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Bourrée
by Leo Kottke
BOURRÉE
Leo Kottke
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Leo Kottke
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Leo Kottke'
Q=141
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
||--0-2-||-3--2-0----0-2-|--------0------|---------------|-------------0-2-|
||o-----||--------4------|-0--2-4----3-1-|-0-------------|-0---------------|
||------||---------------|---------------|----2-0----0-2-|---2-0-----------|
||------||---------------|---------------|--------4------|-------4-2-------|
||o-----||----0---2--0---|---------------|----0---2--0---|-----2-----------|
||--3-2-||-0-------------|-3--2---0--2---|-3-------------|-3-------0-2-3-2-|
3/4 1/4
|-3--2-0----0-2-|--------0------|--------------||---------||-----||
|--------4------|-0--2-4----3-1-|-0------------||--------o||-0---||
|---------------|---------------|----2-0-------||-0-------||---0-||
|---------------|---------------|--------4--0--||---------||-----||
|----0---2--0---|---------------|----3---2-----||--------o||-----||
|-0-------------|-3--2---0--2---|-3------------||-3-------||-3---||
4/4
||--------------3---|-0-------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---3----1-0----3-|------3----0---|------0-1--0---|------------3---|
||--0----2----------|----4---5----2-|-1--2--------2-|-2------------2-|
||------------------|-----------0---|-2--0----------|----------------|
||o------0------2---|-3------0------|--------0------|-0-2-0----------|
||----2------3------|----4----------|-----------0---|-------3-2--2---|
|----3---0------|----5-----------0-|---------------------|------------5-2-|
|-0----3----0-3-|-1----5-7-(7)s2---|-3s2-2-0-----------0-|-0--------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------3h4p3-(3)---|----------------|
|---------------|--------0---------|-----2---4-----------|----------------|
|----2---3------|-0--4---------1---|-2-------------------|-2-1-2-4-6--2---|
|-3---------4---|------------------|----------------2----|----------------|
|-3--2-0-5--0-3-|-2--0---3------|-0--5-0-2----0-|------------0---|
|---------------|------3----3-6-|-----------2---|-4--0---------0-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2--0----------|-0-------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------4--0---|----3---2------|-3--2---0------|-2----3-2-0-----|
|---------------|-----------3---|-----------2---|------------4---|
1.
|-----------------|----------------|------------------|--------------||
|-1---3---0---1---|----------------|------------------|---------0---o||
|-------2-------0-|-2---2---0------|------------------|-----------0--||
|---2-4-----1-2---|---4-1-4----4-2-|-1--2-4-5-4h5p4-2-|-^2-----------||
|-0---------------|------------0---|-2--0---2---------|-------------o||
|---------3-------|-2-------0------|------------------|-^0------3----||
2. H.=H
3/4
|-----------------|----------------|------------------||-------*|
|-1---3---0---1---|----------------|------------------||-------*|
|-------2-------0-|-2---2---0------|------------------||-------*|
|---2-4-----1-2---|---4-1-4----4-2-|-1--2-4-5-4h5p4-2-||-^2----*|
|-0---------------|------------0---|-2--0---2---------||-------*|
|---------3-------|-2-------0------|------------------||-^0----*|
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
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