Marilyn
by
John Fahey
Transcribed by Melissa Stephenson
First released in 1975 on "Old Fashioned Love", this tune appears again on the 1992 album "Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories", this time titled "Twilight On Prince Georges Avenue". It turns up yet again in 1999, again as "Marilyn", on "Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites", having been recorded before a live audience on the electric guitar with a little echo and reverb. It's one of my favorite Fahey tunes; I love it when the melody drops into the first position and uses that dreamy little chromatic thing in measure 15.
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Open D Tuning: D A D F# A
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Blues in 4/4 time
Intro:
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