GRATEFUL DEAD - SAN FRANCISCO'S GRATEFUL DEAD
tabbed by MaxxDaddy

Viola Lee Blues

Intro
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          G
The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
         G
Clerk he wrote it down indeed-a
      C                             G
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down
                   F       C                      G
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound

before every solo:
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-/5---5------
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1st solo:

-----------------------------------------------10--8-6h8p6---6----
----6---6-6h8~~--------------------6h8--6h8\---------------8---8\-
-/7---7-----------7\5-3---3-5(7)----------------------------------
------------------------5-----------------------------------------
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-7\5-3---3-3(5)---------------------------------------------
-------5--------5-3---3-----------------3---5--5--5-5p3h5-5-
--------------------5---5--3--1------/5---5-----------------
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                                              12x
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----------------------------------6---6-8\-||-13h15----||
----------------3---3-5(7)5-3-5/7---7------||----------||-12\-
-3--3-1-3-1-3-5---5------------------------||----------||
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Some got six month some got one solid.
Some got one solid year indeed-e
Some got six month some got one solid.
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here

2nd solo:

-----13----13-15~~-------------------------15-15-15-15~~--
-/15----15----------15\13-11----11-13(15)-----------------
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                            4x
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-15\13-11----11-13(15)--||-13(15)13----||-----------------13(15)13----11-13-
----------12------------||----------12-||--12-10----10-12----------12-
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-----15~~--15(17)-15(17)-15p13-------------------------------------------------
-/15---------------------------15\------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11--------------
-------------------------------------/12--12---------------------12
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------------13----13-15~~-15p13----13------------------------------------
-13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13\11-13(15)-13p11----11-11--------------------------
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I wrote a letter I mailed in the, Mailed it in the air indeed-a
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere

3rd solo:

-3---------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------------------------------------------------
-4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)-----
-5----------5----5p3---3-5p3h5---5---5\----3-5p3h5---------
---------------------5------------------/5-----------------
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-----------/8-8-6-8-6--8-8-6-8-6-8-8(10)-8p6--6---6-8(10)-
-5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------
---------5------------------------------------------------
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-13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-
--------------------------------------------------------12--
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-5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------
-----------5----------------------5-------5-3-5-3-5p3h5---
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---------------------------13--15-15~~----------------------------
-----------------------/15---------------13(15)~--(15)13p11------------------
------------------------------------------------------------12-
-----3---3-5\---5p3h5-------------------------------------------------
-3h5---5------------------------------------------------------
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-----------------------------------------------------------/15-15~~-
-11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11---------------------------------------------
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-15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-
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crescendo begins
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okay, I'm not going to transcribe the entire frenzy, because
it follows the same blues runs transcribed above. 

Follow the G blues scale:
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---------------------6-8---------
---------------3-5/7-------------
-----------3-5-------------------
-----1-3/5-----------------------
-1-3-----------------------------


at the climax of the frenzy, play this chord over and over
-15-----
-15-----
-17(19)-
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then sing the airmail verse over

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