The Bright New Year

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (*)

Album: Birthday Blues
Tuning: EADGBE

A really nice little ditty this one 
and easy to play, too. There are
actually many ways to finger this, I
 tabbed it as it sounds played to me
 on
the recording. But experiment with 
the fingers and frets used. It is 
also
possible to play it barred at the 
5th fret, and if you find the 
stretch from
the low G to the high B difficult, 
you can actually play this tune with
 a
capo at the 5th fret if you drop the
 low E to a D. The rhythm is 
basically
4/4 with a swing 8th feel. Watch for
 the bar of 3 in the intro though. 
The
asterisks are a guide.


Continues after the ad
    Intro:
Beat:*       *       *    *         
 *    *      *       *
E||---------------0-------5----0--|-----------1-------0----------|
B||-------------------------------|----------------------3----1--|
G||-------2--5--------------------|------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------|--------------0---------------|
A||--0---------------2------------|--3---------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|------------------------------|

                  Verse:
   *    *    *      *       *       
*    *
E----------------|-------0-------
B-------0--------|---------------
G----------------|----------5----
D----------------|---------------
A----------------|--0------------
E--3-------------|---------------

E|0-------5----0--| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|---2------------| 
E|----------------| 

E-----------1-------0-------0--|--
B----------------------3-------|--
G------------------------------|--
D--------------0---------------|--
A--3---------------------------|--
E------------------------------|--

E|--------------------------------| 
B|-----3--1------------3----------| 
G|-------------4----------4----5--| 
D|2---------------0---------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

E----------0----7-------5--3----0-
B-------3-------------------------
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A--0------------------------------
E------------------3--------------

E|-|------------------------------
B|-|-------3--1----4-------3--1---
G|-|------------------------------
D|-|------------------------------
A|-|--0---------------1-----------
E|-|------------------------------

E|----| 
B|----| 
G|----| 
D|/7--| 
A|----| 
E|----| 

E-------0-------0-------5----0--|-
B-------------------------------|-
G----------5--------------------|-
D-------------------------------|-
A--0---------------2------------|-
E-------------------------------|-

E|----------1-------0----------| 
B|---------------------3----1--| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-------------0---------------| 
A|-3---------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 

E--------------------|| 
B-------0------------|| 
G--------------------|| 
D--------------------|| 
A--------------------|| 
E--3-----------------|| 

TAB guide: / = slide up from below