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 Variation     A7                  A# dim7              E7(9)                 7(+5)             A                  A                	 	 9               	  7+11              7                 A  Н  d F#7               B11                7                   A7    i    i   A13   d            min7      d      9   /  @@  0   F#7   4  @   5   B11   9  @0  :     Blues  @C  ?   A   ;  @@  <    6   @  @   A   D9 -  E  @0  F   C ?  J  @C  K   
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	A(6)  T  @ i  U  	 B11   Y  @{  Z    C   ^  @  _    A9                                  A @  h  @   )  		A  -  -  @0  .  F7 ?  2  @C  3  E7 R  7  @@V  8  Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded their version of the Farewell Blues in the late '40's.  This had been popular big band tune and a somewhat unusual choice for a band that played traditional country music.  Earl's inimitable banjo style soon made the Farewell Blues a staple in many Bluegrass bands.

All of my life I've been curious about writing thumblick guitar parts for traditional banjo/fiddle bluegrass music.  Farewell Blues gave me the opportunity to experiment a bit with translating Earl's banjo breaks to the guitar.  I discovered that sometime they translated really easily, such as in Farewell Blues.

There are three passes to this tune.  The intro, followed by an original arrangement in thumblick style, a "copy" of Earl's banjo break, and a slightly changed repeat of the opening break.  The guitar parts are not difficult, nor have unusual fingerings, but attaining the speed to play this is where the difficulty lies.    c         0  "&+05Acoustic Guitar     c          0   %).38Acoustic Guitar     c           0 5:?D        Bass              001101110000=107:>899<>7F000P042S0//2000000000001EE1,1110010::::H<100001000000000000008V0000000Page &p / &n                                                                                                                    &c&2&t &c&6&s &r&3&m                                                                                                            &r&3&t - &3&s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  