The Bluebells of Scotland (Traditional Scottish) - arr. by Frank Perkins (2019) https://www.frankperkins.co.uk/music - frank@frankperkins.co.uk see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 9 February 2020 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/anon_the_bluebells_of_scotland.mid audio: https://soundcloud.com/weed-49/bluebells-of-scotland - Frank Perkins standard tuning: E A D G B E key: C major time: 4/4 Tempo comodo (at a moderate easy pace) c5______________________C3______ arp. 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-3-------|-8===============7-------5-------|-3-----------0---5-------7---8---| B|---------|-----5-------5-------5-------3---|-0-------0-----------0---6-------| G|---------|---------5-----------------------|-0---0-------------------5-------| D|---------|-----------------5=======3=======|-----------------3=======0=======| A|---------|-0===============----------------|-3===============----------------| E|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4 /4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 1 arp. F. 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0-----------0---1---------------|---------------------------------| B|-0---0---------------3-------0---|-1---------------1---------------| G|-0-------0---------------0-------|-----0-------0----------<12>-----| D|---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------| A|-3===============3===============|-3=======================--------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------0-----------------------|-----0-------0-------------------| B|-13==============12======10======|-8---------------10------12--13--| G|-----0------<12>-----0-------0---|-0-------7-----------9-----------| D|-14--------------12------10------|-----------------8=======--------| A|---------------------------------|-------------------------10--0---| E|---------------------------------|-8===============----------------| 1 3 3 3 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 arp. F. 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0-----------0---1---------------|-------------------------3-------| B|-0---0---------------3---0-------|-------------0---1---------------| G|-0-------0-------------------0---|---------0-----------------------| D|---------------------------------|-----3---------------------------| A|-3===============3===============|-3=======================--------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 4 4 1 4 3 3 3 c5______________________ arp. arp. 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0-----------------------3-------|-8---------------5-------7---8---| B|-0-------1-------5-----------5---|-5---5-------5-------5-----------| G|-0---0-------0---4---4-----------|-5-------5---------------0=======| D|-----------------5===============|---------------------------------| A|-3===============----------------|-0=======================--------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 4 1 4 4 1 2 3 2 3 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-7-----------------------0-------|-3---------------3-------5---7---| B|-----0-------8---10--------------|-0-------0-------0---------------| G|---------0-------------------11--|-0---0-------0---0---------------| D|-0===============----10----------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-3===============----------------| 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 4 3 c5______________________C3______ arp. 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-8===============7-------5-------|-3-----------0---5-------7---8---| B|-----5-------5-------5-------3---|-0-------0-----------0---6-------| G|---------5-----------------------|-0---0-------------------5-------| D|-----------------5=======3=======|-----------------3=======--------| A|-0===============----------------|-3===============--------0=======| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 1 rit. . . . . arp. arp. 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0-----------0---1---------------|---------------------------------| B|-0---0---------------3---0-------|-1-------------------------------| G|-0-------0-------------------0---|-0---0-------0---------------0---| D|---------------------------------|-3-------3---------------2-------| A|-3===============3===============|-3===============----3-----------| E|---------------------------------|-----------------3===============| 1 4 1 4 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 rit. F. 17 | . | . | . | . e|-----------------0---------------|| B|-1---------------8---------------|| G|-0---------------7---------------|| D|-2-------------------------------|| A|-3-------------------------------|| E|-----------------8---------------|| 3 1 2 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "One of Scotland's favourite songs, 'The Bluebells of Scotland' was introduced at Drury Lane Theatre in London, just after 1800, by the famous actress Dorothea Jordan, nee Bland (1762-1816). This song was published by George Thomson (1757-1851) who paid Joseph Hayden in Vienna two ducats for some 200 tunes, including Blue Bells of Scotland, to give the old folk tunes real class." - Frank Perkins The tempo of the MIDI is 80 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger (pinky) === - notes held, length of notes / - slide the note up arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note C3 - barre on the 3rd fret c5 - part barre on the 5th fret F. - Fermata - note(s) held, pause rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower <12> - natural (open) (octave) harmonic on the 12th fret ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com