Calypso(Tabs)

	        (From the album Ivy and the Big Apples) 
Transcribed by Andrew Loch ([email protected]) 
 
The previous tabs had the chord progressions wrong and were incomplete 
because they didn't tab the 2nd riff which I hope I've tabbed correctly. 
Below, I've transcribed how I think it's played. Listen to the song to see 
what order it's played in. 
 
Riff 1 (played 1st and 3rd times): 
 
e---0--------2--------0--------2----- 
B-----2--------3--------0--------3--- 
G-2-----2--2-----2--1-----1--2-----2- 
D------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------ 
 
The above riff is played with pick and the 2nd (middle) and 
3rd (ring) fingers such that the pick plays the G string, the 
2nd finger the B string and the 3rd finger the e string. 
Alternatively, you could use just fingers with thumb, index 
and middle fingers but it makes changing to chords difficult. 
 
Chord prog. 1: 
 
  A5  C5  D5  E5 
G-----5-5-7-7-9-9- 
D-7-7-5-5-7-7-9-9- 
A-7-7-3-3-5-5-7-7- 
E-5-5------------- 
 
Chord prog. 2: 
 
  A5  Ab5 Gb5 E5 
G----------------- 
D-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2- 
A-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2- 
E-5-5-4-4-2-2-0-0- 
 
Chord prog. 3: 
 
  D5  E5  A5 
G-7-7-9-9----- 
D-7-7-9-9-7-7- 
A-5-5-7-7-7-7- 
E---------5-5- 
 
Riff 2 (played 2nd time): 
 
    A5      D5      E5      D5 
G-----------7-------9-------7----- 
D---7---------7-------9-------7--- 
A-----7---5-----5-7-----7-5-----5- 
E-5-----5------------------------- 
 
Whit often doesn't play the above riff live but just strums the chords. 
 
 
 
 

	        

Written by Janet English/Mark Mahar/Damian Whitty