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Here is a version that gives this well-known reel a different perspective. It’s another of Tommy Potts’ creations which I learned from a reel-to-reel tape he gave to me in 1970.
DE | =F3 G ABcB | Ad{/=f} dd AdcA | =F/A/F FG ABcA |
G_B AG FDDE | =F/A/F- FG ABcB | Ad dc defg | af ge ed^cA |
GB AG FD-DE || =FF-FE F/A/F FE | =F/A/F FA d2 AG | =F/A/F FG ABcA |
G_B AG FDDE | =F/A/F- FG ABcB | Ad dc de fg | ^ga-a=g e=ffe |
d/=f/d dc _B/d/B BA || GA _BG ABGA | _B/=B/c c_B GABE | =F/E/F- FG ABcA |
GB AG FD DE | =F/A/F FG ABcB | Ad dc defg | af ge ed ^cA |
GB AG FD-DC || DE =F/E/D EFDE | =F/E/D CD _B,D A,G, | G,A, _B,D GA_BG |
=FA dG EDDC | DE =F/E/D ABcB | Ad dc defg | af ge ed^cA |
GB AG FD De || fd ed fd e^c | Ad d/e/d Adde | fd ed fd BA |
GB AG FD De | fd ed fd e2 | Ad dc de fg | af ge ed^cA |
GB AG FD De || f/g/f eg fde^c | Ad d/e/d Ad de | e=f fg fe AF |
GB AG FDDe | f/e/d ed fde^c | Addc defg | a/^g/a =ga =fgef |
de cd _Bd AG || GA _BG AB GA | _B/=B/c c_B GA BE | =F/E/F- FG ABcA |
G_B AG FDDE | =F/A/F FG ABcB | Ad dc defg | af ge ed^cA |
GB AG FD DE || =F/A/F FE F/A/F FE | =F/A/F FA dc AG | =F/A/F FG AB cA |
G_B AG FD DC | D2 =F/E/D ABcB | Ad dc de fg | af ge ed ^cA |
GBAG FD-DE || =F/A/F FG ABcB | AB cB AB cA | =F/A/F FG ABcA |
GB AG FD DE | =F/A/F FG ABcB | Addc defg | ^ga- a=g e=f fe |
d/e/d dc _B/d/B BA || GA _BG AB GA | _B/=B/c c_B GABE | =F/E/F- FG ABcA |
G_B AG FDDE | =F/A/F FG ABcB | Ad dc de fg | afge ed^cA |
GB AG FD DC || DE =F/E/D EFDE | =F/E/D CD _B,D A,G, | G,A, _B,D GA _BG |
=FA dG EDDC | DE =F/E/D ABcB | Ad dc de fg | af ge ed ^cA |
GB AG FD- De || f/g/f eg fd e^c | Ad d/e/d Adde | e=f-fg fdAF |
GB AG FDDe | fd ed fd e^c | Addc defg | af ge ed ^cA |
GB AG FD =FA || dD Ad A=FDA | GCEC _B,D =FD | A,D =FD GFEC |
_B,DEC DE=FA | dD Ad A=F DA | GC EC _B,D=FD | A,D =FD GECE |
=FE DC D4- | D4 |