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Riverboat Captain

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RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN - Joe Purdy
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Capo on 2nd
The Tab is both intro and outro
e|-----------------------------------------0---------------D2-----------------|
B|--------------------3------0------3----------------------3-----------------|
G|----------0h2----------------------------------0---------2-----------------|
D|------0---------0------0------0------0------0-----0------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Well DI'm gonna Bmbe a
a Griverboat cAaptain
when GI grow uDp
when EmI grow oAld
So Dwe can sEmail
a wGhole day thArough
just Emme and Gyou
A TAB
just me and you
End on D
e|-----------------------------------------0---------------2-----------------|
B|--------------------3------0------3----------------------3-----------------|
G|----------0h2----------------------------------0---------2-----------------|
D|------0---------0------0------0------0------0-----0------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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