Cavatina - Stanley Myers theme music from 'The Deer Hunter' solo guitar version, arrangement and fingering by John Williams the tab is based on the solo guitar sheet version (Robbins, London, 1971)- this differs from the recording - see Comments below the tab for more info Roman Numerals indicate barre positions Left-Hand Fingering is below the tab play measures 1-51, then 1-24, then 76-87 Time 3/4 1. CIV CVI E+--7----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ B+--------------------5----------------+--------------------9----------------+ G+*-------------4-----------4----------+--------------8-----------8----------+ D+*-------6-----------------------6----+--------6-----------------------6----+ A+-------------------------------------+--6----------------------------------+ E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 1 3. CIX CIX E+--------9----------------------------+-------------------------------------+ B+-10h-12-------------10---------------+-------------------10----------------+ G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------9-----------9----------+ D+-------11----------------------11----+-------11----------------------11----+ A+-------------------------------------+--9----------------------------------+ E+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 2 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 5. CVII CVII E+-----7--9----------------------------+--------------------------------7----+ B+-10-----------------10---------------+----------------------------------10-+ G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------------8----------------+ D+--------7-----------------------7----+--------------7-----------7----------+ A+-------------------------------------+--------9-----------------------9----+ E+--7----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 [see Comments below] 7. E+--7----------------------------------+--------------------------------5p-4-+ B+--------------------9----------------+--------------------3----------------+ G+--------------8-----------8----------+--------------4-----------4----------+ D+--------9-----------------------9----+--------6----------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+--0----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 1 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 1 2 9. CII (x32030@1) CIIE+--4----------------------------------+--2-------------------------------0--+ (x32030@1)B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------2----------------+ G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----------2----------+ D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------4-----------------------4----+ A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 11. E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------0----------------+ G+--------------0-----------0----------+--------------0-----------0----------+ D+--------0-----------------------0----+--------2-----------------------2----+ A+-------------------------------------+--3----------------------------------+ E+--3----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 2 3 2 2 13. CIIE+--0----------------------------------+--------------2----------------------+ (x32030@1)B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------------4----------+ G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----4-----2----------+ D+--------4-----------------------4----+--------4-----------------------4----+ A+--2----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 3 15. E+--0----------------------------------+--0-----------0-----------7----11----+ B+--------------------------------0----+--------0-----------9----------------+ G+--2-----------1-----------1----------+-------------------------------------+ D+--------4-----------2----------------+-------------------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 4 17. CIX CIX E+-12----------------------------------+-12----------------------------11p-9-+ B+--------------------9----------------+--------------------9----------------+ G+--------------9-----------9----------+--------------9-----------9----------+ D+--------9-----------------------9----+--------9-----------------------9----+ A+-------------------------------------+--9----------------------------------+ E+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19. CIX CVII E+--9----11h1211----------------------+--------------------------9-----7----+ B+-------------------11----------------+--------------------9----------------+ G+-------------------------11----------+--------------8----------------------+ D+--------------------------------9----+--------9----------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 [see Comments below] 21. CII (x32030@1) CVII E+--5----------------------------------+--------------7----------------------+ B+--------------------2----------------+-10-----------------------7----------+ G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------------8----------------+ D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------------7-----------7----------+ A+-------------------------------------+--------9------------------------9---+ E+--2----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 23. @ E+-------------------------------------+--------------------------0-----2----+ B+--9----------------------------------+--------------------3----------------+ G+--------------------8----------------+--------------4---------------------*+ D+--------------9-----------9----------+--------2---------------------------*+ A+--------7-----------------------7----+-------------------------------------+ E+--0----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 25. (CII) CV E+--4----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+ B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------7----------------+ G+*-------------2-----------2----------+--------------6-----------6----------+ D+*-------2-----------------------2----+--------7-----------------------7----+ A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 1 27. CVI E+--6----------------------------------+--7----------------------------------+ B+--------------------7----------------+--------0-----------7-----------0----+ G+--------------6-----------6----------+--------------8-----------8----------+ D+--------8-----------------------8----+-------------------------------------+ A+--7----------------------------------+--6----------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 29. E+--7----------------------------------+-12----------------------------------+ B+--------0-----------7-----------0----+--------------0-----------0----------+ G+--------------7-----------7----------+--------0-----------9-----------0----+ D+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+--8----------------------------------+ 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 31. E+-12-----8-----8----10----10-----7----+--7-----8-----8-----------7-----8----+ B+-------------------------------------+--------------------10---------------+ G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ D+-10----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ A+--9----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+--7----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 33. E+-12----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ B+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ G+--9-----5-----5-----7-----7-----4----+--4-----5----------------------------+ D+-------------------------------------+--------------7-----4-----2----------+ A+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------3----+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 35. E+-------------------------------------+--------------------2----------------+ B+-------------------------------------+--------------2-----------2----------+ G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ D+-------------------------------------+--------2-----------------------2----+ A+--2-----------------------------0----+--1----------------------------------+ E+--------5-----3-----2-----3----------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 37. CII (x32030@1) CIII E+--------------------2----------------+-------------------------------------+ B+--------------3----------------------+--------------------3----------------+ G+-------------------------------------+--------------3-----------3----------+ D+--------4----------------------------+--------3-----------------------3----+ A+--2------------------------2----4----+--5----------------------------------+ E+--------------------2----------------+--4----------------------------------+ 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 39. CI CIII E+-------------------------------------+--------------------3----------------+ B+-------------------------------------+--------------4-----------4----------+ G+-------------------------------------+--------3-----------------------3----+ D+--3-----------1-----------1-----3----+--5----------------------------------+ A+--------1-----------1----------------+--4----------------------------------+ E+--2-----------2----------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 41. CI E+-------------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+ B+-------------------------------------+--------------0-----------0----------+ G+--3-----------1-----------1-----3----+--4----------------------------------+ D+--------1-----------1----------------+--------2-----------------------2----+ A+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+--4----------------------------------+ 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 1 43. CIIE+--------------------0----------------+-------------------------------------+ (x32030@1)B+--------------0-----------0-------2--+--0----------------------------------+ G+-------------------------------------+--------------------2----------------+ D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------------1-----------1----------+ A+-------------------------------------+--------2-----------------------2----+ E+--3----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 2 45. E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ B+-----------------------------------2-+--0----------------------------------+ G+--------------------2----------------+--------------------1----------------+ D+--------------1------------1---------+--------------0-----------0----------+ A+--------2------------------------2---+--------2-----------------------2----+ E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 4 2 3 1 4 1 3 2 1 2 47. E+-------------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+ B+--------2----------------------------+--------------0-----------0----------+ G+--------------2-----1----------------+--------2-----------------------2----+ D+--------------------------4-----2----+--2----------------------------------+ A+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 2 49. CII (x32030@1) (CI) E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ B+--------------------4-----0----------+-------------------------------------+ G+--------2-----------------------2----+--2-----------1-----------------1----+ D+--------------4-----------1----------+--2-----4-----------1-----2----------+ A+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 51. D.C. al @ Coda E+--------------------0-----4-----5---|| B+--0-----------0---------------------|| G+--------1--------------------------*|| D+-----------------------------------*|| A+------------------------------------|| E+------------------------------------|| 1 4 5 @ 76. (CII) CIIE+--4----------------------------------+--2-------------------------------0--+ (x32030@1)B+--------------------2----------------+--------------------2----------------+ G+--------------2-----------2----------+--------------2-----------2----------+ D+--------2-----------------------2----+--------4-----------------------4----+ A+--0----------------------------------+--5----------------------------------+ E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 78. E+--2----------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+ B+--------------------0----------------+--------------------0----------------+ G+--------------0-----------0----------+--------------0-----------0----------+ D+--------0-----------------------0----+--------2-----------------------2----+ A+-------------------------------------+--3----------------------------------+ E+--3----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 2 3 2 2 80. CII (x32030@1) CIIE+-------------------------------------+--------------2----------------------+ (x32030@1)B+--5----------------------------------+--------------------------4----------+ G+--------------------2----------------+--------------2-----4-----2----------+ D+--------------2-----------2----------+--------4-----------------------4----+ A+--------4-----------------------4----+--2----------------------------------+ E+--2----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 82. (CI) E+--0----------------------------------+--------------------0----------------+ B+-------------------------------------+--0-----------0-----------9-----12---+ G+--2-----------1-----------------1----+--------1----------------------------+ D+--------4-----------1-----2----------+-------------------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ E+--0----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 84. CIX CIIE+-11----------12----------------------+-------------------------------------+ (x32030@1)B+--9----------------------------------+--4-----------5----------------------+ G+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ D+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ A+-------------------------------------+--4----------------------------------+ E+--9----------------------------------+--2----------------------------------+ 3 4 3 4 arp. 2 arp. 86. CII (x32030@1) tenuto E+--------2--4--2----------------------+--0---------------------------------|| B+--5----------------------5-----------+------------------------------------|| G+--2----------------------------------+--2-----------4---------------------|| D+--4----------------------------------+--4-----------6---------------------|| A+--2----------------------------------+------------------------------------|| E+-------------------------------------+--0---------------------------------|| 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 3 3 arp. ****************************************************************************** Comments according to posts on the newsgroup rec.music.classical.guitar John Williams did a double-take recording, so there is probably no definitively correct solo version in tab or in sheet - "Although it won't always be technically possible to hold on to the melody as written, it has been put down like it is in order to convey the feeling of legato to be aimed at" (from the sheet) eg measure 5 - the broken chord - the sheet has B,A,E,A,E,A - the record has B,A,C#,E,C#,A (which is playable?) - 5. CVII E+-----7--9----------------------------+ B+-10----------------------------------+ G+--------------------9----------------+ D+--------7-----11----------11-----7---+ A+-------------------------------------+ E+--7----------------------------------+ measure 19 - a suggestion from Manabu Saeki - manabusaeki@hotmail.com 19. E+--9----11h1211----------------------+ B+--------------0----------0-----------+ G+-------------------8-----------------+ D+-------------------------------------+ A+--------9-----------------------9----+ E+--7----------------------------------+ 3 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 ******************************************************************************