The Blues Guitar

  This is my version of Leo Kottke's version of the traditional song Poor Boy. The music is played at a very fast tempo in this piece and requires a slide to be used across all 6 strings, which is quite common in Kottke's music. It is an instrumental piece and all the parts of the music are included here but I don't play all of the repeats. If you listen to the original, you will hear which sections are repeated for the full music. It is in 4/4 time and it is played on a guitar in Open D tuning, however in Kottke's recorded version he tunes this down a futher 3 half steps. It also requires a full length slide to play it. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Poor Boy Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Sliding Over 6 Strings - This music requires you to use a slide across all six strings of the guitar whilst playing a travis picking pattern at a fast tempo. Because of this, when using the slide you must make sure a