Bluegrass
Jam
Tunes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOCAL
INSTRUMENTALS
All the Good Times
Ashes of Love
Bad Moon Rising
Banks of the Ohio
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Cabin in Caroline
Clementine
Comin’ Round the Mountain
Cripple Creek
Dark Hollow
Glendale Train
I know you Rider D
I know you Rider G
I’ll Fly Away
I’ve Just seen a Face
Jesse James
John Hardy
Little Maggie
Long Black Veil
Love Please Come Home
Mama Don’t ‘Low
Mountain Dew
Nine Pound Hammer
Old Joe Clark
Old Slewfoot
Pallet on Your Floor
Paradise
Red River Valley
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Salty Dog Blues
Shady Grove (Minor version)
Sittin’ on Top of the World
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Tennessee Waltz
This Land is Your Land
Tom Dooley
Wabash Cannonball
Wagon Wheel
When the Saints Go Marching
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Worried Man Blues
8 more Miles to Louisville (G)
Arkansas Traveler (D) & (G)
Bill Cheatham (A)
Billy in the Low Ground (A)
Blackberry Blossom (G)
Cripple Creek (A)
Dear Old Dixie (G)
Devil’s Dream (A)
Down Yonder (G)
Farewell Blues (C)
Foggy Mt. Breakdown (G)
Forked Dear (D)
Gold Rush (A)
Golden Slippers (G)
Groundspeed (G)
June Apple (A)
Red-Haired Boy (A)
Rickett’s Hornpipe (D)
Roanoke (G)
Sally Goodin’ (A)
Sally Ann (A)
Salt Creek (A)
Soldier’s Joy (D)
St. Anne’s Reel (D)
Temperance Reel (G)
Turkey in the Straw (A)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (C or D)
Introduction
The tunes in this collection are some of the more common songs that are played at
bluegrass jams. They are some of the less complex songs and work well for people who are
testing the waters of the bluegrass jamming scene.
If you’re not familiar with some of these tunes, try “Googling” them to see what they
sound like. They may not be in the same key signature, but it should help to learn the songs.
Sometimes these songs are played in different keys. I have transcribed these songs in
the key they are most frequently played. Many are in the “people’s key of G,” so if the tune is to
be played in the key of A, placing a capo at the second fret and playing “G” chords will do the
trick. I apologize to all you fretless players out there. Hopefully you know how to transpose
from one key signature to the next.
The songs and chords are written with two formats. As you will see, the lyrics have
chords listed above the word where the chord changes. That chord remains in place until
another chord is indicated.
At the bottom of each song is a chord chart. I tried to write these so each measure
would have 8 eighth notes (I am a banjo player after all!) for all the songs in 2/4 or 4/4. Waltz
tunes have 6 eighth notes for ¾ time.
For example:
| G / | C / | would mean one full measure of G followed by one full measure of C. One
measure consists of an 8 note banjo roll or a “boom-chick, boom-chick” on guitar.
| G C | D G | would have a half measure of each chord
| G / / | C / / | would be for ¾ time signatures, One measure consists of 6 banjo note
rolls or a “boom-chick chick, boom-chick chick” on guitar.
A Quick Note on Bluegrass Jams
There are several websites that offer tips on what to expect at a bluegrass jam. This
one is somewhat amusing, but on target: http://www.ctbluegrass.org/jamrules.htm.
In my humble opinion, the most important thing is to not feel pressured. Feel free to
watch and listen as you learn a song, then try a simple strum, vamp, or banjo roll. Play the
simplest chords to get the job done. If you make a mistake, just take a breath and jump back in
as the song moves along. And remember, you never have to take a solo; just shake your head
when your turn comes up.
I hope this collection is useful in expanding your repertoire and enjoyment of some
traditional bluegrass songs, as well as bolstering your courage to step into the jamming scene.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions for improving this list. Good luck and
have fun! Paul Fairbanks (Paulierayban@gmail.com)
All the Good Times
G(I)
C(IV)
G(I)
I wish to the Lord I'd never been born
D(V)
Or died when I was young
G(I)
C(IV)
G(I)
I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes
D(V) G(I)
Or heard your lying tongue.
G//|G//|C//|G//
G//|G//|D//|D//
G//|G//|C//|G//
G//|D//|G//|G//
CHORUS
All the good time are past and gone
All the good time are o'er
All the good time are past and gone
Little darling don't you weep no more
2.
Don't you see that turtle dove
That flies from pine to pine
He's mourning for his own true love
Just like I mourn for mine
* Refrain
3.
Don't you see that passenger train
Going around the bend?
It's talking away my own true love
To never return again
* Refrain
4.
Come back,come back my own true love
And stay a while with me
For if ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been a friend to me
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHPxqVsW0U
(Key of A) Flatt and Scruggs
Ashes Of Love
1.
G
D
|G/|G/|G/|D/
Ashes of love cold as ice
G
You made the debt and I'll pay the price
D
Our love is gone there's no doubt
G
Ashes of love the flame burned out
2.
|D/|D/|D/|G/
|G/|G/|G/|D/
|D/|D/|D/|G/
The love light that gleamed in your eyes
Has gone out to my surprise
We said goodbye my heart bled
I can't revive our love, it's dead
3.
I trusted dear our love would stand
Your every wish was my command
My heart tells me I must forget
I loved you then I love yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqG_b92Hd4 Jim and Jesse Key of A
Bad Moon Rising
G
D C
G
I see the bad moon a-risin'
D
C
G
I see troubles on the way
D
C
G
I see earth quakes and lightning
D
C
G
G7
I see bad times to-day
Chorus
C
G
Well, don't go round tonite-it's bound to take your life
D
C
G
There's a bad moon on the rise
I hear hurricanes a blowin'
I know the end is coming soon
I feel rivers over flowing
I hear the voice araisin' ruin
Chorus
Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite well prepared
Looks like we're in for stormy weather
Well now you're thinkin' for a night
Chorus 2 times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcG_4cQT2M
|G/|DC|G/|G/|
|G/|DC|G/|G/|
|G/|DC|G/|G/|
|G/|DC|G/|G/|
| C /| C / | G / | G / |
| D /| C / | G / | G / |
Banks of the Ohio
G
D
|G/|G/|D/|D/
I asked my love to take a walk
D7
G
Just a walk a little way
| D7 / | D7 / | G / | G /
C
And as we walk, oh, may we talk
|G/|G/|C/|C/
G
D
G
All about our wedding day
|G/|D/|G/|G/
Chorus
Only say that you'll be mine
In our home we'll happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio
I held a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
She said Willie, don't you murder me
I'm unprepared for eternity
I took her by her lily white hand
And dragged her down that bank of sand
There I throwed her in to drown
I watched her as she floated down
Was walking home tween twelve and one
Thinkin' of what I had done
I killed a girl, my love you see
Because she would not marry me
The very next morn about half past four
The Sheriff came knocked at my door
He said now young man come now and go
Down to the Banks of the Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpt-Fah4D10 Key E (capo Key of D 2nd fret) Sweet
Doc Watson, Earl, Skaggs, Kraus video
Bile them Cabbage Down
G
C
Went up on the mountain
G
D
Just to give my horn a blow
G
C
Thought I heard my true love say
G
D
G
Yonder comes my beau
|G/|C/|G/|D/
|G/|C/|GD|G/
|G/|C/|G/|D/
|G/|C/|GD|G/
Refrain (between each verse)
Bile them Cabbage down
Turn them hoecakes round
The only song that I can sing
Is bile them cabbage down
2.
Took my gal to the blacksmith shop
To have her mouth made small
She turned around a time or two
And swallowed shop and all
Possum in a Simmon tree
Raccoon on the ground
Raccoon says you son-of-a-gun
Shake some Simmon's down
Someone stole my old 'coon dog
Wish they'd bring him back
He chased the big hogs through the fence
And the little ones through the crack
Met a possum in the road
Blind as he could be
Jumped the fence and whipped my dog
And bristled up at me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px0HUhahnWw Key of A
Blue Moon of Kentucky
¾ Waltz:
G
C
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
G
D
Shine on the one that's gone and prove un-true
G
C
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
G
D
G
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
|G//|G//|C//|C//
C
It was on a moonlight night
G
The stars were shining bright
C
When they whispered from on high
G
D
Your lover said good-bye
G
C
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
G
D
G
Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and made me cry
Chorus
|G//|G//|D//|D//
|G//|G//|C//|C//
| G / / | D / / | G / / | G7 / /
|C//|C//
G//|G//
|C//|C//
G//|D//|D//
|G//|G//|C//|C//
|G//|D//|G//|G//
2/4 Uptempo
(Same progression)
|G/|G/|C/|C/
|G/|G/|D/|D/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syA9aNnNa0
Key of C (capo 5th fret) Bill Monroe!!
|G/|G/|C/|C/
| G / | D / | G / | G7 /
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|C/|C/|G/|D/|D/
|G/|G/|C/|C/
|G/|D/|G/|G/
Cabin In Caroline
Verse
G
C
G
There's a cabin in the pines, in the hills of Caro-line.
D
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me.
G
C
G
I'll be going back someday and from her I'll never stray.
D
G
And the cabin in the hills of Caro-line.
(Chorus)
C
G
Oh the cabin in the shadows of the pines.
D
And the blue-eyed girl way down in Caroline.
G
C
G
Some-day she'll be my wife, and we'll live a happy life.
D
G
In the cabin in the hills of Caro-line.
2.
I'm packing my grub for that long hard trip.
Back to the hills of Caroline.
I want to see that blue-eyed girl, she's the sweetest in the world.
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline.
(Chorus)
3.
And when it's late at night, and the moon is shining bright.
And the whip-poor-will is calling from the hill.
Then I'll tell her of my love with the lovely stars above.
I love her now and I know I always will.
(Chorus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2DPdRg1yg
|G/|G/|C/|G/
|G/|G/|D/|D/
|G/|G/|C/|G/
| G / | D / | G / | G7 /
Chorus
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|G/|G/|D/|D/
|G/|G/|C/|G/
|G/|D/|G/|G/
Clementine
G
In a cavern in a canyon
D
Excavating for a mine
G
Dwelt a miner forty-niner
D
G
And his daughter Clemen-tine
G//|G//
G//|D//
D//|G//
D//|G//
Chorus
Oh my darling oh my darling
Oh my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry Clementine
2.
Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine
3.
Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Struck her foot against a splinter
Fell into a foaming brine
4.
Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles mighty fine
But alas! I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
5.
How I missed her how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
But I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twRr3ygK3TM This is fun and not really bluegrass!
Coming Round the Mountain
G
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
D
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
G
C
She'll be coming 'round the mountain, she'll be coming 'round the mountain,
G
D
G
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, (when she comes).
1. She'll be driving six white horses when she comes, etc. (Whoa back)
2. She'll be wearing pink pajamas when she comes, etc. (Oh Yeah)
3. Oh we'll all come out to meet her when she comes, etc. (Hi Babe)
4. We will kill the old red rooster when she comes, etc. (Chop chop)
5. We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes, etc. (Yum Yum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghd-xL5gAjc
This is a classic
|G/|G/|G/|G/
|G/|G/|D/|D/
| G / | G7 / | C / | C /
|G/|D/|G/|G/
Cripple Creek
G
C
G
Well I married my wife in the month of June
D
G
Married her up by the light of the moon
C
G
Wailing down on Cripple Creek
D
G
We’ve been down there about a week
G
Going up Cripple Creek, Goin on the run
D
G
Going up Cripple Creek to have a little fun
Going up Cripple Creek, Goin’ in a whirl
D
G
Going up Cripple Creek to see my girl
G/|CG
G/|DG
G/|CG
G/|DG
G/|G/
G/|DG
G/|G/
G/|DG
Now Cripple Creek girls is about half grown
Jump on a man like a dog on a bone
Roll my britches up to my knees
Gonna wade ole Cripple Creek whenever I please
Chorus
Hey I got a girl at the head of the creek
Goin up to see her about 2 times a week
Kiss her on the mouth, just as sweet as any wine
Wrap herself around me like a sweet ‘tato vine
Chorus
Now Cripple Creek’s wide and Cripple Creek’s deep
Wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
Hills are steep and the roads are muddy
And I’m so drunk I can’t stand steady
Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4sqishGuYw
Flatt and Scruggs, oh yeah!
Dark Hollow
C
G
C
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
F
C
Where the sun don't never shine
C7
F
Than to be here alone just knowin’ that you’re gone
C
G
C
Would cause me to lose my mind
|C/|G/|C/|C/
|C/|F/|C/|C/
| C / | C7 / | F / | F /
|C/|G/|C/|C/
Chorus:
So blow your whistle fright train
Carry me further on down the track
Well I'm going away, I'm leaving today
I'm going but I ain't coming back
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine
That to be in some big city
In a small room with you on my mind
Chorus:
Instrumental
Chorus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vuUFjaWvOA Doc Watson Key of C capo 5th fret
Glendale Train
G
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
C
G
This mornin' at half past nine
G
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
A
D
And I swear, I ain't lyin'
G
They made clean off with sixteen gee's
C
G
And left two men lyin' cold
| G / | G / | G/ | G /
G
Somebody robbed the Glendale train
D
G
And they made off with the gold
|G/|G/|G/|G/
verse 1
Charlie Jones was the engineer,
he had twenty years on the line.
He kissed his wife at the station dear,
this morning at six thirty five
Every thing went fine till half past nine
when Charlie looked up and he saw.
Men on horses, men with guns,
and no sign of the law.
Chorus. (tag no words).
verse 2
Amos White was the Luggage man,
and dearly loved his job.
The company rewarded him,
with a golden watch and fob.
Well Amos he was workin' time
when the door blew off his car.
The found Amos White in fifteen pieces
Fifteen miles apart.
Chorus. (2x plus tag with words).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOk71pHqC
u8 NRPS Key of D
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|G/|G/|G/|G/
| A / | A / | D / | D7 /
| G / | G / | G/ | G /
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|D/|D/|G/|G/
I Know You Rider (Key of D)
1.
D
C
G
D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
D
C
G
D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
F
C
F
C F
D
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin’ in your arms
D/|D/|C/|G/|D/|D/|D/|D/
D/|D/|C/|G/|D/|D/|D/|D/
F/|C/|F/|CG|D/|D/|D/|D/
2.
D
C
G
D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest
D
C
G
D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest
F
C
F
CF D
My mind was wandering like a the wild geese in the west
3.
D
C G
D
The sun will shine in my back door someday
The sun will shine in my back door someday
March winds will blow all my troubles away.
4.
I wish I was a head light on Northbound train
I wish I was a head light on Northbound train
I’d shine my light through the cool Colorado Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTux_zEEZg Yonder Mt. String Band Key of C
I Know You Rider (Key of G) Or capo 2nd fret for Key of A
1.
G
F
C
G
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
G
F
C
G
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
Bb
F
Bb F Bb G
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin’ in your arms
G/|G/|F/|C/|G/|G/|G/|G/
G/|G/|F/|C/|G/|G/|G/|G/
Bb / | F / | Bb / | F Bb | G / | G / | G / | G /
2.
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest
My mind was wandering like a the wild geese in the west
3.
The sun will shine in my back door someday
The sun will shine in my back door someday
March winds will blow all my troubles away.
4.
I wish I was a head light on Northbound train
I wish I was a head light on Northbound train
I’d shine my light through the cool Colorado Rain
I'll Fly Away
G
Some glad morning when this life is o'er
C
G
I'll fly a-way
|G/|G/|G/|G/
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|G/|G/|G/|G/
To a home on God's celestial shore
D
G
I'll fly a-way
|G/|D/|G/|G/
G
I'll fly away ( O glory )
C
G
I'll fly a-way ( in the morning )
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
D G
I'll fly a-way ( fly away )
When the shadows of this life have grown
I'll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown
I'll fly away
* Refrain
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys shall never end
I'll fly away
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRdqp4N3Jw Key of D (Gillian Welch and Allison
Kraus
I've Just Seen a Face
G
I've just seen a face I can't forget
|G/|G/
G/|G/
The time or place where we just
Em
Met She's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see
C
G D7 G-D7 G
We've met, mm-mm-mm-m-m---mm
Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
And I'd have never been aware
But as it is I'll dream of her
Tonight, di-di-di-di-da-di
D
C
Falling, yes I am falling
G
C
G
And she keeps calling me back a-gain (Repeat)
| Em / | Em /
Em / | Em /
|C/|CG|D/|G/|G/
Verse 2
Refrain
|D/|D/|C/|C/
|G/|C/|G/|G/
I have never known the like of this
I've been alone and I have missed
Things and kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite
Like this, di-di-di-di-da-di
{Refrain twice}
I've just seen a face I can't forget
The time or place where we just meet
She's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see
We've met, mm-mm-mm-di-da-di
{Refrain thrice}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4Gxmg0KWo the Get Down Boys
Jesse James
G
C
G
Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man
D
He robbed the Danville train
G
C
G
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor
D
G
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
Verse
| G / | G / | C/ | G /
|G/|G/|D/|D/
|G/|G/|C/|G/
| G / | D / | G| G7 /
(chorus)
C
G
Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
D
Three children, they were brave;
G
C
G
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
D
G
Has laid Jesse James in his grave.
It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward,
I wonder how he does feel,
For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed,
Then he laid poor Jesse in his grave.
It was on a Wednesday night and the moon was shining bright,
They robbed the Glendale train,
And the people they did say for many miles away,
It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James.
It was on Saturday night and Jesse was at home
Talking with his family brave,
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
And laid poor Jesse in his grave.
This song was made by Billy Gashade
As soon as the news did arrive;
He said there was no man with the law in his hand
Who could take Jesse James when alive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFLL9GVh3
Jk Cannonball String Band Key of A
| C / | C / | G/ | G /
|G/|G/|D/|D/
|G/|G/|C/|G/
|G/|D/|G/|G/
John Hardy
C
G
John Hardy was a desperate little man
C
G
He carried two guns every-day.
C
G
He shot him a man on the West Virginia Line
D
You should have seen John Hardy get away, poor boy,
G
You should have seen John Hardy get a-way.
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|C/|C/|G/|G/
|D/|D/|D/|D/
| D / | D / | G / | G7 /
2.
He went on across the East Stone Bridge
There he thought he’d be free.
Up steps the sheriff and he takes him by the arm
Saying. “ Johnny come along with me, poor boy,
Johnny come along with me.”
3.
He sent for his mama and his papa too
To come and go is bail.
But there weren’t no bail on a murder charge
So they threw John Hardy back in jail, poor boy,
They threw John Hardy back in jail.
4.
John Hardy had a pretty little girl
The dress she wore was blue
She came into the jailhouse hall
Saying, “Johnny I’ll be true to you, poor boy,
Johnny I’ll be true to you.”
5.
I’ve been to the east and I’ve been to the west
Traveled this wide world around
I’ve been to the river and I’ve been baptized
And now I’m on my hanging ground, lord lord,
Now I’m on my hanging ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZHULTQ0rQ Tony Rice, and Bluegrass All stars, key of A capo
2nd fret
Little Maggie
(capo 2nd for Key of A)
G
F
Over yonder stands Little Maggie
G
D
G
With a dram glass in her hand
F
She's drinkin' away her troubles,
G
D G
And courtin' some other man
|G/|G/|F/|F/
|G/|D/|G/|G/
|G/|G/|F/|F/
|G/|D/|G/|G/
Oh how can I ever stand it
Just to see them two blue eyes
A-shining in the moonlight
Like two diamonds in the sky
Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were made to shine
Pretty women were made for lovin'
Little Maggie was made to be mine
Last time I saw Little Maggie
She was setting on the banks of the sea
With a forty-four around her
And a banjo on her knee.
Lay down your last gold dollar
Lay down your gold watch and chain
Little Maggie’s gonna dance for daddy
Listen to that old banjo ring.
I’m going down to the station
With my suitcase in my hand.
I’m going away for to leave you
I’m going to some far distant land.
Go away, go away little Maggie
And do the best that you can.
I’ll get me another woman
You can get you another man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbeBRvCO7cw Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Key
of B capo 4th fret
Long Black Veil
Verse
G
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
D
C
G
There was someone killed neath the Town hall light
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There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
D
C
G
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
Refrain
C
G
C
G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
C
G
C
G
She visits my grave while the night winds wail
C
Nobody knows, nobody sees
D
G
Nobody knows but me
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The judge said Son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
* Refrain
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OcAP-wmwQ Paige Anderson and the Fearless Kin
Key of D
Love Please Come Home
G
F
As you read this letter that write to you
C
G
Sweet-heart, I hope you'll under-stand
C
G
That you're the only love I knew
D
G
Please for-give me if you can
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Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight
I'm so blue and all alone
I promise that I'll treat you right
Love, oh love, oh please come home
That old wind is cold and slowly creeping around
And the fire is burning low
The snow has covered up the ground
Your baby's hungry, sick and cold.
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDpJuYqKsA Del McCoury Key of B (of course!) Capo
4th fret
Mama Don’t ‘Low
G
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here
D
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here
G
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
C
Gonna play that music anyhow
G
D
G
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here
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Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here
Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here
Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow
Mama don't allow no singin' round here
Mama don't allow no singin' round here
Mama don't allow no hand clapping here
Mama don't allow no hand clapping here
Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here
Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tHj1Q39oFQ Jive Aces Skiffle Combo!
Mountain Dew
G
G7
They call it that good ole mountain dew
C
G
And them that refuse it are few
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I’ll hush up my mug if you fill up my jug
D
G
With that good old mountain dew
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Down the road here from me, there's a big hollow tree
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You go 'round the bend and you’ll come back again
For a jug full of good old mountain dew
My uncle Mort, he's sawed off and short
Measures about four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew
My Aunty June’s got a brand-new perfume
It has such a sweet-smelling pu.
Imagine her surprise when she had it analyzed
It was nothing but that good ole Mountain Dew.
Well, the preacher came by with his head hoisted high
Said his wife had come down with the flu
We said that he ought to give her a snort
Of that good old mountain dew
Well, my Uncle Bill's got a still on the hill
Where he runs off a gallon or two
The birds in the sky get so drunk they can't fly
From smelling that good old mountain dew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8p5pVsj9U Stanley Brothers Key of Bb capo 3rd
fret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFkNsBbmAQ Flatt and Scruggs key of A capo 2nd
fret
Nine Pound Hammer
G
C
This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
G
D
G
For my size..... buddy, for my size.
C
Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow
G
D
G
Buddy, how can I roll..... when the wheels won't go
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It's a long way to Harlan It’s a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little booze, just get a little booz
Roll on Buddy................
Oh the nine pound hammer killed John Henry
Ain't a gonna kill me, ain't a gonna kill me
Refrain
There ain’t one hammer, down in this tunnel
That can ring like mine, that ring like mine
Rings like silver, shines like gold
Rings like silver, shines like gold
When I’m long gone, won’t you make my tombstone
Ourt of number nine coal, out of number nine coal
Refrain
I’m going on the mountain just to see my honey
And I ain't coming back, lord, I ain't coming back
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u964a0f38s Tony Rice All Stars Key of A capo 2nd
fret
Old Joe Clark
G
Old Joe Clark's a fine old man
F
Tell you the reason why
G
He keeps good likker 'round his house
F
G
Good old Rock and Rye
G/|G/
G/|F/
G/ | G /
GF|G/
Fare ye well, Old Joe Clark
Fare ye well, I say
Fare ye well, Old Joe Clark
I'm a going away
Old Joe Clark had a mule
His name was Morgan Brown
And every tooth in that mule's head
Was sixteen inches around
Old Joe Clark had a yellow cat
She would neither sing nor pray
She stuck her head in the buttermilk jar
And washed her sins away
Old Joe Clark had a house
Fifteen stories high
And every story in that house
Was filled with chicken pie
Sixteen horses in my team
The leaders they are blind
And every time the sun goes down
There's a pretty girl on my mind
I asked my girl to marry me
And what do you think she said?
Time enough to marry you
When all the rest are dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihPaVcrYE0 Bluegrass Police (key of A capo 2nd
fret)
Old Slewfoot
G
High on the mountain, tell me what do you see
C
D
G
Bear tracks bear tracks looking back at me
Better get your rifles before it’s too late
C
D
G
The bear's got a little pig and headed for the gate
D
G
He's big around the middle and broad across the rump
D
G
Running ninety miles an hour taking thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught he ain't never been treed
C D G
And some folks say he looks a lot like me
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Chorus
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Saved up my money and bought me some bees
Started making honey way up in the trees
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone
Old slew foot done made himself at home
* Refrain
Winter's coming on and its forty below
River's froze over so where can he go
We’ll chase him up the gulley and run him in the well
Shoot him the bottom just to hear him yell
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzjWZiCeJsQ Sam Bush and friends at Telluride
key of A capo 2nd fret
Pallet on Your Floor
Refrain
C
G
Make me a pallet on your floor
C
G
Make me a pallet on your floor
B
C
When I reach At-lanta and have no place to go
G
D
G
Make me a pallet on your floor
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1.
These blues are everywhere I see
Weary blues are everywhere I see
Blues all around me, everywhere I see
Nobody's had these blues like me
* Refrain
2.
Come all you good-time friends of mine
Come all you good-time friends of mine
When I had a dollar you treated me just fine
Where'd you go when I only had a dime
* Refrain
3.
I'd be more than satisfied
If I could catch a train and ride
When I reach Atlanta and have no place to go
Won't you make me a pallet on your floor
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXiXlwiZNGI Doc Watson (not exactly this
progression, but a great version! Key of D
Paradise
G
C
G
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
D
G
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
C
G
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
D
G
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it a-way
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When I was a boy my family would travel
Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born
There's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
* Refrain
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
* Refrain
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
They tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal til the land was forsaken
Then they wote it all down as the progress of man
* Refrain
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiHlhUvmgzQ Jim and Jesse Key of F
Red River Valley
G
From this valley they say you are going
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D
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
G
C
For they say you are taking the sunshine
G
D
G
That has brightened our pathways a-while
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Come and sit by my side, if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red river valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true
I've been thinking a long time, my darling
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now alas must my fond fopes all vanish
For they say you are going away
* Refrain
Do you think of the valley you're leaving
Oh how lonely and how dreary it will be
Do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me
* Refrain
They will bury me where you have wandered
Near the hills where the daffodils grow
When you're gone from the Red river valley
For I can't live without you I know
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezJkRDQmL2Y Marty Robbins wow! Key of F
Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
G
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
D
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
G
G7
C
Lay around the shack 'til the mail comes back
G
D
G
And roll in my sweet baby's arms
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I ain't gonna work on the railroad
I ain't gonna work on the farm
Gonna lay down the shack 'til the mail train comes back
And roll in my sweet baby's arms
* Refrain
Now where were you last Friday's night
While I was lying in jail
Walking the street with another man
Would even go my bail
* Refrain
Mama was a beauty operator
Sister could weave and spin
Daddy’s got an interest in that old cotton mill
Just watchin’ that money roll in.
* Refrain
I know you parents don't like me
They drove me away from your door
If I had my life to live over
I'd never go there any more
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgYN5qeG4Y Flatt and Scruggs Key of A capo 2nd
Salty Dog Blues
G
E
Standin' on the corner with the low-down blues
A7
A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
D
G
Honey, let me be your salty dog
G/|E/
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Let me be your salty dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey, let me be your salty dog
Now look-a hear, Sal, I know you
A run-down stockin' and a worn-out shoes
Honey, let me be your salty dog
* Refrain
I was down in the wildwood settin' on a log
Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog
Honey let me be your salty dog
* Refrain
I pulled the trigger and the gun said go
Shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be your salty dog
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hbKf5OwEI Bela and Earl Key of A Capo 2nd
Shady Grove
Dm
C
Shady Grove, my little love
Dm
C
Dm
Shady Grove, I say
F
C
Shady Grove, my little love
Dm
C
Dm
I'm bound to go a-way.
Dm / | C /
Dm C | Dm /
F/|C/
Dm C | Dm /
Cheeks as red as a blooming rose
Eyes are the prettiest brown
She’s the darling of my heart
Sweetest girl in town.
Wish I had a big, fine horse
Corn to feed him on
And Shady Grove to stay at home
And feed him when I'm gone
Went to see my Shady Grove
She was standin' in the door
Shoes and stockings in her hand
Her little bare feet on the floor
When I was a little boy,
I wanted a Barlo knife
Now I want little Shady Grove
To say she’ll be my wife
A kiss from pretty little Shady Grove
Is sweet as brandy wine
There ain’t no girl in this old world
That’s prettier than mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2OMMGHihIE David Grisman at Grey Fox
Sittin’ On Top of the World
G
G7
It was in the spring one sunny day
C
G
My good girl left me, lord, she went a-way
Em
And now she's gone and I don't worry
G
D
G
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
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She called me up from El Paso
Said come back, daddy, Lord I need you so
* Refrain
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Show me a woman a man can trust
* Refrain
Mississippi River, long, deep and wide
The woman I'm loving is on the other side
* Refrain
You don't like my eaches, don't you shake my tree
Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be
* Refrain
Don't you come here running, poking out your hand
I'll get me a woman like you got your man
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHOLRRHknIk Key of A capo 2nd fret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPk84usAR0M Jimmy Martin and Vassar! Key of A capo
2nd fret
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
G
C
G
I looked over Jordan and what did I see?
D
Comin' for to carry me home
G
C
G
There was a band of angels, a-comin after me
D
G
Comin' for to carry me home
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Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Comin' for to carry me home
I'm sometimes up, and i'm sometimes down
Comin' for to carry me home
But but I know my soul is heavenly bound
Comin' for to carry me home
Chorus
If you get there before I do
Comin' for to carry me home
Tell all my friends that I'm a-comin' too
Comin' for to carry me home
Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7zD510vaR8 Billl Monroe and the Bluegrass
Boys Key of B capo 4th fret.
Tennessee Waltz
G
C
I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
G
D
When an old friend I happened to see
G
I introduced her to my loved one
C
And while they were dancing
G
D
G
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
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G
B7
C
G
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
D
Now I know just how much I have lost
G
Yes, I lost my little darling
C
The night they were playing
G
D
G
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep1s04y3Dz0&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Y2VLexfkq3QNKG3kQCUOgN&
index=1 Hammer dulicimer tune. Very sweet. This site has a lot of nice instrumentals.
This Land is Your Land
C
G
This land is your land this land is my land
D
G
From Cali-fornia to the New York island
C
G (Em)
From the red wood forest to the Gulf stream wat---ers
D
G
This land was made for you and me
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| C / | C / | G / | Em /
| D / | D / | G / | G7 /
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said: "No trespassing."
But on the other side, it didn’t say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCjz_IczIdQ Steve Earle and Friends in San Francisco
Tom Dooley
G
Hang down your head Tom Dooley
D
Hang down your head and cry
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Hang down your head Tom Dooley
G
Poor boy you’re bound to die
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I met her on the mountain
There I took her life
I met her on the mountain
Stabbed her with my knife
Refrain
You took her on the hillside
As God almighty knows
You took her on the hillside
And there you hid her clothes
Bout this time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
Hadn’t been for Grayson
I’d have been in Tennessee
Refrain
Bout this time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hanging from a white oak tree.
Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhXuO4Gz3Wo Kingston Trio of course! Key of E!
You Are My Sunshine
G
The other night dear As I lay sleeping, I dreamed I
C
G
Held you In my arms
C
G
When I a-woke dear, I was mis-taken
G
D
G
and I hung my head and cried
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C / | C /G / | G7 /
C / | C / G / |G /
G / | D / G / | G/
You are my sunshine My only sunshine
You make me happy When skies are grey
You'll never know dear How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you
and make you happy
If you will only
Stay the same
but if you leave me
To love another
You'll regret it all someday
Chorus
You told me once dear
You really loved me
and no one else could come between
but now you've left me and Iove another
You have shattered all of my dreams
Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qerg0LyLi6c Soggy Bottom Boys! Key of F # !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhqxwyy3Ix8 Soggy Bottom Cover band Key of C
Wabash Cannonball
G
C
From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore
D
G
From the green and rolling mountains to the southland by the shore
C
She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
D
G
She's the mighty combination of the Wabash cannon-ball
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Chorus:
Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo's call
While traveling through the jungle on the Wabash cannonball
Well the eastern states are dandy, so the western people say
From New York to St. Louis, and Chicago by the way,
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No chances can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus
She came down from Birmingham one cold December day.
As she rolled into the station you could hear all the people say
There's a gal from Tennessee, she's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash cannonball
Chorus
Here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
And always be remembered in the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall
They’ll carry him home to victory on the Wabash cannonball
Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uzVF53j3Gg Claire Lynch version Key of D. This is an amazing
version!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-dBeNcUQKU Here’s a classic instrumental version. Key of A
capo 2nd fret.
Wagon Wheel
G
D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em
C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
D
C
Pray to God I see head-lights
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| Em / | C /
|G/|D/
|C/|C/|
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back
To livin' that old life no more
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly
Had a nice long toke
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before for the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free
Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gX1EP6mG-E Who else? Old Crow, Key of A capo 2nd fret
When the Saints
G
Oh, when the saints go marching in
D
Oh, when the saints go marching in
G
G7
C
Lord I want to be in that number
G
D
G
When the saints go marching in
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| G / | G7 / | C / | C /
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Oh, when the drums begin to bang
Oh, when the drums begin to bang
I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
Oh, when the stars fall from the sky
Oh, when the stars fall from the sky
I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
Oh, when the moon turns red with blood
Oh, when the moon turns red with blood
I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call
Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call
I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
Oh, when the fire begins to blaze
Oh, when the fire begins to blaze
I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aff_zv76sCY Seeger Sessions. Really amazing version.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
G
I was standing by my window
C
G
On a cold and cloudy day
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|G/|G/|G/|G/
When I saw that hearse come rolling
D
G
For to carry my mother a-way
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Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Lord, I told that undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For this body that you are hauling
Lord, I hate to see it go
* Refrain
I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave
* Refrain
I went back home, my home was lonely
Miss my mother she has gone
All my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and alone
* Refrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6UDEkqCPE4 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band does it best!
Worried Man Blues Key of G
G
| G / | G / | G / | G7 /
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
C
G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
D
G
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long!
|C/|C/|C/|G/
|G/|G/|G/|G/
|D/|D/|D/|G/
2.
Went across the river, I lay down to sleep;
Went across the river, I lay down to sleep,
Went across the river, I lay down to sleep;
When I woke up.had shackles on my feet!
3.
Twenty one links of chain around my leg;
Twenty one links of chain around my leg;
Twenty one links of chain around my leg;
And on each link, there's an initial of my name!
4.
The train ride is twenty one coaches long;
Train I ride is twenty one coaches long;
Train I ride is twenty one coaches long;
And the gal I love is on that train and gone!
5.
Asked that judge what's gonna be fine;
Asked that judge what's gonna be fine;
Asked that judge what's gonna be fine;
Twenty one years on that rocky mountain line!
6,
Twenty one years to pay my awful Crime!
Twenty one years to pay my awful crime!
Twenty one years to pay my awful crime!
Twenty one years! And I still got ninety Nine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pi5qSsvFOc Sierra Hull and Ron Block. Key of B capo 4th fret.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKocb-hvvPc Woodie Guthrie version (shorter verse version!)
INSTRUMENTALS
8 More Miles to Louisville
“|X /|” = 1 full measure )
|G D|G C|G D|G/
|G D|G C/G/|D /
|C/|G/|C/|D/
|G D|G C|G D|G/
Arkansas Traveler
(Key of G)
Part A
|: G C | G /
|D/|D /
|G C|G/
| G / | D G :|
B part:
Arkansas Traveler
(Key of D)
A Part:
|: D G | D /
|A/|A/
|: G D | G
D
|G D| G
D
|G D| G
D
| G / | D G :|
|DG|D/
| D / | A D :|
B part:
Big Mon
Key of A (Capo 2nd)
|: D A | D A
A Part
|D
A | D A
|D
A | D A
G
F G D
|: / / | / / | / / | / /
| D / | A D :|
G F G D G
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
B Part
G
D
|: / / | / / | / / | / /
G
DG
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
Bill Cheatham nd
Key of A (capo 2 )
A Part
|: G C | D G |
|G/|D/
|GC|DG
| G / | D G :|
B part:
|: G / | G /
|C/|C/
Blackberry Blossom
Part A
|: G D | C G | C G | A D
| G D | C G | C G | D G :|
B Part:
|: Em / | Em /
| Em / | / B7
| Em / | Em /
| C G | D G :|
|G/|G/
| G / | D G :|
Billy in the Lowground
|: C / | C / | Am/ | Am/ |
| C / | C / | Am/ | G C :|
|: C / | C / | F / | F / |
| C / | C / | F / | G C :|
Dear Old Dixie
Key of G (2 // = 1 full measure)
G
C
G
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
G
A
D D7
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
G
C
B7
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
C
G E
// | // | // | //
A D G
// | // | // | //
Cripple Creek (key of G) (Capo 2nd)
Key of A
A part:
Devil’s Dream nd
Key of A (Capo 2 )
|:G / | C G |
|G/| G/
G / | D G :|
| Am / | Am /
B part
|G/| G/
|:G / | G / | G / | D G :|
| Am / | D G |
Down Yonder
Key of G (2 // = 1 full measure)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
G
C
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
|G/|G/|G/|G/
| Em / | Em / | G / | G /
G
G
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
| Em / | Em / | G / | G /
A
D
D7
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
| D / | D / | G/ | G /
G
C
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
G
A D G
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
Farewell Blues
Key of C
A part:
|: C / | G / | C / | C /
|C/| G/|C/|C/
| A / | A7 / | D / | D# /
| C / | G / | C / | C / :|
B Part
|: C7 / | C7 / | C7 / | C7 /
| C7 / | C7 / | C7 / | C7 /
| A / | A7 / | D / | D# /
| C / | G / | C / | C / :|
Forked Deer
Key of D
A Part
D
GA
|: // | / /
D A
// | //
D GA
// | / /
D G A D
/ / | / / :|
B Part:
A
D
|: // | // | // | / /
A DA D AD
// | / / | / / | / /:|
Gold Rush
Key of A (Capo 2nd)
Ground Speed
Key of G
A part
A Part
G
DG
|:// | // | // | // | // | // | / / | // :|
G
D
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
B part
G
C G D G
// | // | // | // | // | // | // | //
G CG
|: // | / / | // | //
B part
G CGG DG
// | / / | / / | // :|
|: D
G :|
// | // | // | // |
Golden Slippers
Key of G
C Part:
D
G G7
|:// | // | // | // |
A Part
C7 D G
// | // | // | //
G
D
|: / / | / / | / / | / /
D Part:
D
G
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
D
G
|: // | // | // | //:|
B Part
D
G C
// | // | // | //
G
C
|: / / |/ / | / / | / /
D
G
//|//| //|//
G
C
/ / |/ / | / / | / /
D
G
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
G D G
// | // | // | //
June Apple
Key of A (Capo 2nd)
A Part
G
F
|: // | // | // | //
G
F G
// | // | // | // :|
B Part
G
F C
|: // | // | // | //
G
F G
// | // | // | // :|
Red Haired Boy nd
Key of A (Capo 2 )
Roanoke
Key of G
A Part
A Part
G CG F
|:/ / | / / | / / | / /
G
DG
|:// | // | // | / /
G CG DG
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
G
DG
// | // | // | / /:|
B part
B part
Dm C G F
|:/ / | / / | / / | / /
G
C
|: // | // | // | //
G CG DG
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
G
Am D G
// | // | // | / / :|
Rickett’s Hornpipe
Key of D (Capo 2nd)
A Part
C G
|:/ / | / /
CFG
/ / |//
C G
//|//
C F C-G C
/ /|/
/ :|
B part
C F
|:/ / | / /
CFG
/ /|//
C G
//|//
C F C-G C
/ /|/
/ :|
Sally Goodin’
Key of A (Capo 2nd)
G
DG
|:// | // | // | / / :|
Sally Ann
Key of G
A part
G C
G
|:// | // | // | / /
G D
G
// | // | // | / / :|
B Part
G Am D G
|:/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
Salt Creek
Key of A (Capo 2nd)
St. Anne’s Reel
Key of D
A Part
A Part
G C F D
|:// | / / | // | / /
D
G D
|:// | // | // | //
G C F D G
// | / / | // | / / :|
D
GA D
// | // | / / | // :|
B Part
B Part
G
F
|:/ / | / / | / / | / /
D Em A D
|:// | // | // | //
G
F DG
|:/ / | / / | / / | / / :|
Bm G A D
// | // | / / | // :|
Soldier’s Joy
Key of D
A Part
D
A
|:// | // | // | //
D
GAD
// | // | / / | // :|
B part
D G D A
|:// | // | // | //
D G DA D
// | // | / / | / / :|
Temperance Reel
Key of G
A Part
G
Em
|:// | // | // | //
G
Em D G
// | // | // | / / :|
B Part
Em D
|:// | // | // | //
Em Am D G
// | // | // | / / :|
Turkey in the Straw
Key of G
A Part
G
D
|:// | // | // | //
G
DG
// | // | // | / / :|
B Part
G
C
|:// | // | // | //
G
D G DG
// | / / | // | / / :|
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Key of D
A Part
D
GD A
|:// | // | / / | //
D
GD A D
// | // | / / | / / :|
B part
D
Em A
|:// | // | // | //
DA GDGD A D
/ / | / / | / / | / / :|