Decemberists - Carolina low
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The finger picking has a bit of natural variation throughout the song,
so use this as a guide, not a literal transcription.
The high notes in the D shape should be played very lightly as filler,
with main emphasis on the melody around the D string, naturally.
Intro:
E|-----------------|
B|-----------3---3-|
G|-----------2---2-|
D|-----0-------0---| x3
A|-----------------|
D|-0-------0-------|
Main Riff:
1)
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|-------3---------|----------3---3-|-------3---------|------------3---3-|-------3---3---3-|
G|-----------0---2-|-(2)------2---2-|-----------0-----|------------2---2-|-------2---2---2-|
D|-----0---3-------|----0-------0---|-----0---3-----0-|-(0)----------0---|-----0---3---0---|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-0-----------0---|--------0-------|-0-----------0---|------0---0-------|-0---------------|
2)
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|-----------3---3-|
G|-----------0-----|-------0-------------|-----------2---2-|
D|-----2---------2-|-----2---2p3p2p0-----|-0---0-------0---|
A|-0-------0---0---|-0---------------3---|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-0-------0-------|
3)
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|-------3---------|----------3---3-|-------3---------|------------3---3-|-------3---3-----|
G|-----------0---2-|-(2)------2---2-|-----------0-----|------------2---2-|-------2---2-----|
D|-----0---3-------|----0-------0---|-----0---3-----0-|-(0)----------0---|-----0---0---0---|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-0-----------0---|--------0-------|-0-----------0---|------0---0-------|-0---------------|
4)
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-0-------1-------|-3---------3---3-|
G|-----------------|-------0-------0-|-2---------2---2-|
D|-----0-----0-----|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-3-----------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------0-------|-5-------3-------|-0-------0-------|
Main Riff Variant:
When playing the riff between verses, just vibrato the high D hard at the beginning of part 3) and continue
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|-------3---------|----3~-----3~---|-3~----3---------|------------3---3-|-------3---3---3-|
G|-----------0---2-|-(2)------------|-----------0-----|------------2---2-|-------2---2---2-|
D|-----0---3-------|----------------|-----0---3-----0-|-(0)----------0---|-----0---0---0---|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-0-----------0---|----------------|---0---------0---|------0---0-------|-0---------------|
Finger pick around this pattern, follow the song, you should get pretty close to the recording.