Tablature forever - Roy Harper

          



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  [Song: Roy Harper "Forever"]

  [Transcription by Gordon Walker <scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk>]

  

  This is something I haven't posted before I think - especially for you

  finger-picking tab readers. I've never seen Roy play this, and wonder

  exactly what he does becuase the way I do this, the harmonics at the end

  don't work out (so I've left them out of this!). 

  I did have a version which was almost impossible to play in G (and you 

  needed very long fingers for!) for which the harmonics did work bt never

  found a compromise. Roy well have played this on open tuning but that

  makes it (a) incredibly boring to play and (b) the harmonics still don;t

  work!

  

  Gordon

                                 --

  

  Forever

  -------

  

  

  E|------------0---|2-----2---0-----|----------------|----------------|

  B|--0---3---------|----------------|3-------3-0-----|----------------|

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

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

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

  D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|

   We're spin -ning leaves  in the  flight    of a    dawn        little

     just

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

  B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|

  G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|--2^0-----2^0---|

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

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

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

   girl                              passing    an et-ternal      of

                                          through         hori zon

                                                                        

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

  B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|                                  

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

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

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

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

   time

  

  E|----------0-----|2-----------2---|3-----------2---|0---------------|

  B|--0---3---------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|

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

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

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

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

   But   we  sit    here        I'd  like         to  think       that

     as

      

  E|0^2---0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  B|----------3-----|0-----3---0-----|--3-------------|----------------|

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

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

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

  D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|

   all   got  will   be   ours for - ev-er

    we've                                

  

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

  B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------| 

  G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------| 

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

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

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

                                     don't think  for-ev-er?              

                                         you  we're                      

  

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

  B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------| 

  G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------| 

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

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

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

                                     don't think  for-ev-er?              

                                         you  we're                      

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

  B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|

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

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

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

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

  

  coda

  

  E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|

  B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|

  G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|

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

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

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

    (F/D)            (E/D)            (Eb/D)           D

  

  E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|

  B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|

  G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|

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

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

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

  

  (play each of the next bars twice:)

  E|3---------3-----|2---------2-----|----------------|------2---------|

  B|--4-------------|--3-------------|2-----2---------|--3-----3-----3-|

  G|------3---------|------2---------|--2-------2-----|2---2-----2-----| D!

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

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

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

    Don't ever let..   little girl..  ..oh no....

      

  (fit in above "Don't ever let me go little girl.....oh no...." )

  

  last bar may be wrong fingerings - basically this is just D to finish!

  

  

   


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 Forever, de Roy harper 

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