Betts Dance

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (*)

Track title: Bett s Dance
Album: Toy Balloon (and Live at the 12 Bar)
Tuning: DADGBD

This is a really nice instrumental. Bert plays it using a "double dropped D" tuning, which
is basically a drop-D with the addition of the 1st string tuned to D also. I tabbed it in
a quarter-note based beat (notes are triplets), which was easier for me but my non-musically
trained mind suspects that it should be some kind of eighth-note beat. Doesn t really matter
anyway, as you ll probably want to work with the record to get the feel down. There are some
parts which should be strummed (you ll see) but I tabbed it as best I could nonetheless.
Experiment with fingerings as there are many possibilities - for instance, I couldn t make my
mind up whether the first note of the main riff was an open 1st (as I tabbed it) or 3rd fret of
the B. Some places it sounds open, some fretted. So make your own mind up. It s tabbed up until
just before the last repeat of the theme - then there s some improvised noodling at the end which
I didn t tab. The live version is very similar with a few small differences. Have fun! :o)

Rhythm: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4 (various!)



Beat: * * * * *
D|||0|
B||||
G|||200|
D|||420h2p00h2h4|
A|||44|
D||0||


* * * * * * * * *
D00|0|
B3||
G202|200|
D4200|420h2p00h2h4|
A4|44|
D0||


* * * * * * * *
D00|000|
B3|3|
G202|202|
D4200|4200|
A4||
D0|0|


* * * * * * * * *
D0|00|
B|3|
G200|2022|
D420h2p00h2h4|4200|
A44|4|
D|0|


* * * * * * * * *
D0|000|
B|3|
G200|202|
D420h2p00h2h4|4200|
A44||
D|0|


* * * * * * * *
D||
B0|33|
G20|02|
D20(0)|020|
A420|240|
D4b5|0|


* * * * * *
D||
B3333|33|
G22|2|
D00|0|
A||
D00|0|


* * * * * *
D||
B353|1|
G222|02p0|
D404|222p0|
A||
D|0|


* * * * * * *
D|--------------------------------------|
B353|--------------------------------------|
G222|/5555420|
D404|2p02p0|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------0|


* * * * * *
D||
B353|1|
G222|02p0|
D404|222p0|
A|3|
D||

This section with strummed feel:
* * * * * * * *
D---------------------------------------||
B---------------------------------------|33333333|
G04/5402p022p0|22222222|
D0h2------------------------------2|00000000|
A---------------------------------------||
D---------------------------------------||


* * * * * * * *
D-----------------------------------||
B/6666666|33333333|
G/5555555|22222222|
D0000000|00000000|
A-----------------------------------|-------------------------0|
D-----------------------------------||


* * * * * * * *
D-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B6663333|6666666|
G5552222|5555555|
D0000000|0000000|
A00|-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


* * * * * * * *
D|-----------------------------------|
B33333333|6666666|
G22222222|5555555|
D00000000|0000000|
A0|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|


* * * * * *
D|7p50|
B333|6333|
G222|7p5222|
D000x|-------------------------00|
Ax||
Dx|0|


* * * * * * * *
D7p50|7p50|
B6333|633|
G7p5222|7p522|
D-------------------------00|-------------------------0|
A|0|
D0||


* * * * * * * *
D||
B33|33|
G22|22|
D02h3p2p00|03000|
A0h30|0h3---------------------------|
D0|------------------------------0|


* * * * * * * *
D||
B33|33|
G22|22|
D03000|02h3p2p00|
A0h3---------------------------|0h3------------------------------|
D------------------------------0|x|


* * * * * * * *
D00|0000|
B3333|3333|
G2222|2222|
D3p2p05p02p000|000003p0|
A030|000003|
D|0|


* * * * * * * *
D--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B6666|6666|
G5555|4444|
D00|0000|
A--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D00|--------------------------------------|


* * * * * * * *
D00|00|
B6666|5555|
G33|33|
D000|0000|
A-----------------------------------0|--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


* * * * * * * *
D||
B3333|3333|
G222|222|
D00|-------------------------0|
A||
D00|00|


* * * * * * * * *
D0|00|
B|3|
G20|202|
D420h2p00h2h44|4200|
A44|4|
D|0|


* * * * * * * * *
D0|00|
B|3|
G200|202|
D420h2p00h2h4|4200|
A44|4|
D|0|


* * * * * * * * *
D000|0|
B3||
G202|200|
D4200|420h2p00h2h4|
A|44|
D0||


* * * * * * * * *
D0-------------------------0|0|
B3||
G2022|200|
D42000|420h2p00h2h4|
A4|44|
D0||


* * * * * * * *
D000|/44/540|
B3|30|
G2022|020|
D4200|04|
A4|--------------------------------------|
D0|--------------------------------------|


* * * * * * *
D|44/540|
B|30|
G02p0------|020|
D2p00h24|04|
A4|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|


* * * * * * * *
D0000|44540|
B3333|30|
G2222|020|
D2p00h200000|04|
A4|--------------------------------------|
D0|--------------------------------------|


* * * * * * *
D|/44/540|
B|30|
G020------|020|
D20024|04|
A4|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|


* * * *
D0000||
B3333||
G02222||
D2p00h20000||
A4||
D0||

TAB guide: h = hammer on, p = pull off
b = bend note up into next note
/ = slide into note from below
= slide down to note from above
x = dead (or muted) note
()= ghost note