The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21105   Message #1238368
Posted By: PoppaGator
01-Aug-04 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Lakes of Pontchartrain
Subject: RE: Lakes of Ponchartrain
I went back through all the different threads concerning this great song, looking for tablature for the popular open-D-tuning version. I *thought* I had found tabs a year or so ago, but didn't study up and learn the song back then. Now I'm motivated to take a serious stab at it, but I couldn't find tabs in any of the threads.

I'm refreshing *this* thread rather than any of the others because it contains a "tease" -- way back in '01, Jed Marum (who does a very nice rendition) had volunteered to post a chart "later today."

Here's a link I found containing tabs for an arrangement that is purportedly Paul Brady's, which seems to be considered more-or-less definitive. I haven't yet started trying to work it up, so I can't vouch for its correctness/completeness, but I'm hoping for the best:

http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/atlas/pontchartrain.html

Hey Jed: If this differs from the way you know the song, want to post any corrections?

PS: Sorry about the empty message I accidentally posted a moment ago -- my bad!