Pony Boy
Words & Music:
Dickey Betts & Forrest Richard (The Allman Brothers Band)
Tabbed by: dmeta@quadro (from "Brothers & Sisters"-1973)
This song from the album "Brothers and Sisters" is just gorgeous. Dmeta@quadro has done the tab.
Tabber's notes: "This song is in open E tuning and I believe the right hand part is fingerpicked while the the left hand is a combination of open string notes, slide guitar and harmonics. You will have to listen to the recording to figure it out. Here is the tab to the basic parts of the song and the rest is up to you as they say. My apologies for any errors and if anyone has any corrections please email me at dmeta@quadro.net This is just a barebones tab as it is hard to notate all the slide pulloffs, hammerons, etc. But it should give you a general idea to what's happening."
Intro:
Harm.
E ---------~---------~----------------------12--
B ----0---/5- 5\3---/5--5\3-~-------------------
G# ------0-------- 3-------- 3-------------------
E -----------------------------3\2-0------------
B -----------------------------------3\2-0------
E -----------------------------------------0----
---------------~------------------------
--0---0---5\3--/5-5\3-~------------------
----0---0-----3-------3-----------------
------------------------5\3-0--------------
------------------------------3\2-0---------
------------------------------------3\0----
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-/3p0--/3p0--/3p0--/5------/3p0--/3/4--/3/4--
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-/3p0--/3p0--/3p0--/5------/3p0--/3/4--/3/4---
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---------~---------3\1----------------------
-/3/4////5---5\3p0-----1/3----0---------------
--------------------------3/4---------------
-/3/4////5---5\3p0--------------0-------------
Harmonic
-----------------------------------12----
-----------3------3-----2-----1------------
0-1-2--3------3-----2-----1----0-------------
0-1-2----3------3-----2-----1----0----------
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0-1-2--3---3--3-----2-----1----0------------
shuffle
rythym
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--~------------------~------------------- repeat
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0--------- once
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0-------- then:>
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0------
--------~----~----------------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
------------~-----~----repeat twice more then:>
0-3-4------------/3-0-----------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
0-3-4------------/3-0----------------------
Harmonic
--------------12-------------------------
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--------~---------------------------------
-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------------
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-3--5-6-7-0-----------------------------------
Verse 1:
Don't worry for me well I'm allright
~-----~--------~---~-------~--~--------------
/5----5--------/5--5------/5--5--------------
/5----5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0---
/5--- 5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0--
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/5----5-0--0---/5--5-0--0--5--5-0-0---3-2-0-
Lord knows I'm
happy havin' a
good time
-~------~------------------~---~----------
/5------3---0--------------5---3--0---------
---------------~-------------------------
---------------/3-0------------------/3-0-----
/5------3---0-------0------5---3--0----------
---------------/3-0--0---------------/3-0-----
pocket full of money gonna boogie all night
~-----~--------~---~-------~--~--------------
/5----5--------/5--5------/5--5--------------
/5----5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0---
/5--- 5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0--
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/5----5-0--0---/5--5-0--0--5--5-0-0---3-2-0-------
ain't no--bo--dy tell me that's a crime
-~------~------------------~---~----------
/5------3---0--------------5---3--0---------
---------------~-------------------------
---------------/3-0------------------/3-0-----
/5------3---0-------0------5---3--0----------
---------------/3-0--0---------------/3-0-----
Chorus:
mornin comes and it's time to go
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--------~-7\5-----------------10\\\\\5--~-
-------/7----5/7-~-------------------5//7----
-3-5-6-/7--------7----------------------7---
------------------------------10\\\\\5//--
-3-5-6-/7--------7----------------------7---
pony boy carry me home
-~-~--~---------------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
----------------/3-0----0-/3-0----0---
/5-5--5-0-/3--0-/3-0--0---------0----------
----------------/3-0-0-0--/3-0-0-0----------
pony boy
carry me home
-~-~--~---------------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
----------------/3-0----0-/3-0----0---
/5-5--5-0-/3--0-/3-0--0---------0----------
----------------/3-0-0-0--/3-0-0-0----------
allright momma ~
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--~------------------~-------------------
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0---------
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0--------
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0-
let me see ya do that thing
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--~------------------~-------------------
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0---------
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0--------
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0-
yeah
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--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
------------~-----~----repeat twice more then:>
0-3-4------------/3-0-----------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
0-3-4------------/3-0----------------------
Harmonic
--------------12-------------------------
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-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------------
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-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------
Band is jumpin' and so am I. I'm just groovin', can't stop movin'.
Barman's got that old, evil eye.
Well, he's just waitin' 'cause we're celebratin'.
CHORUS:
Guitar and Piano solo: too much for me to tab; but a few hints. Call and answer licks are on the E chord centered around 3rd and 12th fret.
Look out the door, beside that tree; that's my pony lookin' after me.
Front feet doin' the shuffle, back feet, too.
Love them good, old Georgia Blues.
CHORUS:
Ending:
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--5-4-3-2--~----0----0--2--3------------------
--5-4-3-2--3-0--0----0--2--3----------------
-----------3-0----0-------------------------
--5-4-3-2-------0-0--0--2--3-----------------
-----------3-0----0------------------------