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Wabash Blues — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Wabash Blues

Wabash Blues is a blues in E♭ major — beginner-friendly, running from E♭ to f and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Blues
Key
E♭ major · 4/4
Range
E♭ to f · first position
Notes used
C E♭ F G♭ G A♭ A B♭ C♭
Level
Beginner-friendly

Wabash Blues — sheet music

E♭ major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

B♭ | B♭ F A♭ G | E♭ | E♭ G B♭ | B♭ F A♭ G | E♭ | E♭ e♭ e♭ | e♭ f e♭ C | B♭ | B♭ B♭ C♭ | C G♭ A♭ A | B♭ | B♭ B♭ | B♭ F A♭ G | E♭ | E♭ B♭ | B♭ F A♭ G | E♭ | E♭ e♭ e♭ | e♭ f e♭ C | B♭ | B♭ G B♭ | B♭ F A♭ G | E♭ | E♭

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Wabash Blues — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Wabash Blues — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|-----|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-5-|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1---|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6---6-3-|-1-|-1-1-|
D|---|---------|---|-----|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-2-|-3-----0-|-1-|-1-|
D|---|---4-6---|---|---|
G|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-|
G|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1---|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6---6-3-|-1-|-1---|
D|---|---------|---|---5-|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-|
G|---|---------|---|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Wabash Blues — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|-----|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-5-|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1---|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6---6-3-|-1-|-1-1-|
D|---|---------|---|-----|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-2-|-3-----0-|-1-|-1-|
D|---|---4-6---|---|---|
G|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-|
G|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1---|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6---6-3-|-1-|-1---|
D|---|---------|---|---5-|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
D|---|---3-6-5-|-1-|-1-|
G|---|---------|---|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Wabash Blues — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|----|------------|----|------|
A|-L1-|-L1---------|----|------|
D|----|----L2-H3-3-|-L1-|-L1-3-|
G|----|------------|----|------|
E|----|------------|----|-------|
A|-L1-|-L1---------|----|----H3-|
D|----|----L2-H3-3-|-L1-|-L1----|
G|----|------------|----|-------|
E|----|----L1-------|----|-------|
A|-H3-|-H3----H3-L2-|-L1-|-L1-L1-|
D|----|-------------|----|-------|
G|----|-------------|----|-------|
E|---|-----------|----|----|
A|-1-|-L2------0-|-L1-|-L1-|
D|---|----2-H3---|----|----|
G|---|-----------|----|----|
E|----|------------|----|----|
A|-L1-|-L1---------|----|----|
D|----|----L2-H3-3-|-L1-|-L1-|
G|----|------------|----|----|
E|----|------------|----|-------|
A|-L1-|-L1---------|----|----H3-|
D|----|----L2-H3-3-|-L1-|-L1----|
G|----|------------|----|-------|
E|----|----L1-------|----|------|
A|-H3-|-H3----H3-L2-|-L1-|-L1---|
D|----|-------------|----|----3-|
G|----|-------------|----|------|
E|----|------------|----|----|
A|-L1-|-L1---------|----|----|
D|----|----L2-H3-3-|-L1-|-L1-|
G|----|------------|----|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Wabash Blues — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---------|---|-----|
B|---|---------|---|-----|
G|-3-|-3---1-0-|---|---0-|
D|---|---3-----|-1-|-1---|
A|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
e|---|---------|---|-----|
B|---|---------|---|---4-|
G|-3-|-3---1-0-|---|-----|
D|---|---3-----|-1-|-1---|
A|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
e|---|---1-----|---|-----|
B|-4-|-4---4-1-|---|-----|
G|---|---------|-3-|-3-3-|
D|---|---------|---|-----|
A|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
e|---|---------|---|---|
B|-0-|-1-------|---|---|
G|---|-----1-2-|-3-|-3-|
D|---|---4-----|---|---|
A|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|---|
e|---|---------|---|---|
B|---|---------|---|---|
G|-3-|-3---1-0-|---|---|
D|---|---3-----|-1-|-1-|
A|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|---|
e|---|---------|---|-----|
B|---|---------|---|---4-|
G|-3-|-3---1-0-|---|-----|
D|---|---3-----|-1-|-1---|
A|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
e|---|---1-----|---|-----|
B|-4-|-4---4-1-|---|-----|
G|---|---------|-3-|-3-0-|
D|---|---------|---|-----|
A|---|---------|---|-----|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
e|---|---------|---|---|
B|---|---------|---|---|
G|-3-|-3---1-0-|---|---|
D|---|---3-----|-1-|-1-|
A|---|---------|---|---|
E|---|---------|---|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Wabash Blues — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-1-|-1-------|---|-----|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
C|---|---------|-3-|-3---|
G|---|-----1-0-|---|---0-|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
C|---|---------|-3-|-3---|
G|---|-----1-0-|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6-8-6-3-|-1-|-1-1-|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
C|---|---------|---|-----|
G|---|---------|---|-----|
A|-2-|-3-----0-|-1-|-1-|
E|---|---2-----|---|---|
C|---|---------|---|---|
G|---|-----1---|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
E|---|---1-----|---|---|
C|---|---------|-3-|-3-|
G|---|-----1-0-|---|---|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---6-|
E|---|---1-----|---|-----|
C|---|---------|-3-|-3---|
G|---|-----1-0-|---|-----|
A|-6-|-6-8-6-3-|-1-|-1---|
E|---|---------|---|-----|
C|---|---------|---|-----|
G|---|---------|---|---0-|
A|-1-|-1-------|---|---|
E|---|---1-----|---|---|
C|---|---------|-3-|-3-|
G|---|-----1-0-|---|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Wabash Blues chords

E♭ major · 6 chords: B♭7, E♭, Edim, E♭7, A♭, B7

B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭ Edim
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭ E♭7
A♭
A♭
E♭
E♭
B7
B7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭ Edim
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭ E♭7
A♭
A♭
E♭
E♭ Edim
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Wabash Blues

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

B♭7×E♭6×EdimE♭7××A♭4B7×

Ukulele chords for Wabash Blues

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

B♭7E♭EdimE♭7A♭B7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Wabash Blues

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

B♭7E♭EdimE♭7A♭B7

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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