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Eskimo Blue Day Tabs

(ver. 1)
Jefferson Airplane
This is a tab for Jorma's lead guitar part for ESKIMO BLUE DAY (1969). I tried to get it 
correct as possible, but you have to remember they always played their songs 
live. So have fun playing around with it. The solo is in Am Pentatonic (seeing 
Paul plays Am chords).

Intro
   :13            :18      :21     :23
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-13v~-13s12/-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7-5-7s10~10s7s5--7p5h7-10-7p5h7--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

   :25     :28           :35     :37      :45               :50    :51
e|-----------5b------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8b-5--------8--8b-5--8b-5---8-5-------------8b------------------------------5-5/8~--|
G|-----5v-------------------7v----7-5------5-5~--7w----5----5-5----------7-5-7--7------|
D|------------------------------------7-7~-----------7t-7-7t-7-7-555555----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--8v--5v--------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

Verse fill:
   1:05       1:12   1:15            1:20               1:27
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------5b~----5---------------5--------5---------5--5-7-77v---|
D|-7-777---------7----77-55-55/7~-----77-5/7---77-5/7----77----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Sun cuts loose…

Chorus:
   1:31   1:34           1:38
e|---------5--------------------------------|
B|-8b-5-----8b--8b-5-------------5-5s8~-----|
G|-----5v-------------7-5---7-5-7-7---------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
  Animal game for me, you call it rain but the human name doesn’t mean sh*t to a tree.


Second verse:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~~~~------------------------5~-7~~~--5~---------5---------5-------------55-777--|
D|--------------------------7~~~---------------------777-5-777-7-5~--55-777---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   If you don’t mind…       River        Tongued…   Me                  Eel…  Snake…

e|---------5--------------------------------|
B|-8b-5-----8b--8b-5-------------5-5s8~-----|
G|-----5v-------------7-5---7-5-7-7---------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
  Electric feel with me, you call it loud but the human crowd doesn’t mean sh*t to a tree



Bridge:
                              2:55
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-13v~-13s12/-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-55-7b-55-7-55---------------|
D|----------------7------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------5b----------------------------------|
B|-8b-5--------8--8b-5--8b-5---8-5---------------|
G|-----5v-------------------7v----7-5------------|
D|------------------------------------7-7~-------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------Rest--------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
  Change the strings and notes slide….

   3:22                             3:34               3:40
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------8------8------8----------5-5/8-|
G|--5------5----------5----5-5-----------7-7-5--7-7-5--7-7-5--7-5-7-7----|
D|-7-7-5--7-7-5-----7t-7-7t-7-7-555555-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~~~~-----------------------------------------5-7-5------|
D|----------------7~~~----------5~------------5-7-----7-5---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
    Water my roots           The natural thing

   3:59
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~~~~-------------------------------------5-7-5---------|
D|----------------7~~~----------5~--------5-7-----7-5------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
    Natural       springs to the sea

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~~~~-------------------------------------5-7-5---------|
D|----------------7~~~----------5~--------5-7-----7-5------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
    Sulfur        springs make my body float

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~~~~-------------------------------------5-7-5---------|
D|----------------7~~~----------5~--------5-7-----7-5------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Like a ship made of logs    from a tree


Chorus:
e|---------5--------------------------------|
B|-8b-5-----8b--8b-5-------------5-5s8~-----|
G|-----5v-------------7-5---7-5-7-7---------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
  Wreckers talk to me, to say it plainly the human name doesn’t mean sh*t to a tree


Pre-verse fill:
e|--8b-5~~-8-5--5---|
B|-------------8-8~~|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Verse four: it’s crazy, just solo over A minor Pentatonic somewhat dissonantly.

Chorus:
e|---------5--------------------------------|
B|-8b-5-----8b--8b-5-------------5-5s8~-----|
G|-----5v-------------7-5---7-5-7-7---------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Solo: more improv on Am Pentatonic. I like to end it with this, which is what Jorma does 
the live Woodstock version:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--5-7-77-7t-7t-7t-7t-7t-7~7b/--|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
            
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