0------0--------------|
* * * * * * * *
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----2---------0-------0--|-----2---------0-------0--|
-----0h-2h0---------3-----|-----0h-2h0---------3-----|
------------3--2----------|------------3--2----------|
--0-----------------3-----|--0-----------------3-----|
* * * *
--------------------------||
--------------------------||
-----2---------0-------0--||
-----0h-2h0---------3-----||
------------3--2----------||
--0-----------------3-----||
TAB symbols:
/ = slide into note from below; h=hammer on or pull off
