Emmons: "Wichita Lineman" - Pt. 1

[Frank Freniere]

Here’s a stab at transcribing Buddy’s seminal performance of “Wichita Lineman ” from the 1970 album “Suite Steel” with a 3x3 setup.

If you can lower your 6th string a half tone, you can make the transition from G to Gm in measure 5 at the 3rd fret, which is going to be lot smoother than what I did here – but, hey, not everyone has that change.

Click HERE for the entire song.

Click HERE for the audio to the tab below.





Added 1/17/2021: Here's the intro for "Lineman" using the 6th string whole-tone lower (I call it the "G" lever in a 4x4 setup).

[Jeff Garden]

Thanks, Frank..great job as usual!

[Dave Campbell]

man, made my day.

[Rick Bernauer]

Love this song. Thanks!

[Jonathan Reynolds]

God bless you brother!! Working on it now!

[Declan Byrne]

Great.. thanks Frank

[Melanie ReMine]

Thank you so much, Frank! I've been wanting this!!

[steve takacs]

Another beautiful tab. Thanks, Frank

[William Gallagher]

Hi Frank and fellow players,

This thread and post is pretty old - any chance you still have the entire song tabbed out? The "click here" link below has expired. I'd also be willing to pay a fair price for the time put into it.

Thanks!

[Frank Freniere]

Hey William -

Log in, do a Search in Tablature using keyword “lineman” and you should be able to access all the tabs you need.

[William Gallagher]

Thanks a mil. I found 'em. For others, here they are:

viewtopic.php?t=308684&highlight=wichita

viewtopic.php?t=308683&highlight=wichita

viewtopic.php?t=308682&highlight=wichita

[Michael Sullivan]

This is awesome, thank you Frank for sharing this.

[Larry Toliver]

Has anyone found another source for the soundbytes...the old links are expired on picosong.
Larry Toliver