I'm Going Home (California)
Intro banjo tab
Posted by Mr. Banjo on 6/8/2006, 4:12 pm
Sorry for the delay...here ya go...as close as I can figure it. The
intro
springs from the (C) & (Am) chords. Hope it makes sense
{C}
-----------2----------2-------2--------2---
-------1h----------1----3h---------1--------
---0----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
--------------0------------------0--------0-
{Am}
---------3----------3---------3--------3--------0---------0--2------3------0
--0-------------1-----0---1h---------1---0---3---------3------------------------
-----2h------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------0---------------------0------------------0------------0------0------0
{C}
--------2-----------2--------------
----1------------1-----0-----------0
---------------------------2-----0
---------------------------------
-------------0---------------------
Follow-up notes:
Capo #5 (Long necks)
Song is in (C) tuning
OH, SAIL AWAY
John Phillips / Richard Weissman
Copyright (C) 1960 By Atzal Music, Inc., Hew York, NY
All Rights Reserved
SOURCE: Posted by Pete Curry to The Kingston Trio Place Musicians' Rendezvous
on
October 16, 2000 at 23:58:07:
Somebody e-mailed me for help with the song "Oh Sail Away." Since
it's one of my favorite
Stewart Trio songs, I thought I'd post my response here.
The song is in the key of A Major (Guitar=key of G, capo 2; banjo=key of G,
G tuning, capo 2).
The unusual chord in this song is F Minor Sixth. To play it on guitar, barre
the first three
strings at the 1st fret, leave the 4th string open, play the 5th string at the
3rd fret with
your 3rd finger, and play the 6th string at the 1st fret with your thumb. On
banjo, barre
the first three strings at the 1st fret and play the 1st string at the 3rd fret
(4th string
is open/D). Regards, Pete Curry
The banjo intro. is as follows (if the chord names slide around in the TAB
when I post this,
you should be able to figure out where they belong):
G Fm6
----0--------0-----1--3--1-----1---
-----------------------------3------
-------0----------------------------
------------------------------------
-0--------0-------------------------
G Fm6
-0--------0-------------------------
----0--------0-----1--3--1--0--1---
-------0----------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
G Fm6
-0----0----0--0-----1-3-1----1----1-
--0----0-------------------3---3-1---
---0----0----------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
G Fm6 G
-0----0----0--0-----1-3-1------------
--0----0-------------------3--1-------
---0----0-----------------------3-1-0-
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-0--
-0--
-0--
-0--
-0--( STRUM DOWN, ALL STRINGS; IMMEDIATELY MUTE WITH PALM OF HAND)
REFRAIN:
C D7 G Em
(Just a-singin') Ooo, ooo, sail away----
C F D7 G
Ooo, ooo sail away
G Fm6 G C
A man would be a fool / to spend all his money
Em C D7 G
and have to go to sea once more
G Fm6 G C
But when those brown skin (Fm6) gals / start callin' you honey
Em C D7 G
you'll be a sailin' from that shore (Once again now...Ooo...)
Refrain
When we hit Trinidad, was there I met Marni.
Don't you know we started drinkin' rum.
But now I feel so bad. She took all my money
and now I sail with the mornin' sun.
So all ye sailor lads who want to go sportin',
mark ye well what I do say.
Don't trust them brown skin gals. They'll be your misfortune.
You'll be at sea till your dyin' day.
Refrain
Long Black Veil
Posted by Mr. Banjo on 7/14/2006, 11:27 am, in reply to "Long Black Veil"
Here ya go -- Key of E (No capo, long neck!) G chords
--------0------0-------0------0-------0------0------0------0
-----0-------1-------1------1-------1------1----------0-----0
-0-2----------------------------------------------------0-----2hammer--0
------------------0---------------0-------------0--------------------
-----------0--------------0--------------0--------------------------
A forward roll until the hammer then a backward roll. Then:
-----9--------7---------7---------9----9---9-------0--------0---------
--------8-----------7--------7-----------8---8------------0-----------
--0--------7---------------7----7----7----------0--------------0--------
------------------------------------------------------------------2hammer---0
-----------------0-------------------------------------0----------------
This part looks harder than it is...just make an A chord on the 7th fret
and play around with it. This should get you started...there are some nuances
here that you can play with and add your own stuff. For example, you could play
the 1st section...
------------2-----0----2-----0-----2Hammer--0-----0-------------
------0--1------1-----1----1-----1------------0-----0-----------
--0-2---------0-----0----0-----0----------------0-----2Hammer---0
---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
And at the end of the 2nd section, after the hammer,
------2hammer(slide)--4----0
Have fun!
Posted by Mark on 7/14/2006, 6:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Long Black Veil"
One essential thing is to tune the 5th string up to match the first string fretted at the 12th fret on standard G tuning. This is easier on a long neck when playing without capo in key of E. On a regular neck this might be tough if your banjo doesn't have a 5th string capo or spikes.
Razors In the Air
Pete Curry
"Razors in the Air" is in the key of G and Dave's banjo is in G tuning (gDGBD). The most striking thing about his banjo work here is his use of cam-type D-tuners (the predecessor of Scruggs-Keith tuners) on his 2nd and third strings. These allowed him to retune his 2nd string from B to A and his third string from G to F#, quickly and effortlessly (which results in an open D Major chord). In the TAB, the downward tuning of a string is indicated by "<" and the upward tuning is indicated by ">." Here's what the opening looks like:
-0--------------0-----------------------
----<-------------->--------------------
-------<-------------->-----------------
----------0------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
Here is a rough TAB for some of the riffs Dave plays elsewhere in the song
(p=pull-off; h=hammer on; s=slide):
Sukee by the kitchen gate
-5--------5------------2--2p0-------
-------3---------0--1---------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
----0--------0------------------------
Tiptoe by and let her wait
-------------------0-----------------
-2h3--2h3------3---------1------------
------------------------------2--0-----
------------------------------------
------------0---------0---------------
She don't know 'bout you and me
-5-5-5-0---2-----0------------------
-3-3-3-0---1--1--0------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0---0--0--0-----------------
Corn is cheap in Tennessee
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
-2s4--0--------0--------------------
---------2--0-----------------------
------------------------------------
Wagon comin' down the road
---9-----9------2--2p0--------------
-8-----8---0--1---------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-----0-------------------------------
Turnin' with a heavy load
-----------------0-----------------------
-2h3-2h3----3-------1------------------
-------------------------2-0--------------
---------------------------------------
-----------0-------0---------------------
See the moon a-shinin' down
----9-------9----------------------------
-11-----11----------8------------------
----------------7-9-----7----------------
---------------------------------------
------0--------------------------------
All the boys are out of town
-------0---0------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-2s4----0-----------0-----------------------
--------------2--0-----------------------
--------------------------------------
Isn't this a quiet town
-0--0--0------2--2--0-----------------------
-----------0----------------------------
---------------3--3--0-------------------
--------------------------------------
-0--0--0--0-------------------------------
Took the mad dogs to the pound
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-5--3--1--0-------------------------------
-5--4--2--0-------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------0------------------------
Bless the day that you were born
-0--2--0---------------------------------
-0--1--0---------------------------------
-0--0--0---------------------------------
-0--2--0---------------------------------
----------0----------------------------
I was afraid that you'd be gorn (Chorus)
-0-------------------------------------
----<-->--------------------------------
-----------0---------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
For much of the song, Dave uses three-finger picking...
----0-------0--------0------------------
-0-------0--------0---------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
------0--------0-----------------------
(I-M-T, I-M-T, I-M)
...or various forms of "comping" (simplified time keeping) such as the following (T-TM, T-TM):
-----0------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------
--0-----------------------------------
---------0----------------------------
-----0------0--------------------------
(Thumb picks single string, thumb and middle finger pick 5th string and first
string in unison, a/k/a "pinch.")
Dave used this comping style (and the reverse--thumb and middle finger pinch 5th and 1st strings, thumb picks single string) as the basis for his introduction to the Whiskeyhill Singers' version of "Bonnie Ship The Diamond."
I'm in the middle of a large project and I won't be able to get back here for a while. Bye for now, Pete Curry
Road to Freedom
Mac Carter
Posted by Mac Carter on 7/1/2006, 11:24 am, in reply to "Chords for Road to Freedom"
Here’s my take on it (not sure wnat the actual key is, but it's based in G on guitar, open G tuning on banjo):
(Em) I’m gonna (G) walk that (C-A-C) road
That we (D7) walked long be-(G)fore
Many (C) years ago (G)
And we’ll (Em) walk a hundred (D7) more
And we’re (G) coming (C) one by (G) one
You can (C) see us (F) two by (C) two
(G) Every time you (Em) turn around
A-(A)nother’s coming (D7) through
So we’ll (G) sing it (C) long and (G) proud
So (C)every- (F)one will (Em) know
That the (G) road to (Em) freedom is a (F) long, long..(D)
way to (G) go (C)(G)(C)G)(C)(B7)...next verse
I actually prefer using D rather than D7 where it comes up in this song.
Mac Carter
SCOTCH AND SODA
Dave Guard
Thanks to Mark Williams et al, February 14, 2007
Intro: x02002, x03335, x10111 or xx0111, 320001 (play twice)
(Fmaj7)Scotch and soda, (Bb9)mud in your eye.
(C)Baby, do I feel (A7)high, oh, me, oh, (D7)my
(G7)Do I feel (E7)high
(Fmaj7)Dry martini, (Bb9)jigger of gin.
(C)Oh, what a spell you've (A7)got me in, oh, (D7)my
(G7)Do I feel (E7)high.
(F)People won't believe me.
They'll (C)think that (G7)I'm just (C)braggin'
But (A7)I could (D7)feel the way I do
and (G7)still be on the wagon.
(Fmaj7)All I need is (Bb9)one of your smiles.
(C)Sunshine of your (A7)eyes, oh, me, oh, (D7)my
(G7)Do I feel (A7)higher than a kite can fly
(F)Give me lovin’ (G7)baby I feel (C)high (C7)
Though (F)people won't believe me.
They'll (C)think that (G7)I'm just (C)braggin'.
But (A7)I could (D7)feel the way I do
and (G7)still be on the wagon.
(Fmaj7)All I need is (Bb9)one of your smiles.
(C)Sunshine of your (A7)eyes, oh, me, oh, (D7)my.
(G7)Do I feel (A7)higher than a kite can fly.
(F)Give me lovin', (G7)baby,
*I feel (C)high (x210, x320, x210, C)
*Last line after “I”, pinch 2nd string at 3rd fret
Chords:
Fmaj7 (x33210)
Bb9 (x10111) or Fm6 (xx0111)
C (x32010)
C7 (x32310)
A7 (002020)
D7 (200212)
G7 (320001)
E7 (022130)
F (133211)
The First Time
Posted by mike lajoie on 5/16/2006, 10:27 am, in reply to "Chords to "
Hi...Here is my take on the chords in the key of C at the 4th fret, but u may play it in the key of D on the sec. fret. The intro chords in this key is like an (Am7 to a C note), finger picking 4, 3, 2 on Am7, then lifting the fretted note on the 4th string and playing only the C note, 4, 3, 2 ). On the Am7 you are only fretting two strings, the sec and fourth. Lead notes will follow in the key of D.
The First Time (capo 4th )
(C)The first (Dm)time
(G7)ever i saw your (C)face (Cmaj7-C)
i thought the (F)sun (Em)rose
in your (G)eyes (Dm)
and the moon and(Cmaj7) stars
were the (F)gifts (G)you (C)gave
to the(Dm) dark.....
(G)and the empty (C)skies, my(G) love
to the (Dm)dark....
and the(F) empty(C) skies
They Call the Wind Maria
Pete Curry
"They Call the Wind Maria" (from "hungry i") (Key of E)
Regarding the Intro.: What's happening there (and in the first verse) is a repeated change back and forth between E7 (022130) to E6 (022120). The exact intro. might be hard to duplicate if you're playing solo since I believe Bob was strumming those chords in the first position while Dave was doing a lead line up the neck. Anway, "Bob's part" would be something like this (down-up-down-up with flatpick--or down with thumb, up with first finger, brush down with several fingers, up with first finger):
-------0--0----0----------0--0----0----------------------------------------
-------3--3----3----------2--2----2----------------------------------------
-------1--1----1----------1--1----1-----------------------------------------
----------2-------------------2--------------------------------------------
----------2-------------------2--------------------------------------------
--0-------------------0--------------------(6X)--------------------------
(The rhythm is "one-and-two-and, one-and-two-and")
...while "Dave's part" is something like this (I listened very quickly)...
------7----------------------7-------------------------------------
--------------0----------------------0-----------------------------
--7----------------------6----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
----------0----------------------0---------------------------------
...which is the same E7 to E6 movement up the neck.
The chords to the song are as follows:
(E7)Way out (E6)here they (E7)have a (E6)name for (E7)rain and (E6)wind and
(E7fire (E6, E7-E6)
The (E7)rain is (E6)Tess, the (E7)fire's (E6)Joe, and they (B7)call the wind
Ma- (E7)ria (E6, E7-E6)
Ma- (E7)ria (E6)blows the (E7)stars a- (E6)round, and (E7)sets the (E6)clouds
a- (E7)flyin' (E6, E7-E6)
Ma-(E7)ria (E6)makes the (E7)mountains (E6)sound like (B7)folks was out there
(E7)dyin' (E6, E-7-E6)
Ma- (A)ria...Ma- (E7)ri- (E6)a... (E7-E6) they (B7)call the wind Ma-(E)ria
Be- (Em)fore I (G)knew Ma- (Em)ria's (G)name and (Em)heard her (G)wail and
(Em)whinin' (G)
I (F)had a gal...and (Em)she had me and the (F)sun...was (Am)al.....ways (Em)shinin'
But then one (G)day I (Em)left my (G)gal...I (Em)left her (G)far be- (Em)hind
me
and (F)now I'm lost...so (Em)gol' dern lost, not (F)even....(Am)God....can (Em)find
me
Ma- (F)ria....Ma- (Em)ria..they (F)call....the (Am)wind Ma- (Em)ria (E)
Out (E)here they have a name for rain and wind and fire only
When you're lost and all alone...there (B7)ain't no name for (E)lonely
I'm a lost and lonely man without a star to guide me
Ma- (A)ria blow my (E)love to me...I (B7)need my gal be- (E)side me
Ma- (A)ria...Ma-(E)ria...they (B7)call the wind Ma- (E)ria
Ma- (A)ria...Ma- (E)ria...they (A)call...the (C)wind...Ma- (E)ria
They Call The Wind Maria (Alternate)
Thanks to Mikey Burns
E
Way out here they have a name for rain and wind and fire
E E7 A B7 E
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe and they call the wind Maria
E
Maria blows the stars around and sets the clouds to flyin'
E E7 A B7 E
Maria makes the mountain sound like folks was out there dyin'
A E A B7 E
Maria...(echo) Maria...(echo) They call the wind Maria (I do a slight up tempo
here)
Em G Em G Em G Em G
Before I knew Maria's name and heard her wail and whinin'
F Em F Em
I had a gal and she had me...the sun was always shinin'
Em G Em G Em G Em G
But then one day I left my gal...I left her far behind me
F Em F Em
and now I'm lost, so gull dern lost...not even God can find me
F Em F Em E
Maria...(echo) Maria...(echo) They call the wind Maria (up tempo here)
E
Out here they have a name for things like wind and fire only
E E7 A B7 E
When you're lost and all alone, there ain't no name for lonely
E
Now I'm a lost and lonely man without a star to guide me
A E A B7 E
Maria, blow my love to me I need that gal beside me
A E A B7 E
Maria...(echo) Maria...(echo) They call the wind Maria... (big finish here)
A E
Maria! Maria! (echo whispered twice)
E A C E
They call the wind Maria.
This Land Is Your Land
Pete Curry
"This Land" is in the key of E. Dave had his capo on the 7th fret of his long-neck banjo and used C tuning (gCGBD), chords in the key of C/C tuning group. (If you're using a standard-neck banjo, put your capo on the 4th fret.)
The intro. consists of a series of triplets, as follows (note--fret numbers are counted up from capo, not from nut):
---5---------5----------5-----------------------
-8---------6----------5---------3-3------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
-----0---------0----------0---------------------
Followed by some double-thumbing (T-M-T-M):
---2---2----------2---2-------2---2-------------
-1-----------------------------------------------
----------------2-----------0------------Etc.----
-------------------------------------------------
-----0--------------0-----------0---------------
Here are the chords for banjo (again--C tuning, chords in the key of C/C tuning group, capoed up four to E.)
(C) This land is (F)your land, this land is (C)my land
From Cali- (G7)fornia, to the New York (C) island
From the redwood (F)forest, to the gulf stream (C)waters
(G7) this land was made for you and (C) me (F-C)
Note the chords for the verses, as follows:
(C)As I went (Bb)walkin' that ribbon of (C)highway
I saw a- (F6)bove me (Fm6)that endless (C)skyway
I saw be- (F6)low me (Fm6)that golden (C)valley
(G7)this land was made for you and (C)me (F-C)
Bb=o5333
F6=o0233
Fm6=o0133
Here are the chords for guitar (Key of E, no capo):
(E) This land is (A)your land, this land is (E)my land
From Cali- (B7)fornia, to the New York (E) island
From the redwood (A)forest, to the gulf stream (E)waters
(B7) this land was made for you and (E) me (A-E)
And for the verses:
(E)As I went (D)walkin' that ribbon of (E)highway
I saw a- (F#m)bove me (Am)that endless (E)skyway
I saw be- (A)low me (Am)that golden (E)valley
(B7)this land was made for you and (E)me (A-E) Etc.
Now, fast forward a few years, and you have this by the Beatles, which uses the same F6-to-Fm6 sequence:
"You Won't See Me" (Chorus, key of C)
(F6)Time after (Fm6)time
you refuse to even (C)listen
(D7)I wouldn't mind
if I (G7sus4)knew what I was (G7)missing.....
G7sus4 = o2013
G7=o2003