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How to play peter cottontail

How to play “peter cottontail”

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hopping down the bunny trail
Hippity-hoppity, Easter’s on its way!

This recording features bass and guitar in a kind of “country swing” feel. A little experiment with Logic Pro.
2023-10-11T12:37:45-04:00

How to play dire wolf

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How to play dire wolf.

In the timbers of Fennario, the wolves are running round
The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet ‘neath the ground
Don’t murder me, I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
I sat down to my supper, ’twas a bottle of red whisky
I said my prayers and went to bed, that’s the last they saw of me
Don’t murder me, I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
When I awoke, the Dire Wolf, six hundred pounds of sin
Was grinning at my window, all I said was come on in
Don’t murder me, I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
The Wolf came in, I got my cards, we sat down for a game
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades, but the cards were all the same
Don’t murder me, I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
Don’t murder me
In the backwash of Fennario, the black and bloody mire
The Dire Wolf collects his dues, while the boys sing ’round the fire
Don’t murder me, I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
No no no don’t murder me
I beg of you, don’t murder me
Please, don’t murder me
Please, […]
2022-06-27T21:32:52-04:00

How to play the hobo song

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How to play the hobo song

Lyrics: Jack Bonus Music: Jack Bonus

Too late to feel sorrow Too late to feel pain
He’s just an old hobo And he’s Lost out in the rain

He’d never cause trouble. So don’t have no fear
He’s just an old hobo And he’ll soon be far away from here

Refrain
He used to be a gambling man just like you Until he sank so low that there was
Nothing that no one could do  He used to be a gambling man just like you
Until he sank so low that there was. Nothing that no one could do

Oh, don’t make him ask you  Oh, don’t make him beg
He was a war hero. And that’s how he hurt his leg

He killed thirty injuns With one cannon ball
Now he’s just an old hobo Asleep out in the hall

* Refrain

A wife and five children Who live in L.A.
They miss their dear daddy Who’s gone so far away

They still have his picture It’s hung on the wall
Now he’s just an old hobo Asleep out in the hall

* Refrain

He used to be a gambling man just like you
Until he sank so low that there was
Nothing that no one could do

2023-10-11T13:08:39-04:00

How to play Gentle on my mind

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How to play gentle on my mind. This part 1 lesson is for solo guitar fingerstyle and includes tablature

How to play “Gentle on my mind” fingerstyle guitar.

tab for Gentle on my mind

“Gentle on My Mind” is a song that was written and originally recorded by John Hartford, and released on his second studio album, Earthwords & Music (1967). Hartford composed the song after watching Doctor Zhivago in 1966, as he was inspired by the film and his own personal experiences. The lyrics describe the reminiscences of lost love of a man as he travels through the country. The following year, Hartford released the song as a single on RCA Records.

It then caught the attention of Glen Campbell, who recorded his cover version with a group of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. Campbell’s cover of “Gentle on My Mind” peaked in the top 30 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. In 1968, between Campbell’s and Hartford’s recordings, the song earned four Grammy Awards. It ended up being popularized by Campbell, whose version became by 2001 the second-most-played song on the radio in the United States.

2023-10-11T13:11:20-04:00

How to play deep elem blues

How to play deep elem blues (also spelled “Deep Elem Blues” or “Deep Ellum Blues”) on solo guitar. Deep elem blues is an American traditional song. The title of the tune refers to the historical African-American neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. Known as Deep Ellum, this was home to music legends Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely. This is a great tune to get started with blues.

history

The first known recording was made by the Cofer Brothers in 1923 under the band name the Georgia Crackers. The title was “The Georgia Black Bottom” on OKeh Records (OKeh 45111). The song alluded to the dance craze called Black Bottom of the 1920s which in part referenced the community of Black Bottom, Detroit. The change from Black Bottom to Deep Elm occurred sometime between 1926 and 1933.

The Shelton Brothers recorded various versions of this song, the first being cut in 1933 with Leon Chappelear under the pseudonym of Lone Star Cowboys for Bluebird Records. They recorded it again in 1935 for Decca Records followed by “Deep Elm No.2” and “Deep Elm No.3”. Les Paul (as Rhubarb Red) recorded “Deep Elem Blues” and “Deep Elem Blues #2” on Decca in 1936. The Sheltons also recorded it in the 1940s as “Deep Elm Boogie” for King Records.

other versions

Other versions of the song were made between […]

2023-10-11T13:13:52-04:00

How to play scotch and soda

how to play scotchand sodaHow to play scotch and soda on guitar, A stand-up member of the great american song book with a mysterious past

This great Kingston Trio song “Scotch and Soda” was discovered by the Trio through the parents of the baseball player Tom Seaver, who had first heard it in a hotel piano lounge in 1932 when on their honeymoon in Phoenix, Arizona. They liked it so much that they had the piano player write it down for them so it would be “their song.” One member of the trio (Dave Guard) was dating Seaver’s older sister (Katie) at that time, and heard the song on a visit to the Seaver home. Although it is credited to Guard (he had it copyrighted in his name on March 30, 1959), the trio never discovered the real songwriter’s name, though they searched for years.

Here’s Scotch and Soda by the Kingston Trio:

2022-05-26T20:32:33-04:00

How to play “blowin in the wind”

how to play blowin in the wind. this audio is an mp3 midi file of the notes in the pdf (linked below)

Blowin_in_the_Wind chords tabs and lyrics part 1

“Blowin’ in the Wind” is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind” has been described as “impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind”

In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked number 14 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Dylan originally wrote and performed a two-verse version of the song; its first public performance, at Gerde’s Folk City on April 16, 1962, was recorded and circulated among Dylan collectors. Shortly after this performance, he added the middle verse to the song. Some published versions of the lyrics reverse the order of the second and third verses, apparently because Dylan simply appended the middle verse to his original manuscript, rather than writing out a new […]

2023-09-22T11:23:49-04:00
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