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 | |
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 shit 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 shit 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 | |
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 shit 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 | |