Billy In The Lowground

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

The January 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar has Scott Nygaard's arrangement of this in the style of Clarence White.  It flies!!!  This tab is another fabulous trad tab by Bo Parker of the Joe Carr version.  Enjoy!

 

Pick-up measure       Part A

  N/C                 C                                   Am

  |   |   |   |       1 |   |   |   |   2 |   |   |   |   3 |   |   |   |   4 |   |   |   |  

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

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

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

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

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

|-----3-----------|   |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

 

  C                                   Am                C           G

5 |   |   |   |   6 |   |   |   |   7 |   |   |   |   8 |   |   |   |  

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

  C                                   Am

9 |   |   |   |  10 |   |   |   |  11 |   |   |   |  12 |   |   |   |  

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

|---------------0-|-1-0-1-3-1-----1-|-1-----1-------3/|/5---1-----------|

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

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

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

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

 

  C                                   Am                C

13|   |   |   |  14 |   |   |   |  15 |   |   |   |  16 |   |   |   |  

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

Part B

  C                                   Am

17|   |   |   |  18 |   |   |   |  19 |   |   |   |  20 |   |   |   |  

|-3-------3-------|-0-----0---------|-5-------5-------|-5-----5---------|

|---------------3-|-----4---3-------|-----4-------4-5-|---4-5-----------|

|*----0-------5---|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-----------------|

|*----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-----------------|

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

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

 

                                                      _1________________          _2________________

  C                                   Am              | C                         | C

21|   |   |   |  22 |   |   |   |  23 |   |   |   |  24 |   |   |   |             32|   |   |   |  

|-3-------3-------|-0-----0-----3-4-|-5-3---0---------|-----------------|         |-----------------|

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

|-----0-------5---|---5-------5-----|-------------2-0-|---2-0----------*|         |---2-0-----------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-2------*|         |-------2---------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|         |---------3-------|

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

 




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