Devil's Dream


traditional

TAB by Chief Noda

I learned this tune from somewhere a long time ago, and it was in key of A. I don't even know if it is a traditional key. I've seen people use D chord where I wrote Bm.

I think I learned the Part A of Variation 1 from Doc Watson's version but I'm not sure. It evolved over years so it's probably not very close to his version, anyway.

I'd appreciate feedback - if you have neat variations, please post and share. As always, however, do not include this *whole* TAB when you write to me or when you reply to the List.

Acknowledgments: Thank to my proofreaders! Thanks to Bo for the Bo Parker TAB template (tm).

Time = 4/4
Speed = as fast as you can play and more!
Key = A major, no capo
Play A Part twice and then B part twice.

The numbers in parentheses in measures 8 and 16 are for repeats. Strict DUDU picking should be used, I think.

I use letters to notate frets above 10, e.g. in measures 5 and 6 in Variation 1.

X = 10
Y = 11
Z = 12
A = 13
B = 14
C = 15
D = 16
E = 17
F = 18
G = 19



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