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ELITE SYNCOPATIONS by Scott Joplin
arr. for guitar by Richard Darsie (darsie@ece.ucdavis.edu) (c) 1994

Guitar is in Drop-D tuning (DADGBE)

Symbols: x before a note = harmonic

Comments: This is probably my favorite ragtime piece. I've wanted to be able
to play it for years but never thought it was arrangable. There _was_ an
arrangement of it that someone recorded years ago on a Kicking Mule record
(can't recall exactly which one), but it wasn't a terribly satisfactory
arrangement as I recall. This one just fell together in the last couple of
days when I was playing around.

Intro:
1   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |  |     |  |  |  |
E|--5-2-0-----2-0---|-0---------------|----------------|------------|
B|--------3-------3-|---3-0-----------|----------------|------------|
G|------------------|-------2---------|----------------|-2----------|
D|------------------|-----------0-2-4-|---2---0----2---|------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-0-------4------|----0--2--4-|
D|------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|

Section 1:
5    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |  |
E||----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------0-|
B||------0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----------------|-------3-2--2-|
G||*-------2-----2-|-------2-----2-|---2---2---1---0-|---2-4---2--0-|
D||*-------4-----4-|-------5-----5-|---4---4---3---2-|-4------------|
A||----5---5-----3-|---4---4-----4-|-----3---2---1---|-0----------0-|
D||--0-----------1-|-2-----------3-|-4---------------|-----6---5----|

9  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E|-2-1-2-5---2-0---|-0---------------|---0-------------|-------5-----|
B|-3-------------3-|---3---3---0-----|---------0-------|-------5-----|
G|-----------------|-----4-------2---|-----7-6-------1-|-2-----6-----|
D|-----0-------0---|-----0---------4-|-----6-----4-----|-2-----7-----|
A|-----------------|-------------5---|-7---7-------2---|-0--------0--|
D|-0-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-6-------2-------|-------------|

13 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |  |
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------0-|
B|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----------------|-------3-2--2-|
G|-------2-----2-|-------2-----2-|---2---2---1---0-|---2-4---2--0-|
D|-------4-----4-|-------5-----5-|---4---4---3---2-|-4------------|
A|---5---5-----3-|---4---4-----4-|-----3---2---1---|-0----------0-|
D|-0-----------1-|-2-----------3-|-4---------------|-----6---5----|

                                                       | 1st ending
17 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |  |   |     |  |  |  |
E|-2-1-2-5---2-0---|-0---------------|---0-2--0-0-----|-------------||
B|-3-------------3-|---3-0-----0-----|-3---3--2-2-----|-3-----------||
G|-----------------|-------2---------|-1---1--0-0---2-|------------*||
D|-----0-------0---|-----0-------4-2-|--------------5-|-4----------*||
A|-----------------|-------------5---|-2---2--0---4---|-5--0--2--4--||
D|-0-------4-------|-5-------4-------|----------------|-------------||

  | 2nd ending
21 |  |   |  |
E|----5-5-5--5--||
B|-3------------||
G|--------------||
D|-4------------||
A|-5------------||
D|--------------||

Section 2:
22    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |  |
E||---9-7-5---------0-|---0-2-----2-0---|-----0-----3-2-0-|-----7-5----5-|
B||---------8-7-8-----|-3-------------3-|-2-3-------------|---7--------3-|
G||*------6---6-------|-------2---------|-------2-----0---|-7----------2-|
D||*------5-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|--------------|
A||---7-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|--------------|
D||-------------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-0-------4----|

26 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E|-9-7-5---2-3---0-|-------2---2-----|---5-4-2---4-----|-2-----5----|
B|-------8---------|-3-2-3-------5-3-|-2-------6-------|-2-----8----|
G|-----6---3-------|-4---------------|-----2---------6-|-2-----6----|
D|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------6---|-4----------|
A|-7-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-------0----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|

30 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |  |
E|-9-7-5---------0-|---0-2-----2-0---|-----0-----3-2-0-|-----7-5----5-|
B|-------8-7-8-----|-3-------------3-|-2-3-------------|---7--------3-|
G|-----6---6-------|-------2---------|-------2-----0---|-7----------5-|
D|-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|--------------|
A|-7-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-0-------4----|

34  |      |      |        |    |    |    |     |   |   |   |   |
E|-----x12----------x12------|----10--------10----|-----7-5-------|
B|-x12--------x12--------x12-|-10------10------10-|-8---------8---|
G|-x12--------x12--------x12-|-11------11------11-|---6---------6-|
D|---------0---------------0-|-------0----------0-|-----5-------5-|
A|---------------------------|--0---------0-------|-0-------0-----|
D|---5------------5----------|--------------------|---------------|
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  (see the Note below the tab)   

  | 1st ending    | 2nd ending                         | 3rd ending
37 |  |   |  |     |  |  |  |                          |  |  |  |
E|----5-5-5--5--||------------||----------------------|------------||
B|-3------------||-3----------||--Repeat-section-1,---|-3-----3----||
G|-------------*||------------||--with-the-following--|-------5----||
D|-4-----------*||-4----------||--third-ending:-------|-4-----4----||
A|-5------------||-5--0--2--4-||----------------------|-5----------||
D|--------------||------------||----------------------|-------0----||

Section 3:
40    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E||-----0-------------|-----------3---0-|---0-------------|------------|
B||---0---3---0-----0-|-----------------|-3---3-------0---|------------|
G||*--0-----5---2-0---|-2-0---------0---|-------4-0-----2-|------------|
D||*------0-------0---|-----2-0---------|-----0-----7---4-|------------|
A||-----------2-------|-3-------2-------|-------------4---|-5----------|
D||---5---------------|-----------------|-5-------7-------|----0--2--4-|

44  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E|----0-------------|-----------------|-------2-0-------|------------|
B|--0---3---0-1-0---|-----------0-----|-----3-----3---2-|-------3----|
G|--0-----5-2-----2-|-0-----0-----2-0-|---4-----3-------|-4-----5----|
D|------0-------1---|---4-2-------2---|-4---4-------4---|-4-----4----|
A|----------2-------|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-2----------|
D|--5---------------|-2-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-------0----|

48  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E|----0-------------|-----------3---0-|---0-------------|------------|
B|--0---3---0-----0-|-----------------|-3---3-------0---|------------|
G|--0-----5---2-0---|-2-0---------0---|-------4-0-----2-|------------|
D|------0-------0---|-----2-0---------|-----0-----7---4-|------------|
A|----------2-------|-3-------2-------|-------------4---|-5----------|
D|--5---------------|-----------------|-5-------7-------|----0--2--4-|

                                                       | 1st ending
52 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |   |   |
E|-----------------|-0---0-3---3-2-0-|---7-3---0-------|-----------------||
B|-0---0---3-2-3-4-|---4-------------|-3-----3---3-----|-----------------||
G|---3---5-----0---|-----0-------3---|-4---0-------2---|-0----------0-2-*||
D|-----0-------0---|-------------5---|-0-------------4-|-0----0-2-4-----*||
A|---------2-------|-3-------4-------|-------------3---|----4------------||
D|-5---------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-5---------------||

 | 2nd ending
56  |  |  |  |
E|------------3-||
B|--------------||
G|-0------------||
D|-0------------||
A|-------0--2---||
D|-5--5---------||

Section 4:  It's important to work up to playing this fairly fast,
            otherwise it will sound really lame. This section should cook.

57    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
E||-------5-----3-----|-5---0-3---5---3-|-----0-----------|-0---------0-----|
B||-----------5-------|-----------------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---------|
G||*----5---5-------5-|---5-------------|---0---0-------0-|---0-----------0-|
D||*------5-------5---|-----0---2---4---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---|
A||---3---------------|-5---------------|-------------1---|-2---------------|
D||-----------5-------|-----------------|-5-------0-------|---------0-------|

61 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
E|-----0-----------|-0---------0-----|-----0-----------|-0-------------3-|
B|-3---------3-----|-------3---------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---3-----|
G|---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|---0---0-------0-|---0-------------|
D|---4---4---------|---4-0---------4-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-0---3-------3---|-0-------0---1---|-2---------------|-----------------|
D|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|-5-------0-------|

65 |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
E|-----5-----3-----|-5---0-3---5---3-|-----0-----------|-0---------------|
B|---------5-------|-----------------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---3-----|
G|---5---5-------5-|---5-------------|---0---0-------0-|---0-----------3-|
D|-----5-------5---|-----0---2---4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-3---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------5-------|-----------------|-5-------0-------|-5-------0-------|

                                                        | 1st ending
69  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |  |  |  |
E|------------------|-----------------|-----0-----2---3-|------------3--||
B|------------------|-0-----0---0---3-|---------1-------|---------------||
G|------3---2-3---0-|---0-2-----------|---2---2---------|-0------------*||
D|----5---5---------|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-0------------*||
A|------1-----------|-----2-----------|-0---------------|-------0--2----||
D|--1-------5---1---|-0-------5---0---|---------0-------|-5--5----------||

  | 2nd ending
73  |  |  |  |
E|-------3-----||
B|-------3-----||
G|-------4-----||
D|----0--5-----||
A|-------------||
D|-5-----------||

ENJOY!

Note re measure 34: Obviously, this measure is very difficult to play. The only
way I can do it is to move the left thumb around _in front_ of the fingerboard
and finger the 6th string, 5th fret from the front using the side of the thumb
and stretching to reach the 12th-fret harmonics with the left hand pinky.
Obviously, this will take much practicing to sound clean. I suppose an
alternate way of doing this measure would be to try to finger _and_ pluck the
harmonics with the right hand (sort of like "artificial" harmonics), but I
haven't been able to make this work. Look at it this way: if you can do the
stretch, you'll have a truly impressive item in your bag of tricks!
At any rate, good luck with it.