by JACKSON C. FRANK

Arrangement by Graeme Allwright

 
For a tablature of  the original version by Jackson C.Frank you can see and download it here
 
Version française  
You will hear that this version is a bit more complicated to play than Jackson C Frank's original. It is also a bit different than Bert Jansch's one. This is the way the New-Zealander Graeme Allwright re-arranged the picking patterns. A very pleasant picking tune not that easy to play. I learnt it a long time ago. My fingers having a good memory, I tabbed the song from them (not that easy either !).

 " Catch a boat to England Baby .."
 (The lyrics are at the end of the tab)

You can hear a MP3 demo ( recorded by myself (instrument only!) if you download it by hitting the bottle (with the mouse of course) :

( I AM CURRENTLY PREPARING A BETTER VERSION THAN THIS ONE THAT WILL BE A MEDLEY OF VERSIONS BY BERT JANSCH AND JOHN RENBOURN ALSO )

LEGEND :

Q - quarter
E - 8th

h - hammer on
p - pull off

Capo on 3 rd fret  
 
  ||||O|
  |||O||
 3O|||O|
  ||||||
         Bb
     Q    E  E   E  E  E  E     E   E  E  Q    E  Q    
E||--------------------------|-------------------------|
B||-----------------3--------|--1p--0------------------|
G||----------0h--2-----------|------------2----0-------|
D||-------0------------0-----|---------0----------0----|
A||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--3-----------------------|--3----------------------|


                          O|||O|
                          |||O||
                                              3||O|||
                          ||||||

 Q    E  E   E  E  Q       Q    Q    E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  Q    -------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------3-------|--1------------------1--|-----------1-------------|
----------0h--2----------|---------------2--------|-----2-----------0-------|
-------0------------0----|-------3----------3-----|--------3-----------0----|
-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--3----------------------|--3---------3-----------|--1-----------0----------|

  Q    E  E   E  E  E  E     E   E  E  Q    E  Q       Q    E  E  E  E  Q    
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------0-------|
-----------------3--------|--1p--0------------------|-------0----------------|
----------0h--2--------0--|------------2----0-------|----------0-------------|
-------0------------0-----|---------0----------0----|-------2-----------2----|
--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
--3-----------------------|--3----------------------|--0----------0----------|


  Q    E  E   E  E  Q       Q    E  E   E  E  E  E     E   E  E  Q    E  Q    
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
--1--------------1-------|-----------------3--------|--1p--0------------------|
----------0h--2----------|----------0h--2--------0--|------------2----0-------|
-------3------------3----|-------0------------0-----|---------0----------0----|
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
--1----------------------|--3-----------------------|--3----------------------|


  Q    E  E   E  E  Q       Q    E  E   E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E  
-------------------------|--------------------------|----------3--------------|
----------0h--1----------|----------1p--0-----------|----------------------1--|
--2--------------2-------|--0--------------0-----0--|----------------0--------|
-------0------------0----|-------2------------2-----|-------0-----------2-----|
-------------------------|--3-----------------------|-------------------------|
--2----------------------|--------------------------|--3----------3-----------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  
--------------------------|-----------3--------------|
-----------1-----------1--|-----------------------1--|
-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
--------3-----------2-----|--------0-----------2-----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  
--------------------------|----------3--------------|--------------------------|
-----------1-----------1--|----------------------1--|-----------1-----------1--|
-----0-----------0--------|----------------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
--------3-----------2-----|-------0-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
--3-----------3-----------|--3----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
-----------3--------------|--------------------------||
-----------------------1--|-----------1-----------1--||
-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------||
--------0-----------2-----|--------3-----------2-----||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------||

Tabbed by myself . All comments welcome here.


Catch a boat to England Baby 
Maybe to Spain
Wherever I have gone
Wherever I've been and gone
Wherever I have gone
Blues run the game

Send out for whisky Baby
Send out for gin
Me I'm a room service
Me I'm a room service
Me I'm a room service
Living a life of sin

When I'm not drinking baby
You're on my mind
When I'm not sleeping baby
When I'm not sleeping girl
When I'm not sleeping baby
You know you'll find me around

Living like a gambler babe
Loving much the same
Wherever I have gone
Whenever I've thrown those dice
Wherever I am playing
Blues run the game

Try another city Baby
Try another town
Wherever I have gone
Wherever I've been and gone
Wherever I have gone
Blues follow me down

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