'Viola Lee Blues' by Grateful Dead - Guitar Tutorial

            Intro:
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--8~~~- 
-10~~~- 
--9~~~- 
-10~~~- 
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--------1---3---1---| 
-1--3-3---3---3---1-| 
 
           G
The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it. 
          G
Clerk he wrote it down indeed-a 
       C                             G
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down 
                    F       C                      G
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound 
 
Before every solo: 
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----3---3-5~-| 
-/5---5------| 
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1st solo: 
-----------------------------------------------10--8-6h8p6---6--| 
----6---6-6h8~~--------------------6h8--6h8---------------8---8-| 
-/7---7-----------7-3---3-5(7)----------------------------------| 
------------------------5---------------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
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-7-3---3-3(5)-----------------------------------------------| 
-------5--------5-3---3-----------------3---5--5--5-5p3h5-5-| 
--------------------5---5--3--1------/5---5-----------------| 
--------------------------------1-3-------------------------| 
                                              12x 
-------------------------------------------||-------13-||---- 
----------------------------------6---6-8-||-13h15-----||---- 
----------------3---3-5(7)5-3-5/7---7------||----------||-12- 
-3--3-1-3-1-3-5---5------------------------||----------||---- 
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Some got six month some got one solid. 
Some got one solid year indeed-e 
Some got six month some got one solid. 
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here 
 
2nd solo: 
-----13----13-15~~-------------------------15-15-15-15~~--| 
-/15----15----------15-11----11-13(15)--------------------| 
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                            4x 
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-15-11----11-13(15)-----||-13(15)13----||-----------------13(15)13----11-13-| 
----------12------------||----------12-||--12-10----10-12----------12-------| 
------------------------||-------------||--------12-------------------------| 
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-----15~~--15(17)-15(17)-15p13----------------------------------------------| 
-/15---------------------------15------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11----| 
-------------------------------------/12--12---------------------12---------| 
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------------13----13-15~~-15p13----13---------------------------------------| 
-13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13	-13(15)-13p11----11-11------| 
------------------------------------------------------------12-------12-----| 
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   12x 
||-------13-||---- 
||-13h15----||----  
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I wrote a letter I mailed in the, Mailed it in the air indeed-a 
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air. 
You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere 
 
3rd solo: 
-3----------------------------------------------------------| 
-3----------------------------------------------------------| 
-4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)------| 
-5----------5----5p3---3-5p3h5---5---5----3-5p3h5-----------| 
---------------------5------------------/5------------------| 
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-----------/8-8-6-8-6--8-8-6-8-6-8-8(10)-8p6--6---6-8(10)-| 
-5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------| 
---------5------------------------------------------------| 
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-13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-| 
--------------------------------------------------------12-------| 
-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
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-5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------| 
-----------5----------------------5-------5-3-5-3-5p3h5---| 
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---------------------------13--15-15~~---------------------------| 
-----------------------/15---------------13(15)~--(15)13p11------| 
------------------------------------------------------------12---| 
-----3---3-5---5p3h5---------------------------------------------| 
-3h5---5---------------------------------------------------------| 
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-----------------------------------------------------------/15-15~~-| 
-11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11----------| 
------------------------------12----------------------12------------| 
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--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
-15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-| 
-----------------------------------------------15---------| 
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-13(15)13P11----11-13(15)-13(15)----------| 
-------------12----------------------5(7)-| 
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Crescendo begins:
    4x                  4x 
||-----------------||-15p13h15--15p13h15p13~~-|| 
||-8p6h8--8p6h8p6~-||-------------------------|| 
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okay, I'm not going to transcribe the entire frenzy, because 
it follows the same blues runs transcribed above. 
 
Follow the G blues scale: 
-------------------------6-8(10)-| 
---------------------6-8---------| 
---------------3-5/7-------------| 
-----------3-5-------------------| 
-----1-3/5-----------------------| 
-1-3-----------------------------| 
 
at the climax of the frenzy, play this chord over and over 
-15-----| 
-15-----| 
-17(19)- 
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then sing the airmail verse over:
-----------3~-| 
-----------3~-| 
-----------4~-| 
----3---3--5~-| 
-/5---5-------| 
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