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Ram Jam : "Black betty" Guitar tabs

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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 23:46:11 +0100
From: Roger Olofsson 
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:25:44 -0500
From: Greg Clubine 
Subject: r/ram_jam/black_betty.tab

Song:Black Betty
Artist:Ram Jam
Tabber: Roger Olofsson (raggen@hem1.passagen.se)

x=strum muffled strings

Intro: Steady bass drum

Play with bridge pickup and nice distorsion
guitar 1 measure 1
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
G---------------------7~-------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
D---7--9~-----7--9-9--7--------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------|
A---7--9------7--9-9--5--------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------|
e---5--7------5--7-7-----------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------|

guitar 1 measure 2
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
G--------------7--9--7---------------|-------------7--9--7---------------|
D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|-7--9-9--x---7--7--7---------------|
A---7--9-9--x------------------------|-7--9-9--x-------------------------|
e---5--7-7--x------------------------|-5--7-7--x-------------------------|

guitar 2 measure 2
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---11-14r11-14---------------------|
D---7-7-7--7---------------------9-9-9-9---------------------------------|
A-9------9---9-7---------------------|-----------------------------------|
e----------------10-7----------------|-----------------------------------|

guitar 1 measure 3
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--------------7--9--7---------------|-----------------------------------|
G--------------7--7--7---------------|----------------9-----------7-7----|
D---7--9-9--x--7--7--7---------------|--7--9-9--9--9--9----9-9-9--7-7----|
A---7--9-9--x------------------------|--7--9-9--9--9--7----9-9-9--5-5----|
e---5--7-7--x------------------------|--5--7-7--7--7-------7-7-7---------|

guitar 2 measure 3
E-------14-12-10---10----------------|-----------------------------------|
B----10---------14----14-10----------|-----------------------------------|
G--11-----------------------7-9-7-9-7-9b11~---b10r-b10r-b10r-b10r7------7|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------9r7h9-|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

guitar 1 measure 4
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----------7-9-----------7~---------|--------8--------------------------|
D----9-9-9--7-9--7-9-x-x--7--7--9~---|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------|
A----9-9-9--5-7--7-9-x-x--5--7--9----|--9-9-9-9---9----------------------|
e----7-7-7-------5-7-x-x-----5--7----|--7-7-7-7---7----------------------|

guitar 2 measure 4
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G---9---7----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-9---9---9-7---9-7----7-------------|---9h12-9----9~--------------------|
A-------------9----9-7---9-7----7----7/9--------12-----------------------|
e----------------------------10---10-|-----------------------------------|

Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty Bam-a-lam
Black betty had a child,

guitar 1 measure 5
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam
The damn ...

guitar 1 measure 6
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam
Said one ...

guitar 1 measure 7
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam
The damn ...

guitar 1 measure 8
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam
Said Whoa-oh Black Betty

guitar 1 measure 9
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty

guitar 1 measure 10
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-----7------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Bam-a-lam

Play measures 1-4 again then follows
Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above

Whoa-oh ..
She really ...
(same as measure 5)
Bam-a-lam
You know ...
(same as measure 6)
Bam-a-lam
She's so ...
(same as measure 7)
Bam-a-lam
That she's ...
(same as measure 8)
Bam-a-lam
Said Whoa-oh ...
(same as measure 9)
Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh ...
(same as measure 10)
Bam-a-lam

guitar 1 measure 11
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G---7-7-9--7-------------------------|-7-7-9--7--------------------------|
D---7-7-9--7------7-9----------------|-7-7-9--7------7-9-----------------|
A---5-5-7--5--7-9--------------------|-5-5-7--5--7-9---------------------|
e----------------------10-7----------|-------------------10-7------------|

Drum solo then follows measure 11 again

Another drum solo then measure 11 again

guitar 1 measure 12
E------------------------------------|------------------------7--7-10-7-10-1 2-|
B------------------------------------|---------9r7---7-10-7-10-10----------- --|
G-----------7r6----------7h9r7-------|-----7h9----9------------------------- --|
D---------------9------9------9------|-7h9---------------------------------- --|
A-------7h9--------7h9---------------|-------------------------------------- --|
e--7h10------------------------------|-------------------------------------- --|

guitar 1 measure 13
E-12--12--12-12h15r12h15r12h15r12h15r12----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Play measures 5-10 as for the lyrics above

Whoa-oh Black Betty ...
She's from ...
(same as measure 5)
Bam-a-lam
Way down in ...
(same as measure 6)
Bam-a-lam
Well, she's ...
(same as measure 7)
Bam-a-lam
Boy, she ...
(same as measure 8)
Bam-a-lam
Said Whoa-oh Black Betty
(same as measure 9)
Bam-a-lam, Whoa-oh Black Betty
(same as measure 10)
Bam-a-la

"Let freedom ring"

"Oh Rock of ages do not crumble love is breathing still"
"Oh Lady Moonshine down, a little people magic if you will"

This tab was created with the help of an Amiga computer and the sampling
software Audiomaster IV, under the menu effects/duration/pitch the
frequency and the pitch can be doubled, thus enabling the program to play
back the sample at half the speed but with the original pitch.

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