The Allman Brothers - Blue Skies

Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 02:55:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Zeunie
Subject: TAB: a/allman_bros./blue_skies.txt

Blue Skies
Words and music by Gregg & Duane Allman & Dicky Betts
From the album, "Eat A Peach"
Lyrics and chords transcribed by unknown author,
Solo transcribed and typed by Scott Zeunik; [email protected]

Notes:
This solo by Duane is one of my alltime favorites; and although he played this, along with Dicky, masterfully using his slidework, I've written it here without the use of a slide. It may not be 100% accurate, but I bet it's 99%+. I hope you enjoy it, it took me 25-30 hours to figure out, literally, and 2-3 to transcribe. Please listen to the recording to get the proper feel for the timing.

R=release Intro:
E---------------------------------|-x-----------7-9---12-9-----------------
B---------------------------------|-x-------5/9------------9-------9-------
G---------------------------------|-x---4-6------------------9-------9h----
D---------------------------------|-2/6------------------------------------
A---------------------------------|-2--------------------------------------
E---------------------------------|-0--------------------------------------


E--------------------x-----------7-9---12-9--------------------------------
B--------------------x-------5/9------------9-------9----------------------
G---11p9-9-----------x---4-6------------------9-------9h11p9-9-------------
D--------------------2/6---------------------------------------------------
A--------------------2-----------------------------------------------------
E--------------------0-----------------------------------------------------

V ^ ^ v ^ v..... let ring....
E--0----------------2---------------0---------------------0----------------
B--0----------------3---------------2---------------------0----------------
G--1----------------2---------------2---------------------1----------------
D--2----------------0---------------2---------------------2----------------
A--2----------------x---------------0---------------------2----------------
E--0----------------x---------------x---------------------0----------------


[E]Walk along the [B]river, [A]sweet lulla[E]by, it just keeps on [B]flowing,
[A]It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no[E] [A]
[E]Don't fly, mister blue[B]bird, I'm just [A]walking down the [E]road,
Early morning sun[B]shine [A]tell me all I need to know[E] [A]

{c:Chorus}
[B]You're my [A]blue sky, [E]you're my sunny [A]day.
[B]Lord, you know it [A]makes me high when you [E]turn your love my [A]way,
Turn your love my [F#m7]way, yeah[E]






Solo: r r
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------11^-9---11^-(13)-11p9----
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------


R r r r
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------10p9---------------------------------------
G---11p9----9-11---11^-9---9h11------11p9---11^--^--^-9-----9h11p9----9----
D--------11--------------------------------------------------------11------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------


E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------12-14---12-14/17\14-------------
G-------------------------9-11-9-----11/13---------------------13-9--------
D---11-7-----7-----7-9/11--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

R hold...
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------9-10p9------------------
G---9-11^-9-----9-9---------------9-9-9---9-9---11--------11p9---11^-------
D-------------------11-9-----9h11------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

R
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------(13)-----(13)-11p9----9-9-----11-9---11^-11^-11p9----9-9---
D----------------------------------11-----------------------------11-------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

R r r