I've Got the World on a String - C6 tab

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 21 Oct 2000 1:16 pm

This is for my friend Bud Harger.
Sorry to be so long writing this out. I wanted to find a chart to confirm my notions about how it went.
I thought I'd go ahead and post this much of it, and hopefully post the bridge early next week. The chords are from the New Real Book. I wouldn't have naturally played the turnaround like this, but I have to admit, it's pretty hip.
R means raise half tone
L means lower half tone
I don't have the A-B raise, which could be used in this arrangement, so I use pedal 7. Adjust to taste.

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I've Got the World on a String
C6 pedal steel Key of F

pickup F Eb7 D7 G-7 Bb-6
1--------------|:-------10------------|-------15---------------|
2--------------|:--10------10(6~~9(6--|------------------------|
3--------------|:---------------------|-----------10~~10L------|
4---------10(7-|:--10(7----10~~~~9----|-15----------------10---|
5-----10-------|:--10-----------------|----15------------------|
6--8-----------|:----------10(6~~9(6--|-------------------10(6-|
7--------------|:---------------------|-------------------10---|
8--------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
9--------------|:---------------------|------------------------|
10-------------|:---------------------|------------------------|

F Bb9 A- Ab-
1---------10------------|------------|
2-----------------------|------------|
3-----------------------|------------|
4--10-------------------|-5(7--4(7---|
5-----10-----10~~9--10--|-5----4-----|
6-----------------------|-5----4-----|
7-----------------------|------------|
8-----------------------|------------|
9-----------------------|------------|
10----------------------|------------|

{1st ending..............}
G-7 D7b9 G-7 C7b9 A7#5 D7#9 G-7 C13
1---------------------|-------------------|------------|-----------:|
2---------------------|---------4(6--4(6--|------------|-----------:|
3---------------------|---------4----4----|-------5----|-----------:|
4--3(7--3(7--3~~~~3(7-|-3(7~~3------------|--7R--------|------10(7-:|
5--3----3----3(5------|-3-------4(5--4(5--|--7(5--5----|--10--10(5-:|
6--3----3----3(6------|-3-----------------|------------|--10-------:|
7---------------------|-------------------|--7----5(8--|--10--10---:|
8---------------------|-------------------|------------|--10-------:|
9---------------------|-------------------|------------|-----------:|
10--------------------|-------------------|--7----5(8--|------10---:|

F
1---------|---
2---------|---
3--5------|---
4--5------|---
5--5------|---
6--5------|---
7---------|---
8---------|---
9---------|---
10--------|---

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-John [This message was edited by John Steele on 23 October 2000 at 02:40 PM.]

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 21 Oct 2000 1:33 pm

John--once again you have tantalized me with a piece of tab that is out of my reach (due to a bastardized E9/B6 setup that makes reading C6 tab a real moving your lips sort of excercise.
But nonetheless, you are awesome, dude.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 21 Oct 2000 11:55 pm

John; that is one fine piece of tabbing my friend. Your chart and measures are super. Your work here is admirable.
Ricky[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 22 October 2000 at 12:56 AM.]

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 22 Oct 2000 6:57 pm

Great tab! We are so lucky to have all this fine material on the Forum!

Being a real old timer, I am especially lucky that I can play all those old tunes without tab, from memory.

Any 6th tuning will do, but I feel most comfortable with my old E6-E13-E9 S12 tuning.

This Tab section of the Forum is just great for all the guys......al

Bud Harger · Post by **Bud Harger** » 23 Oct 2000 5:35 am

John;

You are truly amazing! Thank you, thank you thank you!

I can hardly wait to get home and try this out. I appreciate what you do for all of us.

Bud

Jeff Lampert · Post by **Jeff Lampert** » 23 Oct 2000 9:07 am

John,
I didn't try this out because I'm not familiar with the song, so I'm probably off base. I just wanted to ask if the D7#9 chord in the ending should have been on the 5th fret, and not the 3rd? The tab looks great and if I can get a copy of the song, I'd love to try it. .. Jeff

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 23 Oct 2000 10:29 am

Ack! Jeff is right !
I have amended that D7#9 chord to the right fret. Thank you Jeff !
Thanks for reading....
-John
Edit: Jeff, if you are interested in hearing this tune, I found a track of it on MP3.com, by a guy named Matthew Aaron Dusk. (?) I don't know how he treats it, because (as usual) I couldn't get it to play on my system. I'm sure the problem is at my end.
Harold Arlen wrote the tune... it's a golden oldie.
Anyway, it's here:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/41/matthewaaron_dusk.html
[This message was edited by John Steele on 23 October 2000 at 02:38 PM.]

Dave Burton · Post by **Dave Burton** » 23 Oct 2000 11:09 pm

John,playing tab on the E9,B6th does take alittle time but it does get easier. DB

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Oct 2000 8:11 pm

John, thanks again for your efforts and I'd like to tell all you guys that this song is one of many wonderful songs done on a CD by Steve Tyrell called A New Standard (Atlantic). This easy listening jazz CD has no steel on it but it is magnificent.