Hi all can anyone give me the tab for Good morning little schoolgirl please! i am trying to work out the single notes after the opening chords! thanks, Fingers.
@fingers adams transcription is in 9.5 bar format instead of the usual 12 bar chord progression so I found it to be difficult but thats the way it is maybe you will get a better grasp of it
@ Airmojo thanks i think i have it 3 draw half step bend to 2 draw full bend right? man why could i not hear that?thanks again ime just getting into solo acoustic playing after years of loud bands!! and it aint easy. LOL
This is "my" hearing it and rough playing it, as I probably couldn't sit and play the whole thing without listening and practicing over and over for awhile, although I'm familiar with the song and its a great blues song... you may want to check out Adma's tab on it...
But here is how I hear the opening line,and using the "blue 3rd" which is like a 1/4 step bend on the 3 draw, makes it much blusier, where the 3 draw notes are...
Hi, guys! I'm new in the site, looking for the same tabs and wanted some help.
@Fingers can you give me a clue? How far you've went with the melody? What's the tone of the harp you use on that video? I think i should play either D harp, playing cross-harp A, or G harp, playing cross-harp D.
Here's my take. I tab out only when I try to learn something new for reference. I often revisit things later and change but anyway, heres' what I've got: (on an F harp) 34D' 34D' 34BDB (quickly)2D 2D" 34D' 34D' 34BDB (quickly)2D 2D" 1D 1D 2B 3B 4B 34D' 1B 1B 2B 3B 4B 34D' 2D 4D 5D 4D' 3D 2D (exhale) 4D 5D 4D' 3D 2D 3B 2D 3B next bit is tongue blocked 123B 3B 123B 3B 123B 3B 2D" 4D' 4B 4D' 4D' 3D'3D(b)3D' 2D [b stands for very temporary release up to blue third) now tongue blocking again 1234B 4B 1234B 4B 4D' 4D 4D' 4B 3D' 2D 3B 3B 2D 3B 34D' 4D' 4D 4D'3D' 2D 2B 2D 1D 1D Damned tricky song, especially the groove IMHO. Great for busking though.
I have just started to learn this number and said to the guy I'm working with " I need to change the lyrics to not get myself stoned to death " to which he replied " F*** em, just go for it." So I'm not sure about what to so either.
I think about a story my mate in Alabama told me. He was living in auburn, which is a college town, youngsters everywhere. He said he'd be out driving and these beautiful young women were out running or just out and about and he'd see them and be lusting after them, and then it would occur to him that he was just too old, there was zero chance for him with these chicks, and it wasn't get any better, he was just gonna be getting older. I guess we were about 40 or so, late 30s maybe when he was telling me this. So for me that is what that song is about, that's the sadness in it, the longing for something and realising that youth is behind you and getting further away all the time, and that those girls are also gone... But still having that kinda desire, you know, they still make you go wow, but you know it's gone, off limits. Anyway, I don't know if that makes it ok to sing about but that's my story. I have another sonny boy song, early in the morning, which jr wells did. Jr sang "when a girl makes the age of 18", but sonny boy sang "now when a little girl becomes 12 years old"...times change ----------
Haven't been accosted yet for singing it out in public. It seems the dirtier the better, when it comes to busking. What IS surprising is that songs like "Boom Boom, Out go the Lights" get a favourable response ... from women. Seriously.
I didn't ever listen to boom boom properly until Adam g pointed out how offended his partner of the time was when he was studying it. If I get her in my sights, boom boom out go the lights. I mean it was just words. Maybe lots of people don't really register what this stuff means ----------
Thanks a lot, BronzeWailer! It's only that i don't have an F harp, so i'll try it on some other tones, trying to make it sound right! Thanks for the ideas anyway. So you hear a lot of chords added, it's probably something that i should be looking after. I don't mind going out with schoolgirls either!
@CrossMyHarp. No worries. I think with the 34 double stop, he is doing mainly 3 with a little bit of 4. I'm not entirely sure but this is how I hear it. Good luck!
@Crossmyharp, you were right it is a D harp played in A (second position) i ended up downloading Adams video and tab! it was really helpful, i have added a few licks of my own and play it all the time now great song! its a bit tricky in parts swapping from lip pursing to tongue blocking but stick with it, i would say it took about an hours practice a day for a week to get the tune/timing ect then its just polishing it up, good luck. Fingers
It would work on any harp IMO, depending in which key you want to play it...
I learned it by ear, without tabs (never learned anything with tabs anyway) ; trying to reproduce the original version (from Sonny Boy I), I think I used a E harp, but I'm not sure.
I noticed two special things : the first time the melody is played, it's a little bit lower in key than the next ones ; like it's played a little off-key. The second round of the melody seems more "in key", and is also played a little faster.
@Fingers thanks for the info @The Gloth thanks for the tips
I should get on with playing more often. Only that i have a bit of uncertainty when i play things by ear, for I'm not always quite sure that I'm getting them right. That's why i always look for tabs. Probably i have to just get on with playing and stop browsing for tabs all the time. Thanks anyway. If anyone else have something to add I'll be grateful!
Which version of the tune? There has been a multitude of versions of the tune. If you don't find one that you can figure out, try a different one. Keep working on the other one until you refine your ear enough to figure out what is going on.
Personally I'd sing Flyin Airplane Blues by Blind Boy Fuller
Wanna get in my airplane Wanna get in my airplane Wanna ride all over Wanna ride all over your town And if I spy the gal I'm lovin' Old fool gonna let this airplane Old fool gonna let this airplane down
Now here's my hand Now here's my hand You can leave me where you want me You can leave me where you want me to go And if you leave me wrong this time And you won't leave me no And you won't leave me no more
And I feel like walkin' (yes I do!) I feel like walkin' (Yes!) I feel like lyin' I feel like lyin' down And you know I feel just like lovin' My gal ain't nowhere My gal ain't nowhere around
Now you're three times seven Now you're three times seven Ought to know what you want to Ought to know what you want to do Mama and the day that you quit me I won't be mad with Said I won't be mad with you
Said I know my little woman Said I know my little woman She's bound to jump She's bound to jump and shout And whenever she gets hold of this here letter I done loved my long time I done loved my long time out
