How to play “down to the river to pray” fingerpicking

Play “I went down to the down to the river to pray” fingerpicking style. This great old sweet-sounding gospel tune is not too hard to play with a standard tuning.

A great old-time bluegrass tune. Pure and simple. I’ve included a lyric and chord sheet you’ll find helpful if you want to play the tune finger-style

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I’ve made lessons for literally hundreds of songs for students over the years- all different types of music, different genres and differing levels of complexity. Check out the song list page linked above and see if there’s something there you’d like to cover. Many of them have a combination of chord and lyric sheets, lead sheets, video lessons and style examples.  If you’re interested in a song you don’t see, let me know!