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Walking By Myself Guitar Tablature
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                                WALKING BY MYSELF
                            As recorded by Gary Moore
                    (From the 1990 Album STILL GOT THE BLUES)

Words and Music by Jimmy Rodgers
Transcribed by Daniel Pacheco

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gary Moore (Gtr.1)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gary Moore (Gtr.2)'

 Intro
  Q=120(8=s8)
                   E
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                                            <
           |-3-|                          |-3-|
  H    E E E E E   Q   Q  H      H    E E E E E   Q   Q  Q  Q
|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|-----------7b9r====|
|----------------|-9----------|----------------|-9--------7b9r====|
|----------------|-9----------|----------------|-9----------------|
|----------5---5-|-7----------|----------5---5-|-7----------------|
|--------7---7---|-------------|--------7---7---|-------------------|


                     Verse 1
             |-3-|                          |-3-|
  +H     E E E E E    Q  Q  H      H    E E E E E   Q  Q  H
|------------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|-(7)--------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|-(7)--------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|------------------||-9----------|----------------|-9----------|
|------------5---7-||-7----------|----------5---5-|-7----------|
|----------7---7---||------------|--------7---7---|------------|


                                                            E7+9
           |-3-|
  H    E E E E E   Q  Q  H      H    E E E E       Q  Q  Q  E E
|----------------|------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------------|----------8-8-|
|----------------|------------|------------------|----------7-7-|
|----------------|-9----------|------------------|----------6-6-|
|------x---5---5-|-7----------|--------2-0-------|----------7-7-|
|------x-7---7---|------------|------------3b3.5-|-0------------|


                           Chorus
       B7+9                 E7
        |--3--|  |--3--|
  H     E  E  E  E  E  E    E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------15-15-15-15-15-15-||-----------------|
|------14-14-14-14-14-14-||-----------------|
|------13-13-13-13-13-13-||-----------------|
|------14-14-14-14-14-14-||-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|
|------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------0-|------------------|
|---------------0-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4---|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


                   A7                B7                E7
            ~~~~
                                                       |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6-|-------------------|
|-2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
|-0-0-2-0-3-0-4--|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-|


        ~~~~~~~~~
  E E E H    +E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5----------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4---|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4--|
|-7-7---7----(7)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


                   A7
            ~~~~
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|
|-2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-2-0-3-0-4--|-----------------|


  B7                E7
                        |-3-|      |--3---|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a   +E  S S E E E
|-----------------|---0-3p0-0--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------2b4r(2)-2p0---2----|
|-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6-|-----------------------2---2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2----------------------------|
|-----------------|-0----------------------------|


                        Verse 2
        ~~~~~~
                |-3-|                          |-3-|
  E E E E +E  E E E E    Q  Q  H      H    E E E E E   Q  Q  H
|---------------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|---------------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|-0-------------------||------------|----------------|------------|
|---2-----------------||-9----------|----------------|-9----------|
|-----2-2-(2)---5---5-||-7----------|----------5---5-|-7----------|
|-------------7---7---||------------|--------7---7---|------------|


                                                            E7+9
           |-3-|
  H    E E E E E   Q  Q  H      H    E E E E       Q  Q  Q  E E
|----------------|------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|------------|------------------|----------8-8-|
|----------------|------------|------------------|----------7-7-|
|----------------|-9----------|------------------|----------6-6-|
|----------5---5-|-7----------|--------2-0-------|----------7-7-|
|------xs7---7---|------------|------------3b3.5-|-0------------|


               Chorus
                E7
  H    H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|---------------0-|------------------|
|------------||-----------------|---------------0-|------------------|
|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------x----||-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4---|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4--|
|------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


                   A7                B7                E7
            ~~~~
                                                       |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6-|-------------------|
|-2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
|-0-0-2-0-3-0-4--|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-|


                   Guitar Solo
  Gtr II
  W                  E    E     E  E  E E  E      E
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||--2----2-----4--4--2-2--4------4-|
|----------------||--0----0-----0--0--0-0--0------0-|
|
| Gtr I
|       ~~~~~~
|                    |---3---|
| E E E E +H         E  E    E  E  E  Q    Q
|----------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------||-12-12---12----------------------|
|----------------||------------12-14------12b12.5---|
|----------------||------------------14-------------|
|-----5----------||---------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-(7)----||---------------------------------|


   E     E  E  E  E     E   E  E    E    E   E   E   E   E   E   E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--2-----2--4--4--5-----5---4--4-|--2----2---4---4---5---5---4---4------|
|--0-----0--0--0--0-----0---0--0-|--0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
|
|                    ~~~~~~~~~~
|                                   |--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|  E     E  E  E  S  E.    +Q       E  E   E E E   E E E   E E E   E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-14b17-14-12-14-12--------------|-[7]---------7-----------7------------|
|-------------------14----(14)---|-----9---8-7-----9-8-7-----9-8---7----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


                                        A7
  E   E   E    E   E    E    E   E      E E E E E      E E  E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-2-2-4-4-2------2-4--4---|
|-2---2---4----4---5----5----4---4----|-0-0-0-0-0------0-0--0---|
|-0---0---0----0---0----0----0---0----|-------------------------|
|
|                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--| |--3---| |--3---|  |--3---|
| E E   E E  E   E E  E   E  E E    E   Q   E E Q.         +E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---9---8-7------7-7------7-----------|-----5---5b5.5======(5)r-|
|-----------10-------10-----10-7------|-7-----7-----------------|
|----------------------------------10-|-------------------------|


  B7
  E     E     E     E     E     E     E  E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-4-----4-----6-----6-----4-----4-----6--6-|
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--2-|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  E
|------------------------------------------|
|-4p0h4p0h4p0-4p0h4p0h4p0-5p0h5p0h5p0-7/---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


  E7
  |-3-|
  E E E  E    E    E    E     E       E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0--3----0----5----0-----6-------0-|
|
|        |---3---| |--3---|
| Q      E  E    E E  E   E   E       E
|-------12-12---12----------------------|
|-------12-12---12s9--------[10]b10.5---|
|--------------------12---9-----------9-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|


   E E E E +H         E       E      E       E      E       E      E       E
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-----------|--2-------2------4-------4------2-------2------4-------4-----|
|--7-7---7-(7)-----|--0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-----|
|
|  E E Q    Q   Q     T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--|
|-12p9-------------|-11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--|
|------9----9------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------x--|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------x--|-------------------------------------------------------------|


   E  E   E  E E E E E
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--2--2---4--4-5-5-4-4-|
|--0--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|
|     ~~~~~~~
|  E  E  +H        Q
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-12-------------------|
|----14-(14)-----------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


   E       E      E       E      E       E      E       E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------2------4-------4------5-------5------4-------4-----|
|--0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-----|
|
|  T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.  T  S  S    S.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--|
|-11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--11s12-12---12--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


                                         A7
  E  E      E  E  E      E   E      E     E      E   E     E     E     E       E   E
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--2------2---4-----4-----2-----2-------4---4-|
|-2--2------4--4--5------5---4------4--|--0------0---0-----0-----0-----0-------0---0-|
|-0--0------0--0--0------0---0------0--|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E  E     +Q     E     +E   E     +E     E     +E   S  S  S  S  E     E      +Q
|---19b22r(19)---19b22r(19)-19b22r(19)-|-19b22r(19)-17-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------20p17----20b22-20b22==(20)r---|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------19----------------------|
|-x------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-x------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


  B7
   E      E        E          E          E          E          E           E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4------4--------6----------6----------4----------4----------6-----------6-----|
|--2------2--------2----------2----------2----------2----------2-----------2-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|                |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|
|  E     +S   T  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  T  E
|-17b19r(17)-15-15---12--------------------12-15-12------------------------------|
|-----------------------15-12---15-12-15--------------15-12-15---12-------15b17==|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------14-12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  E7
    |--3--|
    E   E E  E    E     E    E     E    E
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---0---0-0--3p===0-----5p===0-----6p===0-----|
|
|            |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|
|  +Q        E  E    E  E  E    E  E  E    E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-(15)r-----15-12-----------------------------|
|-------------------15-14-12------14------12--|
|------------------------------14----14-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


   E    E     E    E     +H
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-------------5----------------------||
|--7----7----------7-----(7)---------||
|
|  |---3---|  |---3---|        |-3-|
|  E  E    E  E  E    E  +E  E E E E
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-14-12------------------------------||
|---------14-12-13---14-(14)---5---5-||
|----------------------------7---7---||


 Verse 3
  W            W                W
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|
|                       |-3-|
| Q  Q  H      H    E E E E E   Q  Q  H
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
|-9----------|----------------|-9----------|
|-7----------|----------5---5-|-7----------|
|------------|--------7---7---|------------|


  Gtr I
     <
                 |-3-|
  Q  Q     +E  E E E E   Q  Q  H      Q  Q  E  E E E
|----------------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|------------|--------------------|
|----9tr8--(9)---------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-9----------|--------------------|
|----------------5---5-|-7----------|----------2-0-------|
|--------------7---7---|------------|-x--x--x-----3b3.5-|


                                    Chorus
           E7+9                      E7
  Gtr II
  W              H    Q    Q         W                 W
|--------------|---------[12]-----||-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q  Q  Q  E E   H    Q    E    E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----------22b24---||-----------------|---------------0--|
|----------8-8-|------------------||-----------------|---------------0--|
|----------7-7-|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------6-6-|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------7-7-|------------------||-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4----|
|-0------------|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|


                                     A7                B7
  Gtr I
                              ~~~~
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6--|
|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-|-2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-0-3-0-4--|-----------------|------------------|


  E7
                                     ~~~~~~
  |-3-|
  E E E E  E  E  E  E E   E E  E     E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|-----/5b5.5----------||
|-0-0-0-3p(0)-5p(0)-6-0-|-7-7--------7-(7)----||


 Out-Chorus
  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E a E
|---0---------------|---0---------------|
|---3---3-3---------|---3---3-3---------|
|---1---1-1---2-0h1-|---1---1-1---2-0h1-|
|---2---2-2---2---0-|---2---2-2---2---0-|
|-2-----------------|-2-----------------|
|-0-----------------|-0-----------------|


                                       A7
                                ~~~~
  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E  E  E E E  E  E
|-----0-----0-------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----3---3-3-------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(1)-1---1-1---2---|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(0)-2---2-2---2---|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-2--------------|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-11--|
|-------------------|-0-0-2-0-3-0-4--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7--|


                                                            B7
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E  E E E  E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  H
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-11-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-9-----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-----------||


 Outro
                                                  F9E9
             |--3--|  |----3-----|  |--3--|
  E  E       E  E  E  E     +E   E  E  E  E    Q  E E +H
|---15b15.5-12------------------------------|-----8-7-(7)----|
|-0------------15-12---------------12-------|-----8-7-(7)----|
|-0------------------14b15r(14)-12----14-12-|-----8-7-(7)----|
|-------------------------------------------|-14--7-6-(6)----|
|-------------------------------------------|-----8-7-(7)----|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------|


                                            E7+9
  +W           +H     Q   Q         +Q    E E +Q   Q
|-(7)--------|-(7)-------22b24===|=(22)r----------------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)---------------|--------0-8-(8)-------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)---------------|--------0-7-(7)-------*|
|-(6)--------|-(6)---------------|----------6-(6)-------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)---------------|----------7-(7)-------*|
|------------|-------------------|----------------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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