Skylarking - TAB/Chords

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 SKYLARKING

 transcribed from the Joy Will Find a Way album

 Transcribed and tabbed by Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com)

 Tuning:  Eb Bb D G B E   (played in Eb, with capo it sounds like F)

 Capo:  2nd fret

 Tempo:  106 bpm  

 Chords:
 Eb6		0-0-5-5-4-6
 Bbmaj9/Eb	0-0-0-5-6-5
 Ebmaj9	0-0-x-0-8-10
 Bb9sus	x-0-1-1-1-1
 Ebmaj7	0-x-0-0-4-3
 Cm/Bb		x-0-5-5-4-3
 Bb7sus	x-0-3-3-x-x


 Notation:
  The notation is approximate at best.  Listen to the recording for nuances.
  h  =  hammer-on
  p  =  pull-off
  s  =  slide
  w! =  whack strings lightly with picking hand
 

 Riff I:
    Eb6
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 ||--------6---6---6---6-----------|----6---------------------------||
 ||--------4---4---4---4-----------|----4-----------4---------------||
 |*--------5---5---5---5---w!------|----5---w!--------------5-------*|
 |*--------5---5---5---5-----------|--------------------------------*|
 ||--------------------------------|0-----------0-------------------||
 ||0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Repeat Riff I three more times


 Verse:
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 ||--------------------------------|----------------8---8-----p-----|
 ||--------------------------------|8---8-----p-------------11--8---|
 ||----------h-----8---8-----p-----|--------10--8-------------------|
 ||--------8---10----------10--8---|--------------------------------|
 ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 ||0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |------------8-------------------|----8---8---8---8---8-----------|
 |11----------8-----------6-------|----6---6---6---6---6-----------|
 |10----------------------5-------|----5---5---5---5---5-----------|
 |--------------------------------|---(0)--------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |6-----------8-------------------|--------------------------------|
 |6-----------8-----------6-------|----8---8---8---6-----------4---|
 |------------------------5-------|--------------------5-----------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|


 play Riff I once


    Bbmaj9/Eb
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 ||5-----------------------5-------|5-h-8---5---------------5---8-s-|
 ||6-----------------------6-------|------------6-------6-----------|
 |*5-----------------------5-------|----------------7---------------|
 |*0-----------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
 ||0-----------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
 ||0---------------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|

   Ebmaj9
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |10--------------------------10--|10--10--10----------------------||
 |----------------------------8---|8---8---8-----------------------||
 |--------------------0------(0)--|--------------------------------*|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
 |------------0-------------------|--------------------------------||
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Repeat previous 4 measures twice more


   Bb9sus
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |--------------------------------|----------------1---1-----p-----|
 |--------------------------------|1---1-----p-------------4---1---|
 |----------h-----1---1-----p-----|--------3---1-------------------|
 |--------1---3-----------3---1---|--------------------------------|
 |----0-----------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 
 Riff II:

    Ebmaj7                             Cm/Bb      Bb7sus
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 ||----3---3---3---3---3-----------|---(3)--------------------------||
 ||----4---4---4---4---4-----------|---(4)--------------------------||
 |*----------------0---0---w!------|----5---w!------3---------------*|
 |*---------------(0)-(0)----------|----5-----------3---------------*|
 ||--------------------------------|0-----------0-----------0-------||
 ||0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Repeat Riff II three more times


 Solo: (improvise in Eb Lydian mode, based on Bb major scale)

  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |-------s------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------4-5-------5-------5-------|5---------------------------5---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
                                                             etc.!

  Note:
  A transcription of fingerstyle solo may be added at future date . . .



 Ending (Riff II):

    Ebmaj7                             Cm/Bb      Bb7sus
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 ||----3---3---3---3---3-----------|---(3)--------------------------||
 ||----4---4---4---4---4-----------|---(4)--------------------------||
 |*----------------0---0---w!------|----5---w!------3---------------*|
 |*---------------(0)-(0)----------|----5-----------3---------------*|
 ||--------------------------------|0-----------0-----------0-------||
 ||0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Repeat five more times, then

          <
  ,   .
 |-------11-------||
 |----------------||
 |--------8-------||
 |----------------||
 |----------------||
 |0---------------||



 Interview in Acoustic Guitar  (March/April 1994)


 "Skylarking", an instrumental on Joy Will Find a Way, is in open Eb tuning?

 BC:  It's actually in standard tuning except that the A string is tuned to Bb and 
 the E string is tuned to Eb, so you have the bass notes in the key of Eb under your thumb
 and the rest of it's played on standard tuned strings.


 That piece is a mix of picked and strummed notes.  Do you use a flamenco-style
 rasqueado strum?

 BC:  I don't know that term.  I whack the strings!  But it's controlled. I keep my
 hand kind of curled up and brace my little finger on the top.  The thumb is picking
 the bass notes.

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