ALLMAN BROTHERS - "Pony Boy" Tablature

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 23:53:23 -0500
From: DON META
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tab to Allman Brothers Band -Pony Boy

"Pony Boy" by the Allman Brothers Band
from the album "Brothers and Sisters"

This song is in open E tuning and I believe
the right hand part is fingerpicked while the
the left hand is a combination of open string
notes, slide guitar and harmonics. You will
have to listen to the recording to figure it
out. Here is the tab to the basic parts
of the song and the rest is up to you as they
say. My apologies for any errors and if anyone
has any corrections please email me at
dmeta@quadro.net
This is just a barebones tab as it is hard to
notate all the slide pulloffs, hammerons,etc.
but it should give you a general idea to what's
happening.

Intro: Harm.
E ---------~---------~----------------------12
B ----0---/5- 5\3---/5--5\3-~----------------
G# ------0-------- 3-------- 3----------------
E -----------------------------3\2-0---------
B -----------------------------------3\2-0---
E -----------------------------------------0-

---------------~------------------------
--0---0---5\3--/5-5\3-~------------------
----0---0-----3-------3-----------------
------------------------5\3-0--------------
------------------------------3\2-0---------
------------------------------------3\0----

-------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
-------------------~-----------------------
-/3p0--/3p0--/3p0--/5------/3p0--/3/4--/3/4--
------------------------------------------
-/3p0--/3p0--/3p0--/5------/3p0--/3/4--/3/4---

----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
---------~---------3\1----------------------
-/3/4////5---5\3p0-----1/3----0---------------
--------------------------3/4---------------
-/3/4////5---5\3p0--------------0-------------
Harmonic
-----------------------------------12----
-----------3------3-----2-----1------------
0-1-2--3------3-----2-----1----0-------------
0-1-2----3------3-----2-----1----0----------
---------------------------------------
0-1-2--3---3--3-----2-----1----0------------

shuffle rythym ~
----------------------------------12-------
-----------------------------------------
--~------------------~------------------- repeat
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0--------- once
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0-------- then:
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0------

--------~----~----------------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
------------~-----~----repeat twice more then:
0-3-4------------/3-0-----------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
0-3-4------------/3-0----------------------

Harmonic
--------------12-------------------------
----------------------------------------
--------~---------------------------------
-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-3--5-6-7-0-----------------------------------


Verse 1

Don't worry for me well I'm allright
~-----~--------~---~-------~--~--------------
/5----5--------/5--5------/5--5--------------
/5----5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0---
/5--- 5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0--
------------------------------------------
/5----5-0--0---/5--5-0--0--5--5-0-0---3-2-0-


Lord knows I'm happy havin' a good time

-~------~------------------~---~----------
/5------3---0--------------5---3--0---------
---------------~-------------------------
---------------/3-0------------------/3-0-----
/5------3---0-------0------5---3--0----------
---------------/3-0--0---------------/3-0-----

pocket full of money gonna boogie all night
~-----~--------~---~-------~--~--------------
/5----5--------/5--5------/5--5--------------
/5----5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0---
/5--- 5--0-----/5--5---0--/5--5--0----3-2-0--
------------------------------------------
/5----5-0--0---/5--5-0--0--5--5-0-0---3-2-0-------


ain't no--bo--dy tell me that's a crime
-~------~------------------~---~----------
/5------3---0--------------5---3--0---------
---------------~-------------------------
---------------/3-0------------------/3-0-----
/5------3---0-------0------5---3--0----------
---------------/3-0--0---------------/3-0-----


Chorus:
mornin comes and it's time to go
----------~--------------------~---------
--------~-7\5-----------------10\\\\\5--~-
-------/7----5/7-~-------------------5//7----
-3-5-6-/7--------7----------------------7---
------------------------------10\\\\\5//--
-3-5-6-/7--------7----------------------7---

pony boy carry me home
-~-~--~---------------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
----------------/3-0----0-/3-0----0---
/5-5--5-0-/3--0-/3-0--0---------0----------
----------------/3-0-0-0--/3-0-0-0----------


pony boy carry me home
-~-~--~---------------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
/5-5--5-0-/3--0--------------------------
----------------/3-0----0-/3-0----0---
/5-5--5-0-/3--0-/3-0--0---------0----------
----------------/3-0-0-0--/3-0-0-0----------

allright momma ~
----------------------------------12-------
-----------------------------------------
--~------------------~-------------------
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0---------
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0--------
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0-


let me see ya do that thing
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
--~------------------~-------------------
-/3-0---0-- ~-0--0--/3-0--0-- ~-0---------
----0------/1-0--------0-----/1-0--------
-/3-0-0--0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0-0-0-/3-0----0-

yeah
--------~----~----------------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
------------~-----~----repeat twice more then:
0-3-4------------/3-0-----------------------
--------/5--/3-0--------------------------
0-3-4------------/3-0----------------------


Harmonic
--------------12-------------------------
----------------------------------------
--------~---------------------------------
-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-3--5-6-7-0----------------------------

Verse 2:
Band is jumpin' and so am I
I'm just groovin' can't stop movin'
Barman's got that old, evil eye
Well he's just waitin' cause we're celebratin'

Chorus:

Guitar and Piano solo:-too much for me to tab but
a few hints. Call and answer licks are
on the E chord centered around 3rd and
twelfth fret.

Verse 3:
Look out the door beside that tree
That's my pony lookin' after me
Front feet doin' the shuffle back feet too
Love them good old Georgia Blues

Chorus:

Ending:
---------------------------~---------------
--5-4-3-2--~----0----0--2--3------------------
--5-4-3-2--3-0--0----0--2--3----------------
-----------3-0----0-------------------------
--5-4-3-2-------0-0--0--2--3-----------------
-----------3-0----0------------------------

Symbols: ~ = slide (shake) tremolo
/ = slide up to note
\ = slide down to note
p = pulloff

If you don't have the Allman Brothers "Brothers
and Sisters" with this song on it, go
and buy it, you'll be glad you did.
Arlen Roth's book "Traditional, Country and Electric
Slide Guitar" published by Oak is a good
instruction book for this style of playing.