Song: old king Artist: by Niel Young. He play'd it on "Harvest moon".Enjoy!!!
It all starts with a banjo(?)intro.Any way-I tab it for guitar. tune:DADGBD(low to high). that's drop D' tuning, folk's! I don't claim this to be a 100% right tab, but it's not wrong! But as always-corrections welcome! This tab was made by "the great beyond".
| f h q q G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|- D---|--b--------------------------|-b-------------------------------|- A---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|- D---|-----------------------------|--------------------3-----0------|-
q e e e e+q e e e e+h
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|- G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|- A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- | | h h q q h
D---|------------------C----------|-----------C---------------------|- B---|-b------6----8---------------|-6--8--6-------------------------|- G-4-|------------------B----------|-----------B---------------------|- D-_-|--------7----9---------------|-7--9--7-------------------------|- A-4-|-(5)-------------------------|---------------------------------|- D---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|- | | h h q q h G---|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|- D---|----------------0------------|---------------------------------|- A---|-----------------------------|--------------------5------------|- D---|-0---------------------------|-3------0------------------------|-
q e e e e+q e e e e+h
D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- B--|-b-----8---A--6---B-----------|-8---A---6---B-------------------|- G--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- D--|-------9---A--7---C-----------|-9---A---8---C-------------------|- A--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- D--|------------------------------|---------------------------------|- | | h h e (e) q h
but im sort'a kind. Bass notes are included(small letters)!
chorus:
g g d g King went arunnin' after a deer was'nt scared f d d D5 d d to jumpin' of the truck in high gear.
g g g King went asniffin' and he would go. d g g g d Was the best old hound I ever did know- ow- ow.
vers1: D5 f d I had a dog and his name was king. d d g g I told the dog about ev'ry thing. D5 d d c d There in my truck, the dog and I. d d Then one day the King up and died.
Midplay:
q q e q e e e q e e+q D-|----------------------------|------------------------|- B-|----------------------------|------------------------|- G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|- D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|- A-|----------------------------|------------------------|- D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|- |
| h h h q q G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|- D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|- A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|- D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
q q e q e e e q h D-|----------------------------|------------------------|- B-|----------------------------|------------------------|- G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0-----------|- D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----2-----------|- A-|----------------------------|------------3-----------|- D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|- |
| h h q q q q G-|---------------------------|-------------5-----------|- D-|--------------0------------|-------0-----------------|- A-|---------------------------|--------------------3----|- D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
q q e q e e e q e e+q D-|----------------------------|------------------------|- B-|----------------------------|------------------------|- G-|---------0----0--2-----2----|-4--2--0----0---2-------|- D-|--b------0----0-------------|-0-----0----0-----------|- A-|----------------------------|------------------------|- D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|- |
| h h h q q G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|- D-|--------------0------------|-------------0------0----|- A-|---------------------------|-------------------------|- D-|-0-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-
q e e e e e e q q h D-|----------------------------|------------------------|- B-|----------------------------|-----------3------------|- G-|---------0--2---4--2--0-----|-0----0----2------------|- D-|--b------0------0-----0--3--|-2----2----0------------|- A-|----------------------------|-3----3-----------------|- D-|--0-------------------------|------------------------|- |
| h h q q q q G-|---------------------------|-------------------------|- D-|--------------0------------|--------------------0----|-
vers: D5 d d f g 2 Then I thought about the time we had; 3 That old king was a friend of mine, 4 I had a dog and his name was king,
d d d g g once when I kicked him when he was bad. never knew a dog that was half as fine I told the dog ablout every thing d d d Old King sure meant a lot to me I may find one,but i never do know Old king sure meant a lot to me d d but that hound dog is his-to - ry (play intro+chorus) 'cause I still got a long way to go (play intro) ut that hound dog is his -to -ry (play intro+chorus)
(play midplay*2 and improvise) end on D5 That's it pal. Oh!- the bass tab well- play half note's and additional fourthnotes.
But most of all- get the rythm right!-this is country.
