 Bluebell  T. Morse & E. Madden    Arranged by Merle Travis   Edited by Jack Baker Transcribed from the Capitol Album
 "Walkin' The Strings"; Tabledited by
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   G9        G7+5           A7     @P
    Ab7       i       C     @@      C 4  "  @@8  #      A7                  G7 8    @ <    Ab7              ENeedless to say, as all the versions on the Walkin' the Strings album are, this is my favorite version.  I'm not quite sure why.  Maybe it's because Merle plays it a little bit faster than his other recordings of it, or because it's acoustic and I prefer that sound.

If I were to arrange a version for performance, it would be about 75% from this version.

There are a couple of difficult chords to play, but pretty much a straight forward arrangement.  Merle plays this version without a capo, but in later versions he played this tune in D with the capo on the second fret.    c         0w  #',16      Acoustic Guitar   001101110000=107:>899<>7F000P041S0//1000000000001EE4/111103'::::H<1000010@0020000000008V0000000Page &p / &n                                                                                                                    &c&2&t &c&6&s &r&3&m                                                                                                            &r&3&t - &3&s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
