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Here are my cheat sheets for the trickier intros on the Hank show I played last night:
<font face="monospace" size="3"><pre> Let's Turn Back the Years - D
G#__15_16_|_17___15_______|_______________|____________10__|_____________________________
E __15_16_|_17___15___17__|_15____________|__10____________|__10_________________________
C#________|___________17__|_15___17___15__|________________|_____________________________
B ________|_______________|_______________|_______10_______|__10_________________________
G#________|_______________|_______________|__10____________|__10_________________________
E ________|_______________|______17___15__|________________|_____________________________
. . . . . . . . . . .

Baby We're really In Love - G
E __11_12_13_|_14__14__14_12____|_______14_13_12______|_7___7__________|_________________
C __11_12_13_|_14__14__14_12____|_12_14_14_13_12_14___|_7___7_____7____|__7___7__________
A ___________|__________________|_12_14__________14___|_____________7__|_________________
G ___________|__________________|_____________________|___________7____|__7___7__________
E ___________|__________________|_____________________|________________|__7___7__________
C ___________|__________________|_____________________|________________|_________________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Honky Tonk Blues - A
G#___________|__________________|______________________|___________________|_17__17______
E ________17_|_20__19__19_17____|_20__20-19_20-19__16__|_17_17__________17_|_17__17______
C#_____17_17_|_20__19__19_17____|_20__20-19_20-19______|___________________|_____________
B __17_17____|__________________|__________________16__|_17_17_______17_17_|_17__17______
G#__17_______|__________________|______________________|_____________17____|_____________
E ___________|__________________|______________________|___________________|_____________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cold, Cold Heart - D
G#__15__16__|_17__15_15________|_________________|_________________|_________10__10_|_10_
E __15__16__|_17__15_15____17__|_17__15_15_______|_____15__________|_10______10__10_|_10_
C#__________|______________17__|_17__15_15____11_|_12______17__15__|________________|____
B __________|__________________|_________________|_________________|_________10__10_|_10_
G#__________|__________________|_________________|_____15__________|_10_____________|____
E __________|__________________|______________11_|_12______17__15__|________________|____
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I Can't Help It - C
E __17__18__|_19__19__17________|_____17__________|_12______________|____________________
C __17__18__|_19__19__17__19-18_|_17__17__19__17__|_12______12______|____________________
A __________|_____________19-18_|_17______19__17__|_________________|____________________
G __________|___________________|_________________|_____________12__|____________________
E __________|___________________|_________________|_________________|_12_________________
C __________|___________________|_________________|_________________|____________________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</pre></font>Sorry about the width. If you want the original RTF file (Windows Wordpad), send me an email.

By the way, I didn't have the record of "Let's Turn Back The Years" so I made that one up. These are in the All-Stars' keys (not Hank's), and they aren't exactly like the parts on the original recordings. Pretty close, though.

Hey b0b thanks for this pal>great stuff to know and we appreciate your input here.
I'll let the width thing go for now
Ricky

Can any of these be done on E9th?

I usually press the 'A' pedal on E9th to get the C# string from Don Helms E6th stuff. Don doesn't use the B and C# notes at the same time very often. So it's like: <font face="monospace" size="3"><pre>
E9 = E6
psg = lap
1 x
2 x
3 G# 1
4 E 2
5 C# (with A pedal) 3
or B (without) 4
6 G# 5
7 x
8 E 6
9 x
10 x </pre></font>For the C6th stuff, lower your E strings with the lever and use strings 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. That's a B6th. Since the tuning used was C6th, you'll have to adjust everything up a fret.

Often when I'm playing Hank Williams tunes on the E9th, I alternate between those two positions (A pedal vs. E's lowered). You don't hear both tunings together on any of the records, but using them both (and no other positions) can really get that "old Hank" feeling across.

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 24 September 2000 at 04:39 PM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks "Master" b0b for this. Great info and great stuff to know.


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REALLY!

The band I hooked up with plays a lot of this stuff. This will come in VERY handy.

Thanks b0b.

john

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