Fellow American Primitives,
 
Here's tablature for the chorus of the classic "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
in
dropped D tuning.
 
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TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
 
Jack Norworth and Harry Von Tilzer, 1908
 
arr. L. Weller       Dropped D Tuning
 
 1  G           D              G           D
E ------3-0-----------------|------3-0-------------------|
B ----------3-0-3-----------|----------3-0-3-------3---4-|
G --0-----------------2-----|--0----------------(2)------|
D ----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-|
A --------------------------|----------------------------|
D --5-----5-----0-----0-----|--5-----5-----0-------0-----|
 
                Am             C           D7
 2  Em          ar             ar          ar
E --0---0-------0-----------|--0---0-0-2-3-5-2-0--------|
B ----4---0-1-2-1---1-------|--1---1-1-----3-----3-0----|
G --------------2-----2-----|--0---0-0-----2---------2--|
D ----2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|----2-2---2-2---0-0---0-0--|
A --------------0-----0-----|--3-----3------------------|
D --2-----2-----------------|--------------0-----0------|
 
                                            C
 3  G           D              G            ar      A
E ------3-0-----------------|---------------0-----------|
B ----------3-0-3-----------|------------3--1-------2---|
G --0-----------------2-----|--0---2-4-5----0-------2---|
D ----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0--------------|
A --------------------------|---------------3--2-1--0---|
D --5-----5-----0-----0-----|--5-----5------------------|
 
                              ___________1_____________
 4                           ( ar     ar    ar         )
E -------3--3--3--2-0-------|--0------2-----3---0---------||
B --0-1--1--2--0------3-2-3-|--1------3-----0-3---3-0-----||
G -------0--2--0------------|--0------2-----0---------2--o||
D ----------------0-0---0-0-|----2-2----0-0---0-0---0-0--o||
A -------3--0---------------|--3--------------------------||
D -------------5------5-----|---------0-----5-----0-------||
 
    ___________2________W____
 5 (             ar     ar   )
E --0------2-----3------3------||
B --1------3-----0------0------||
G --0------2-----0------0-----o||
D ----2-2----0-0---0-0--------o|| END
A --3--------------------------||
D ---------0-----5------5------||
 
          
ar = arpeggio roll  (0) = grace note   st = Strum slow
p  =  Pull Off     /s = slide up     Sb = Slide bass note
h  =  Hammer on    \s = Slide down   W = Whole note (sustain)
 
NOTE: This file is the author's own work and represents his
interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for
private study, scholarship, or research.
 
 
Tab by L. Weller - ballgame.txt - 10/20/96
for American Primitive Guitar
 
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