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                             Mason's Children - Grateful Dead

Tabbed by: paul
E-mail: stashj8@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard !

Ok, let me preface by saying that I love this song lol. I am going by the aborted STUDIO 
cut for I believe Workingman's Dead. So it's not a live version (sorry!) but it'll get 
you where you need to be. So here goes :

intro : (tacet until 0:12)

G|/9999-9999-x9999-12-/9999-9999-9-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------9---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

riff 1 (0:19)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----55-77x-55-77--75--------55-77x-55-77----------------------------------|
A|7-77-----------------7--7-77-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verses (0:25)
G|-------------------------------7-777h8h9-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------7-7-7-7---------------------------|
A|7x77x77x77x77x789-x99x99x99x99--------------------7x77x77x77x77------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


G|---------------11-119----------------7-77--6-66--4-44----------------------|
D|------------7h9------7---9x999x9x999------------------7-5------------------|
A|9x999x99x99-----------------------------------------------05/7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

riff 2 (0:52)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5---5-7-5--------------5---5-7-5-----------------------------------|
A|7-x0h5h7--7-------05-77-x0h5h7---7-------05--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


riff 3(1:27)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----55-77-55-77-8----------------------------------------------------------|
A|7x7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

bridge (1:32)
G|------------------------11-------11---------------------11-----------------|
D|9x99x99x99x99-9--------9--9-----9--9------------------9-----9--------------|
A|----------------7--9x9------9x9------999-------------7-7---7-7-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------5x555x555x55----------------------|

(1:45) If you're lost at all here's a nice easy one note groove for you :)

G|-------------------------------------------9-------------------------------|
D|99999999-/99999999-/99999999-/99999999-9h11--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And that's all the riffs!!
Here is the order :
Intro
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 3
Bridge
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 3
Bridge
fin !!!





| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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