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From: calumb@logcam.co.uk (Calum F. Benson)
Subject: TAB: Tubular Bells II - The Bell


For whoever it was who was looking for TB tabs the other week, and indeed
for any other Oldies, here is the tab for The Bell (live Edinburgh Castle
version, which does differ very slightly from the studio version).
I've conveniently avoided tabbing the section between the end of the
tubular bells' part and the start of the solo classical guitar part
(well, have you ever tried tabbing flamenco?), but there should be enough
here to keep you occupied. The rhythm guitar bit in particular, which is
just about playable once through, but try keeping it up all the way
to the end (fnar!)....

Enjoy

Calum


Freely
|----------------------------|
|-0^1^0----------------------|
|-------2-------0-----0--2---|
|------------------4---------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
                                   CII-------------

A Tempo                                        *Slide
|--------3---2---|2---0-----------|----------------|----------------|
|0-----0---0---0-|----1---1-------|----------------|0-------0-----0-|
|----0-----------|--2---2-----2---|2---4---4---45--|------0-----0---|
|--2-------------|----------2---0-|--4---4---4---4-|----2-----2-----|
|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|--2-------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

                                                    CII----       *Legado
|0-----0-5---3---{2-----2-----0-2-{3---0---0-------|--------2-------|
|----1-----------{0-0-----0-------{0-----------0---{5---------0---01|
|--2-------5---0-{2---2-----2-----{0-------------0-{4---2^4-----2---|
|----------------{----------------{--2---2---2-----{--4-------------|
|0---------------{2---------------{3---------------{2---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|--------3---2---|2---0-----------|----------------|----------------|
|0-----0---0---0-|--------1-------|----------------|0-------0-----0-|
|----0-----------|--2---------2---|----4---4---5---|------0-----0---|
|--2-------------|------2---2---0-|--4---4---4---4-|----2-----2-----|
|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|--2-------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

                                                    * 1/2CII
                                                           *1/2CIV
|0-----0-5---3---{2-----------0-2-{3---0-----------|----------------|
|----1-----------{0-0-------------{0---------------{5-------7-------|
|--2-------5---0-{2---2-----0-----{0---------------{4---2-4---4---4-|
|----------------{------1---------{2-2---2---2---0-{4-4---------7---|
|0---------------{2-------2-------{3-------3---3---{2---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

 1/2CV--          CV               CII     1/2VII
|----------------|----------------|------2=7-------{4-------4-------|
|----5--{10--8---{7-----7-----5-7-{3-----------10--{5-5-------5-----|
|5-----0{-9------{7-7-----7-------{4---4-----------{6---6-------6---|
|--7----{1010--10{7---7-----7-----{--4-------9---0-{7-----7-------7-|
|0---------------{5---------------{2---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^


                                                    Damp ---> No Damp
                                                    d u d u d u d u
|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--4-------4-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----5-------5---|------------7-7-|------------7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------6-------6-|--------6-6-----|--------6-6-----|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|----------------|----5-5---------|----5-5---------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|4-4-------------|4-4-------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^


   d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(5)-(4)-(5)-(0)--(5)-(4)-(5)-(0)--(5)-(4)-(5)-(0)--(5)-(4)-(5)-(0)--|
|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|
|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|
|5-x-3-x-5-x-0-x-|5-x-3-x-5-x-0-x-|5-x-3-x-5-x-0-x-|5-x-3-x-5-x-0-x-

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^


   d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d    d   d   d   d
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(7)-(6)-(7)-(2)--(7)-(6)-(7)-(2)--(7)-(6)-(7)-(2)--(7)-(6)-(7)-(2)--|
|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|
|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|9-x-7-x-9-x-4-x-|
|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|7-x-5-x-7-x-2-x-|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

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

 ^   ^   ^   ^


Now, the rhythm guitar part which comes in here and plays through to the
end of the tubular bells' part goes something like this:

 CVII                 ==CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|    x2
|------------9-----9==11-9-------------------------|
|7--7--7--7-----x-----------12-9-^11-12-11---------|
|------------------------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^


 CVI         CVII   ==CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------9-----9==11-9-------------------------|
|6--6--6--6-----x-----------12-9-^11-12-11---------|
|------------------------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^


 CVII                 ==CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|    x2
|------------9-----9==11-9-------------------------|
|7--7--7--7-----x-----------12-9-^11-12-11---------|
|------------------------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^


 CIX                ==CXIII    CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------11----11=13-11------------------------|
|---------------------------13-9-^11-12-11---------|
|9--9--9--9-----x--------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^

 CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------9-----9-^11-9-------------------------|
|9--9--9--9-----x-----------12-9-^11-12-11---------|
|------------------------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^



 CVII                 ==CIX                * Spot the difference!
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------9-----9==11-9-------------------------|
|7--7--7--7-----x-----------12-9-^11-12-11-9--12---|
|--------------------------------------------------|

 ^           ^           ^           ^

CVII                 ==CIX
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------9-----9==11-9-------------------------|
|---------------------------12-9-^11-12-11---------|
|7--7--7--7-----x--------------------------9-=7----|

 ^           ^           ^           ^

... and so on, until the last bell fades away into the Edinburgh night....

Now, moving swiftly past the flamenco part :), the whole shebang ends
up like this (capo on fret 2):

           1st fing.
             4th fing.
|4---2---0-2---0-|--2-----0-----0-|4---2---0-2---0-|-------0----0---|
|--0---0-----4---|------4-----0---|--0---0-----4---|----0-----0---0-|
|----------------|----4-----2-----|----------------|--2-----2-------|
|----2-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|0---------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

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

 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

 Rit./Freely

|--------0-----0-|------0--{0-------|
|------0-----0---|----0----{0-------|
|----2-----2-----|--2------{1-------|
|2-2-------------|2--------{2-------|
|----------------|---------{2-------|
|----------------|---------{0-------|


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|Calum Benson                           | email: calumb@logcam.co.uk |
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