Friend of the devil mando tab?

[Narayan Kersak]

Does anyone have or know where I could find The Dead's Friend of the Devil tab for mandolin???

[Dan Cole]

I think this song is on Garcia-Grisman. As I recall if you can play by ear you should be able to figure it out from that track..
Dan

[PaulD]

I assume you're talking about the original studio recording on American Beauty... sorry, I don't know where to find it. In general I don't think Grisman is doing anything overly complicated unless you want to learn it note-for-note.

pd

[Narayan Kersak]

I got it. It's easy. Nothing tricky at all. Thx!

[AlanN]

Yep, as I recall, it's all pretty scalar with standard chord figures, like 0-2-3 for C.

[PaulD]

That's what I recall... with a chord or double-stop slide from Db to D behind the beginning of the chorus.

pd

[Tom C]

For a fast version I utilized "Pickin' on the Dead" CD to get me started.

[GVD]

That's what I recall... with a chord or double-stop slide from Db to D behind the beginning of the chorus.

I thought it was a C to C# slide near the beginning of the bridge.

GVD

[ffpizza5]

The bluegrass tune blackberry blossom 2nd "A" part fits nicely over the verse.

Cheers

[PaulD]

That's what I recall... with a chord or double-stop slide from Db to D behind the beginning of the chorus.

I thought it was a C to C# slide near the beginning of the bridge.

GVD

I could be wrong... it's been awhile since I've played it or even listened to the LP/CD, but I think it's a half step up (Db-D). The part I'm thinking of is the "Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night", which I think is basically a straight D chord but Grisman spiced it up with the slide.

pd

[GVD]

I could be wrong... it's been awhile since I've played it or even listened to the LP/CD, but I think it's a half step up (Db-D). The part I'm thinking of is the "Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night", which I think is basically a straight D chord but Grisman spiced it up with the slide.

pd

Well I guess we're both right since we're talking about an enharmonic chord C#/Db but I called it a C# since I started on the C and went up rather than down to Db from the D. But then again theory's not my strong suit so YMMV. #

GVD