John McLaughlin's ~One Word~


Tabulature by Sandy Freeze a.k.a.:guitalife

One Word
My TAB here is for John McLaughlin's ~One Word~, from the album ~Birds of Fire~. Tab here is based on the notion that there's a whole lot of whole notes, for three or four bars at a time, so, the first commas ,,,, indicate 4/4 measures, in quarter note values. The Tablature here, of the music from "John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra" is based on notated scores. See all ~One Word~ pages at ~PAGES OF FIRE~, a tribute To John Mclaughlin in Scores... One Word
mm=184         Section[A]
E|----|,,,,---||,,,,|,,,,|,,,,|,,,---,---|,---,,,|,,,,|,,,,|E
B|----|-------||----|----|----|----------|-------|----|----|B
G|----|-------||----|----|----|----------|K6k7K6+|++++|++++|G
D|----|-------||----|----|----|--------k6|-------|----|----|D
A|----|-------||K4++|++++|++++|------K4--|-------|----|----|A
E|,,,,|---;-k4||----|----|----|--;-k4----|-------|----|----|E
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E|,,,---|,---,---,,---|------|,,,---,---|------|,,,-------|4/4|E
B|------|-------------|------|----------|------|----------|---|B
G|++++k5|K4++---------|------|----------|------|----------|---|G
D|------|----K6k5+----|3!Bars|----------|------|--K4++K3--|---|D
A|------|---------k5++|++++++|--K5++----|3!bars|--------k6|+++|A
E|------|-------------|------|--------k6|++++++|++--------|---|E
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E|,,,---,---|------|,,,,---|,---,---,---,---|------|E
B|----------|------|-------|----------------|------|B
G|----------|------|-------|----------------|------|G
D|----------|------|-------|----------------|------|D
A|++K5++----|3!bars|+++----|----K5++K6k5----|2!bars|A
E|--------k7|++++++|---K5++|K7++--------K7++|++++++|E
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  end[A]/\Section[B]...
E|------||guitar...|----------|---------------|---------------|E
B|------||Gmi penta|4Bar tutti|(3/2,)--(6/2,)-|,--,--,---,----|B
G|------||12x4/4...|(----K0k0)|-K4k5---K2-k2K3|(3/2,)-(6/2,)--|G
D|------||035555sim|(K3p5----)|K5-----k4-K3---|-k2K5--K047----|D
A|2!Bars||over.....|----------|------K5-------|K3---------K047|A
E|++++++||GSus11...|(,*- - - )|,--,--,---,----|---------------|E
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         End  Section[B]Section[C]BASS SOLO 
E|---------//|Z0--2bars|| Talk amongst yourselves ,"Oh WAITER!"
B|--------//-|Z2 END[B]|| splash an A Major, BbMaj/A and CMaj/A 
G|-------//--|Z2+++++++|| in here...
D|K047--//---|Z2+++++++|| Trade-sies, and DRUM solo
A|----K2+++++|Z0+++++++||
E|,---,,,----|Z0+++++++||
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[D]
E|REST--|---------|----|------|"-----------|----|------"|
B|4!Bars|---------|,,,,|2!Bars|"-----------|,,,,|2!Bars"|
G|------|---(3/2,)|Z5++|++++++|"----(3/2,)-|Z5++|++++++"|
D|------|-----K5K7|Z5++|++++++|"-----------|Z5++|++++++"|
A|------|,,,,-----|Z7++|++++++|"----k4+K5K7|Z7++|++++++"|
E|------|---------|Z5++|++++++|",,---,--,--|Z5++|++++++"|
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   ROUNDS:-)
  The beer For dada-ists...[O-W]
~  Section[E]__13/8 Play Pattern 4 x7 times 
~  >       >     >    >          // >
E|"K5\/----\/----------------"||A5-|K5--------|
B|"--85\/--75\/-----5---5--5-"||G5-|----------|
G|"----75----75---57--57/-7\-"||F#5|----------|
D|"------k7----K77-\/-\/--/--"|(G5-|----------|
A|"--------------\/----------"||---|----------|
E|",---,---,---;-,---,---,---"||---|,---,,;,,,|to 4/4,,,,
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E|---------------|---------------|-----//|-------|-------|E
B|(3/2,)--(6/2,)-|,--,--,---,----|----//-|Z3+++++|Z2++---|B
G|-K4k5---K2-k2K3|(3/2,)-(6/2,)--|---//--|Z3+++++|Z2++---|G
D|K5-----k4-K3---|-k2K5--K047----|(3/2)--|Z3+++++|Z2++---|D
A|------K5-------|K3---------K047|K457K2+|Z0+++++|Z0++---|A
E|,--,--,---,----|---------------|,---,,,|,---,,,|,---,,,|E
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