John McLaughlin's ~Faith~: Basic Chords
Elaborated Grips for ~Faith~ Chords
Tabulature by Sandy Freeze a.k.a. guitalife

  ~Faith~: M.O. by pick and roll? 
 See the official John McLaughlin web site for dicography and history:
http://www.johnmclaughlin.com
 This is the [A] Section intro arpeggio of John McLaughlin's "Faith"
 from the Mahavishnu Orchestra
 album Visions Of The Emerald Beyond.
Meter: 10/8, this 3-bar pattern , played twice for 6 bars, is the [A] 
section,and is repeated,
   See Pages of Fire from "the McLaughlin book":
 http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/MclaughlinBook/Faith1.JPG :
 Faith Page 1 Bars [1]...[A5]
           >= Accent below . >'s 5/8 cycle in :K\/k_8th note alternate 
flow________________________6-voice chord
SECTION |A|  K\/k_r)a)m)? Pick and Roll
__>_________>__________>_________>__________>_________>_________`~
E|,---,---,-r0++++++++|++r0++++++++++r0++++|>+++++r0++++++++++r0|E
B|----a0++++++----a0++|>+++----a0++++++----|a0++++++----a0++++++|B
G|--------m2++++++++++|m2++--------m2++----|----m2++-->-----m2++|G
D|--k4++++++++--k4++++|++++--k4++>+++++--k4|++++++++--k4++++++++|D
A|>-----k4++++------k4|++++------k4++++----|--k4++++------k4++++|A
E|K2++++++++++K2++++++|++++K2++++++++++K2++|++++++++K2++++++++++|E
~`,   ,   ,   ,   ,   ',   ,   ,   ,   ,   ',   ,   ,   ,   ,   `~
~
 Ends at [A6]:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/MclaughlinBook/Faith2.JPG;
 Faith page 2.

SECTION |B| guitar Bars [B1,1,3,4] = recurrent piano vamp [B5 ...on]
           (ram__K\/k Right hand) Pick "up" on those /k bass notes!
~`[B1]                '[B2]                '[B3]                `~
~`[E minor9][F#Min b9]'[GLyd 11&13][BbMa/A]'[C Maj/Bb][Db Maj/C]`~
E|--------r2--------r0|--------r0--------r5|--------r8------r8++|E
B|----a3++++----a2++++|----a2++++----a3++++|----a5++++----a6++++|B
G|------m0++------m0++|------m4++------m3++|------m5++--------m6|G
D|;-;-;-;-;-;-K4++++++|--k4++++++--K3++++++|--k5++++++--K6++++++|D
A|--k2++++++;-;-;-;-;-|;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-|;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-|A
E|K0++++++++k2++++++++|K3++++++++k5++++++++|K6++++++++k8++++++++|E
~`,   ,   ,   ,   ,   ',   ,   ,   ,   ,   ',   ,   ,   ,   ,   `~
__EMi9______F#Mi7-9___`G Lyd 13__BbMaj7/A__`CMaj/Bb___DbMaj7/C__

~`[B4]                `~
~`[EbMaj /Db][EMaj/D#]`~
E|--------r11.----r12+|E
B|----a8++++----a9++++|B
G|------m8++--------m8|G
D|--k8++++++--K9++++--|D
A|;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-|A
E|K9++++++++k11+++++++|E
~`,   ,   ,   ,   ,   `~
__EbMaj/Db__EMaj/D#___`
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