From: davidb@efficient.com (David Byboth) In-Reply-To: Rolland Heiss "Re: about-townes: No Lonesome Tune" (Jun 2, 1:14pm) Man.... I should be careful what I volunteer to do!... I got hammered with requests for this.....when are all you pickers going to come to Dallas and play some Townes songs with me? The pick is very much as Rolland describes.... it's a little hard to keep the thumb cranking out the bass rhythem while the fingers are doing their work but with some practice it all comes together.... To get you started (It may take me a while to get a real tab done with all the fill in stuff) you have to play it in G. I play it with the Capo on the fourth fret. While fingering a regular G Chord (you have to finger it with your little finger on the high string to free up your pointer!) the fingers pick: NOTE: I just tabbed this at work from memory with no guitar...it has just the basic bass and lead line. I'll check it tonight but it should be close enough to get everyone started, feel free to feed me back corrections. (backchannel) Learn it without the hammers first then you can work in the timing to hammer on the notes with a "h" on them. The lower D,A, and E string are all thumb work... G C E --------------------------------------------------------0----- B ----0-1h--0--------0-----1---3h---1--0---0-----1---3h------1-- G --0-----------0----------------------------------------------- D ---0---0------------------------------------------------------ A -----------continue bass line -- ---3-- E -3---3-------------------------- ------ If I nee-ded you, would you come to me, would you come to me D E ----------------------- B ----------------------- G ------0---------------- D -2--2h---0------------- A -------------0--------- E -----------------0----- and ease my pain This pick repeats throught the song....please let me know if this is helpful and you learned something from it.... lets me know I haven't wasted my company's time :^)... enjoy, db...."The White Collar Redneck..." --------------------------------------------------------------- If I Needed You By Townes Van Zandt Capo 4 G If I needed you Would you come to me C Would you come to me D G And ease my pain If you needed me I would come to you I would swim the seas For to ease your pain In the night forelorn Aw, the morning's born And the morning shines With the lights of love You will miss sunrise If you close your eyes And that would break My heart in two Lady's with me now Since I showed her how To lay her lilly Hand in mine Loop and Lil agree She's a sight to see And a treasure for The poor to find