Road Song

by foogered (Jul 12, 2008)

This is a neat lick by Wes Montgomery, who is probably one of the most prolific jazz guitarists of all time. Wes used parallel octaves in his single line runs to strengthen them. Make sure you mute the string in between with your pointer finger.


E|------6-6---6-----------------|
b|----8-----8---8------6-6---6--|
g|--7---3-3---3------7-----7----|
d|----5-----5---5------3-3---3--|
a|--5----------------5-----5----|
e|------------------------------|

E|------6-6-6-8-10-8-6------5-6-------------|
b|----8----------------8--------8------6-8--|
g|--7---3-3-3-5-7--5-3------2-3------7------|
d|----5----------------5--------5------3-5--|
a|--5--------------------------------5------|
e|------------------------------------------|

E|------6-10-8--------------------|
b|----8--------10-8--------9------|
g|--8---3-7--5------10---9---9-7--|
d|----5--------7--5--------6------|
a|--6---------------8----7---7-5--|
e|--------------------------------|

E|------4-8-6--------|
b|----6-------8-6----|
g|--6---1-5-3-----8--|
d|----3-------5-3----|
a|--4-------------6--|
e|-------------------|


Enjoy!