Nocturne in Fm, Op 55 No 1 - Frederic Francois Chopin (1810-1849) (simple arrangement of opening theme transposed to Am) guitar tablature: Weed - weed@wussu.com [see Notes below] 4/4 time Andante 1 | | | | | | | | | | . | . | | E -----------------|-------5---3---1---|---0---0--1-0-------| B -------------5---|-------5---3-------|------4---------0---| G -----------------|-------5-----------|----------------1---| D -----------------|-------------------|----------------2---| A -----------------|---0-------2-------|---3----------------| E -----------------|-------------------|------------0-------| 4...4 1 4 1 3...........3...3 1 2 2 3 2 arp arp arp arp 4 | | | . . | . . | . . | . . | | | | | | E -----5---3-----1-3-1-|---0---------0h1-0-------|-------5---3---1---| B -----5-------3-------|-------0-1-3---------0---|-------5---3-------| G -----5-----0---------|-----0---------------1---|-------5-----------| D ---------------------|---------------------2---|-------------------| A -0-------2-----------|---3---------------------|---0-------2-------| E ---------------------|-----------------0-------|-------------------| 4...4 1 4 1 1 4 1 4...4 1 3 3 1 3...3 2 2 3 2 2 2 CII.... CI................ arp arp 7 | | | . | . | | | | . | | | | E -0-----------------0--1-|--------------------|-------------------|| B -------------3--2h3-----|---1-------1---0----|-------------------|| G -------------2----------|---2-------1------2-|---2---------------|| D -------------0----------|-----------2--------|---2---------------|| A -3----------------------|---0----------------|---0---------------|| E ------------------------|-----------0--------|-------------------|| 4 1 4 1 1.......1 1 3 1 3.....3 3 2............2 ***************************************************************** Notes 0h1 play the open string, then hammer-on the 1st fret 2h3 play the 2nd fret, then hammer-on the 3rd fret arp arpeggiate (play chord from low to high notes with rippling effect) CI barre top 3 strings on 1st fret with 1st finger CII barre top 3 strings on 2nd fret with 1st finger |.. triplet left-hand fingering (below the tab) - 1 1st (fore) finger 2 2nd (index) finger 3 3rd (ring) finger 4 4th (little) finger (pinkie) ***************************************************************** 11 July 1998 - last amended 22 August 2002