Take A Look At That Baby (a Ragtime exercise for guitar)
by John Fahey

"This song, which is preserved in the archives of the Groat and Isaiah Nettles
Volkmusik Library in Heliotrope, Maryland, has only one verse"-JF

From ISBN 0-89122-021-6, "Vol 2, Death Chants Breakdowns and Military Waltzes",Takoma Records

Tablature transcribed by Andrew Stranglen, who can be contacted easily through the Yahoo Group FaheyGuitarPlayers

~ = bend
h = hammer on
Standard tuning EADGBE
4/4

1A (intro measure)

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1B (repeat from here after pt. 1)                                 

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 3                            4
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 5                             6                                  
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 7                              8                                    
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 9                              10
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 11                             12
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 13                             14
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 15                             16                 
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 17                             18
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 19                             20
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 21                             22                               
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 23                             24
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 25                             26
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 27                             28
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 29                             30                             
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 31                             32
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 33                             34
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 35
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36A (1. 1st time- go to 1B)             36B (2. end 2nd time)
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