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The Raven - Wishbone Ash
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abbed By: Stian Aune
e-mail: Stianaune3@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
** Correction is welcome, but I think this is 99 % right. **
Intro: Part 1
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|-----0---2-----------|-----0---------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------0-----------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
Intro: Part 2 (2x)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------20----2-4|--------20-------|--------20----2-4|-----------------|
|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|--------------0-3|-----------------|-3------3--------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro: Part 3 (2X)
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-0-----420--24-2-|
|-0------0----3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro: Part 4
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|-----0---2-----------|-----0---------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------0---------3-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
Verse 1:
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------042|-5-----------5-2-|
|-2-------0-------|-2-------0--/4---|-2-------0-------|----------------4|
|-----0----------3|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------520-|
|-2-------0-------|-2-------0--/4---|-2-------0-------|----------------4|
|-----0--0-------3|-----0-----------|-----0---------20|-3------33--3----|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------3--|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------5-4-2-|-----5-2---------|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5--52---|
|--------5--------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chorus 1:
|-----------------|---------2---0---|--------------4--|---------|
|-2---0--0--------|-2--20--0--------|-------------5-50|---------|
|---------3---3032|-----------------|-3---0-----------|----65-23|
|------------3----|-----------------|---------3--3----|-4-------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------3---2---|-0------03---0---|-0------/4-------|
|-0-------------31|-0---------------|---------------3-|-----------------|
|-----3---1----1--|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/wishbone_ash/the_raven_btab.html ]
Verse 2:
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------042|-5-----------52--|
|-2-------0-------|-2-------0--/4---|-2-------0-------|---------------44|
|-----0----------3|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-5---525-|
|-2-------0-------|-2-------0--/4---|-2-------0-----20|-----------------|
|-----0--0-------3|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-3----3----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(The tempo is twice as fast after this point)
Chorus 2 + Solo (repeat until the end of the solo)
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|-2-------0-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
There is a lot of imrpovisation here during the seconnd chorus (the short one), the solo
and the third chorus. Be creative and play your own notes around this in the G major
scale. You don't have to improvise between the notes. I found it quite futile to
write every note here.
Chorus 3:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----2-0-----0-|
|-2-----2-0-----0-|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-------------2-|---------3-----3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2-0-----0-|-----------------|---------7---6-4-|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-5-----5---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----2-0-----0-|
|-2-----2-0-----0-|-----------------|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-------------2-|---------3-----3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2-2-0/5---|-2-----2-2---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Outro: Part 1
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|---------4---0---|-2---4-2404422---|
|-2------2--------|---------------2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-0-----420--24-2-|
|-0------0----3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Outro: Part 2
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----0---2-----------|-----0---------------|---------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------0-----------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------3---|-----1---------------|
> 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
(Last note rings while fading out.)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
