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From Country Gazette, "America's Bluegrass Band." Flying Fish FF295.
ho = hammer-on; po = pull-off.
__ D__ __ G__ __ D__ __ __
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A----------||------------------------------|-----------------------------
----------||o---0-------------2--4---5--2-|--0--------------------------
----4--5--||o------4---0--4---------------|-----4---0--------------5--4-
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A___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ D ___
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-----------------------------------|----------------2----0--------------
---2----------------2---4---5---2--|----4---0---4----------------4---5--
-------6---2---6-------------------|------------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
___ ___ G___ ___ D___ ___ ___
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------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
----0----------------2---4---5---2--|---0-------------------------------
--------4---0---4-------------------|-------4---0----------------5---4--
------------------------------------|---------------4----2--------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
1_________________________ 2_______________________
A_ _ _ _ | _ _ D _ || _ _ D _
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--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------o||----------------4-5----|
-2--------2-4-5-2---|---4-0---2--0---4-5-----o||---4-0---2--0----------|
---6-2-6------------|-------6-----------------||-------6---------------|
|___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___|
A___ ___ ___ ___ D___ ___ ___
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B||--0----------------0---2---3---0--|---2---0--------------------2---5--
||o-----4---0---4-------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
Em ___ D ___ A___ ___ ___
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---3-------0---3----2-----------2--|----0-------------------------------
----------------------------5------|--------5---4---2----0-------4---5--
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
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|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
___ ___ ___ ___ D___ ___ ___
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----0----------------0---2---3---0--|---2---0--------------------2---5--
--------4---0---4-------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
1_________________________ 2_______________________
G_3_ _ D _ | A_ _ D _ || A_ _ D
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-3-5-3-0-3--2-----2-|---0---------------------||---0-----0------------||
-ho-po----------5---|-----5--4-0--5----4-5---o||-----5-4----5---------||
--------------------|------------------------o||----------------------||
--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------||
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A higher octave alternative to the A part:
__ D__ __ G__ __ D__ __ __
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A----2--3--||----5--2------2---7--9---10-7-|--5--2------------------3--2-
----------||o----------5------------------|---------5--2----0-----------
----------||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------
----------||------------------------------|-----------------------------
____| |______| |______| |______| |______|
A___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ D ___
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---0----------------0---2---3---0--|----2-------3--------5-------2---3--
-------4---0---4-------------------|--------0-------0-------------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
___ ___ G___ ___ D___ ___ ___
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----5---2-------2----7---9---10--7--|---5---2--------------------3---2--
------------5-----------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
1_________________________ 2_______________________
A_ _ _ _ | _ _ D _ || _ _ D _
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-0--------0-2-3-0---|---2---0--------2-3------||---2---0---------------|
---4-0-4------------|-----5---4--5-----------o||-----5---4--5---4-5----|
--------------------|------------------------o||-----------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___|
End with this after the B:
D___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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---10--7---5---10---7---5----------|----5---2--------------------2---5--
----------------------------9------|------------1---2-------------------
-----------------------------------|-------------sl------5--------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
Em ___ D ___ A___ D
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----3-------0---3----2-----------2--|--0------------------------------||
-----------------------------5------|------5---4--------5-------------||
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