BourŽe In Em

(from "Lute Suite #1")

Music:  Johann Sebastian Bach

Tabbed by: coffeeguy9

 

This is the tune made famous by Jethro Tull's "BourŽe".  It is transcribed in the November 2006 issue of Acoustic Guitar.  Tabber coffeeguy9 tells us:  "This is a very familiar Classical tune that EVERY guitarist should know to be called a guitarist."

 

E|--0--2--|--3----2--0-------0--2--|-------------0----------|

B|--------|-------------4----------|--0----2--4-------3--1--|

G|--------|------------------------|------------------------|

D|--------|------------------------|------------------------|

A|--------|-------0-----2----0-----|------------------------|

E|--3--2--|--0---------------------|--3----2-----0----2-----|

 

e|------------------------|--------------------0--2--|--3----2--0-------0--2--|

B|--0---------------------|--0-----------------------|-------------4----------|

G|-------2--0-------0--2--|-----2--0-----------------|------------------------|

D|-------------4----------|-----------4--2-----------|------------------------|

A|-------0-----2----0-----|--------2-----------------|-------0-----2----0-----|

E|--3---------------------|--3-----------0--2--3--2--|--0---------------------|

 

-------------0----------|---------------------------|---------------0--2--|

--0----2--4-------3--1--|--0------------------------|---------------------|

------------------------|-------2--0--------0----0--|--0------------------|

------------------------|-------------4-2-4---4-----|--0------------------|

------------------------|-------3-----5-------5-----|--2------------------|

--3----2-----0----2-----|--3------------------------|--3------------3--2--|

 

---------------------|------------------3-----|--0---------------------|

---------------0-----|--3-------1--0-------3--|----------3--1----------|

--0---------------0--|-------2----------------|-------4----------4--2--|

--0------------------|-------0----------------|------------------0-----|

--2------------------|------------------2-----|--3----------0----------|

--3------------3-----|--2----------3----------|-------4----------------|

 

------------------------|-------------------------|-------3-----0----------|

----------0--1----0-----|-------------------3-----|--0-------3----------3--|

--1----2-------------2--|--2-------------------2--|------------------4-----|

--2----------2----------|-------------------0-----|------------------------|

-------0----------------|--0--2--0----------------|-------2-----3----------|

------------------0-----|-----------3--2----------|--3---------------4-----|

 

------5-----2-------0--|----------------------------|-------------------7-----|

-1-------5-------2-----|--3----2--0--------------0--|--0-------------------7--|

-----------------------|-------------4-3-4-3-4-3----|-------------------------|

------------0----------|-------2-----4--------------|--------------1----------|

-0----4----------1-----|--2-------------------------|--2--1--2--4-------------|

-----------------------|---------------------2------|-------------------7-----|


-------------5-------3--|--2----0-----3-------1--|--0----5--0--2-------0--|

--9----7--5-------5-----|----------3-------3-----|------------------2-----|

------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

------------------------|--0---------------------|------------------------|

--7----5-----4----------|-------3-----2----------|--3----2-----0----------|

------------------5-----|------------------3-----|------------------2-----|

 

-------------------0-----|--------------------------|-------------------------|

--4-------------------0--|--1-----3-----0-----1-----|--------0----------------|

-------4-----------------|-----------2-----------0--|--2-----------0----------|

-------------------------|-----2--4--------1--2-----|-----------4-------4--2--|

--2-------3--2--0--------|--0-----------------------|-----4--6----------0-----|

-------------------4-----|--------------3-----------|--2-----------0----------|

 

---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

---------------------------|---------------0-----|-------------------|

-------------0----0--------|------------------0--|-------------------|

--1----2--4-----4---4-2-4--|--2------------------|--2----------------|

--2----0-----2-------------|---------------------|--2----------------|

---------------------------|--0------------3-----|--0----------------|

 





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