Richard Middleton, Songwriter: "Potter's Daughter" TAB

by Richard Middleton

Guitar transcription from the album, "WEB" (2002)

Drop D tuning, capo at third fret.
Note: Album track sounds at F# (4th fret),
but was recorded in F (3rd fret) and raised one half-step.

Fret # = distance from capo, not location on fretboard.
Spaces indicate bar lines.

Notes on sections:

The piece is cyclical, with some sections repeating. Sections are
shown separately – "assemble" them in the proper order (given below).
Sections 2-A and 2-B closely resemble each other, but 2-B is longer and has a
slightly different rhythmic pattern.
Section 1 is used as a "main riff", and is played many times over the course
of the tune, with the other sections interspersed between.

Order of Sections:
1 (Main Riff), 2-A, 1, 2-B, 1, 3, 1, 2-B, 4, 5, 3, 6
(Harmonic overdub in fade-out is Section 7, shown last.)

H = hammer-on, P = pull-off, S = slide

12/8 time

SECTION 1 (Main Riff)
--------0--------------- ------0----------------- --------0---------------
7-----------7---------7- ----------7------------- 7-----------7---------7-
----0------------------- --0--------------------- ----0-------------------
------7-----------7----- ----7-------------7----- ------7-----------7-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0-----------

                         SECTION 2-A
------0----------------- --------0-----------0--- --------0-----------0---
----------7------------- 8-----------8----------- 8-----------8-----------
--0--------------------- ----11----------11------ ----11----------11------
----7-------------7----- ------7-----------7----- ------7-----------7-----
------------------------ 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
0-----------0----------- ------------------------ ------------------------

SECTION 2-B (variation of 2-A)
--------0-----------0--- --------------------0--- ------------------------
8-----------8----------- 8-----------8----------- 8-----------8-----------
----11----------11------ ----------------11------ ----11------------------
------7-----------7----- ------7-----------7----- ------7-----------7-----
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

--------0-----------0---
8-----------8-----------
----11----------11------
------7-----------7-----
0-----------0-----------
------------------------

SECTION 3
(NOTE: Slide from last note of preceding section into
first note of this section, hitting right on the first downbeat.)

--------0--------------- ------0----------------- --------0---------------
12----------12--------12 ----------12------------ 12----------12--------12
----0------------------- --0--------------------- ----0-------------------
------12----------12---- ----12------------12---- ------11----------11----
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

------0----------------- --------0--------------- ------0-----------------
----------12------------ 12----------12--------10 ----------10----------8-
--0--------------------- ----0------------------- --0---------------------
----11------------11---- ------10----------10---- ----10------------10----
0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

------0-----------0----- ------0-----------0-----
----------8-----------8- ----------8-------------
--0-----------0--------- --0-----------0---------
----10----------10------ ----11----------11------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------

SECTION 4

--------0--------------- ------0----------------- --------0---------------
3-----------3---------3- ---------3-------------- 2-----------2---------2-
----0------------------- --0--------------------- ----0-------------------
------4-----------4----- ----4------------4------ 3-----3-----------3-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0-----------

------0----------------- --------0--------------- ------0-----------------
----------2------------- 1-----------1---------1- ----------1-----------3-
--0--------------------- ----0------------------- --0---------------------
----3-------------3----- ------3-----------3----- ----3-------------3-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

------0-----------0----- ------0-----------0----- --------0---------------
----------3-----------3- ----------3------------- 7-----------7---------7-
--5-----------5--------- --6-----------6--------- ----0-------------------
----3-----------3------- ----5-----------5------- ------7-----------7-----
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- ------------------------
------------------------ ----------------------0- 0-----------0-----------

------0----------------- --------0--------------- ------0-----------------
----------7------------- 7-----------7---------7- ----------7-------------
--0--------------------- ----4------------------- --4---------------------
----7-------------7----- ------6-----------6----- ----6-------------6-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0---------0-

--------0--------------- ------0----------------- --------0-----------0---
7-----------7---------7- ----------7------------- 8-----------8-----------
----3------------------- --3--------------------- ----11----------11------
------5-----------5----- ----5-------------0----- ------7-----------7-----
------------------------ ----------------------0- 0-----------0-----------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- ------------------------

--------------------0--- --------0--------------- --------0-----------0---
8-----------8----------- 8-----------8----------- 8-----------8-----------
----------------11------ ----11------------------ ----11----------11------
------8-----------8----- ------9-----------9----- ------8-----------8-----
0---------0-0----------- 0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

Section 5

--------0--------------- ------0----------------- --------0---------------
7-----------7---------7- ----------7------------- 7-----------7---------7-
----0------------------- --0--------------------- ----0-------------------
------7-----------7----- ----7-------------7----- ------7-----------7-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0-----------

               (slide 7>10)
------0----------------- ------------------------ ------------------------
----------7-------(S)-10 ------8-------7-------6- ------10------8-------7-
--0--------------------- --0-------0-------0----- --0-------0-------0-----
----7-------------7S10-- ----8-------7-------6--- ----10------8-------7---
------------------------ 0-------0-------0------- 0-------0-------0-------
0-----------0----------- ------------------------ ------------------------

                                        (slide 7>10)
--------0--------------- ------0----------------- ------------------------
------------7---------7- ----------7-------(S)-10 ------8-------7-------6-
----0------------------- --0--------------------- --0-------0-------0-----
------7-----------7----- ----7-------------7S10-- ----8-------7-------6---
------------------------ ------------------------ 0-------0-------0-------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- ------------------------

                                                                 (slide 7>10)
------------------------ --------0--------------- ------0-----------------
------10------8-------7- ------------7---------7- ----------7-------(S)-10
--0-------0-------0----- ----0------------------- --0---------------------
----10------8-------7--- ------7-----------7----- ----7-------------7S10--
0-------0-------0------- ------------------------ ------------------------
------------------------ 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

------------------------ ------------------------ --------0---------------
------8-------13------11 ------10------8-------7- ------------7---------7-
--0-------0-------0----- --0-------0-------0----- ----0-------------------
----8-------13------11-- ----10------8-------7--- ------7-----------7-----
0-------0-------0------- 0-------0-------0------- ------------------------
------------------------ ------------------------ 0-----------0-----------

                                                                 (slide > Sec.3)
------0----------------- --------0--------------- ------0-----------------
----------7------------- 7-----------7---------7- ----------7-------------
--0--------------------- ----0------------------- --0---------------------
----7-------------7----- ------7-----------7----- ----7-------------7-----
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
0-----------0---------0- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

Section 6

--------0--------------- ------0-----------0----- --------0---------------
7-----------7---------7- ----------7------------- 7-----------7---------10
----0------------------- --0-----------0--------- ----0-------------------
------7-----------7----- ----8-----------8------- ------7-----------7-----
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- ------------------------
------------------------ ---------------------(0) 9-----------9-----------

------------------------ ------0----------------- ------0-----------------
------10--8-------8---7- ----------7-----------5- ----------5-----------3-
--0-----------0--------- --0--------------------- --0---------------------
----8-----------8------- ----7-------------7----- ----7-------------7-----
------------------------ 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
8-----------0----------- ------------------------ ------------------------

----------0------------- ----------0------------- --------0---------------
------0H3---3---------3- ------0H3---3---------3- ------0H3---3---------3-
--0--------------------- --0--------------------- --0---------------------
----7-------------7----- ----7-------------7----- ----7-------------7-----
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------
------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

(6/8)        (12/8)
----------0- S2--0-----------------2- --0---------------------
------0H3--- ------3-P0-------------- ----3-P0----------------
--0--------- S2--0-----2-----------2- --0-------2-------------
----7------- ------4-P0--------0----- ----4-P0------0---0-----
0----------- ----------4------------- ----------4-----7---4-0-
------------ ------------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

(repeat from here)
--2-P0----------------2- --0--------------------- --2-P0----------------S2
------3-P0-------------- ----3-P0---------------- ------3-P0--------------
--2-P0----2-----------2- --0-------2------------- --2-P0----2-----------S2
------4-P0----0---0----- ----4-P0------0---0----- ------4-P0----0---0-----
----------4-----4------- ----------4-----7---4-0- ----------4-----4-------
0-----------0----------- 0-----------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

--0--------------------- --2-P0----------------2- --0-------------------2-
----3-P0---------------- ------3-P0-------------- ----3-P0----------------
--0-------2------------- --2-P0----2-----------2- --0-------2-----------2-
----4-P0------0---0----- ------4-P0----0---0----- ----4-P0----------0-----
----------4-----7---4-0- ----------4-----4------- ----------4-------------
------------0----------- 0-----------0----------- ------------0-----------

--0-------------------2- --0-------------------2- (loop back to
----3-P0---------------- ----3-P0---------------- "repeat from here")
--0-------2-----------2- --0-------2-----------2-
----4-P0----------0----- ----4-P0------0---0-----
----------4------------- ----------4-----7---4-0-
------------0----------- 0-----------0-----------

Section 7 (harmonics overdub)
(Sounds like "Main Riff," but played on different strings)

** All notes played as harmonics **

Loop these two bars:

--------12-------------- ------12----------------
7-----------7---------7- ----------7-------------
----12------------------ --12--------------------
12----7-----12----7----- 12--7-------12----7---12
------------------------ ------------------------
------------------------ ------------------------