Don Mclean "Castles in the air" tab

Tao

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I transcribed from Don Mclean's live show video on Youtube (he was
simply amazing...):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wH-JGZT79kM

This is a video of me playing the following tab (a shortened version):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8AtUYGlko

Enjoy :) and let me know if there is anything wrong..

Castles In The
Air

Don Mclean (transcribed by Parleous)
Track 1 (Capo 2) - Drop D tuning

Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
E||-----------------------|--0-------------0--------|
B||------------0s----3----|----------0-----------0--|
G||-------2---------------|-------0-----------0-----|
D||-----------------------|-------------------------|
A||-----------------------|-------------------------|
D||-----------------------|--0----------2-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
E E E
--0s--2--------------------|-------------------------|--0-------------0--------|
------------3-----0--------|-------------0--3-----3--|----------0-----------0--|
---------0--------------0--|--2-------2--------------|-------0-----------0-----|
---------------------0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--0------------0-----------|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|
---------------------------|--0----------0-----------|--0----------2-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
E E E
--0s--2--------------------|----------------------0--|----------------0--------|
------------3-----0--------|-------------0--3--------|----------0-----------0--|
---------0--------------0--|--2-------2--------------|-------0-----------0-----|
---------------------0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--0------------0-----------|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|
---------------------------|--0----------0-----------|--0----------2-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
--0s--2--------------------|--2-------------2--------|
------------3-----0--------|--3-------3-----------3--|
---------0--------------0--|-------2-----------2-----|
---------------------0-----|-------------------------|
--0------------0-----------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|--0----------0-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
E E E
-----------------0--------|----------------0--------|--0--2-----------2--------|
--0--2-----2-----------2--|--0-------0-----------0--|-----------0-----------0--|
--2-----2-----------2-----|--2----2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
--0-----------0-----------|--0----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|

And if she asks you
why...
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
E E
|---5--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-----------------------------------7--------|----------------7--------|
|
*--------------------------------7-----------7--|--6-------6-----------6--|
|
*-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
|---0--------------------------------0-----------|--0----------0-----------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
E E
-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------0--------|
----------------5--------|----------------3--------|----------0-----------0--|
--4-------4-----------4--|--2-------2-----------2--|-------0-----------0-----|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|
--0----------0-----------|--0----------0-----------|--2----------2-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
E E E
--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------0--------|
--0--2-----2-----2-----0--|----------------0--------|----------0-----------0--|
--------0-----------0-----|--2-------2-----------2--|-------0-----------0-----|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--0-----------0-----------|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|
--------------------------|--0----------0-----------|--2----------2-----------|

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

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
----------------0--------|--0--2-----------2---------||
--0-------0-----------0--|-----------0-----------0---||
--2----2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----*||
-------------------------|--------------------------*||
-------------------------|---------------------------||
--0----------0-----------|--0-----------0------------||

Save me from ...
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
*--0-------------------------0--------|----------------0--------|
*----------------------2-----------2--|----------2-----------2--|
--------------------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
---2----------------------2-----------|--2----------2-----------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E
E E
-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
----------------2--------|----------3------------|-----0-----------0--------|
----------2-----------2--|-------2---------------|-----------0-----------0--|
-------2-----------2-----|--0--------------------|--------0-----------0-----|
--0----------0-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------2----4----|--5-----------4-----------|

E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
E E E
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-----0-----------0--------|----------------0--------|----------------2--------|
-----------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|
--------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--0----------0-----------|
--2-----------0-----------|--2----------2-----------|-------------------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
E E
-------------------------|--0-------------0--------|--2-------------0---------||
--3-------------3--------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
----------2-----------2--|----------2-----------2--|----------2-----------2--
*||
-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----
*||
--0----------0-----------|--0----------0-----------|--0----------0------------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||

(end note)
H
--0----------||
--5----------||
--6----------||
--0----------||
--0----------||
-------------||

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets

Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

Tao

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Jun 22, 2008, 12:25:25 AM6/22/08

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Ok, the format was a little messed up last time; trying again:

Castles In The
Air

Don Mclean (transcribed by
Parleous)
Track 1 (Capo 2)

Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E

G. Verhoef

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Jun 25, 2008, 4:51:05 PM6/25/08

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A beautiful song and I really love your version of it. I'm not quite
sure, but I think I like it better than Don's version. Great job and you
have a very nice voice.

Gosh this is an old song and it brings back memories. Here in the
Netherlands it was the flip side of the single Vincent, more than 30
years ago. One of the singles I bought and I didn't by many. Like Don
Mclean I must be getting older myself as well

Gerard