Dueling Banjos Chords & Tabs
This is an amazing song that was remade by Charlie Daniels Band, I love it and hopefully you feel the same.
there are basically seven different guitar parts in this song.
I will give u the sections and at the bottom show you the order.
PART 1
A A A D A
E-|-9--9--9---14--9--|
B-|-11-11-11--15--11-|
G-|-9--9--9---14--9--|
D-|------------------|
A-|------------------|
E-|------------------|
PART 2
Here is the most famous part of the song
(i like 2 bar the B and G strings at 2)
E-|----------------------------|
B-|-2--3--5--2--3-----2--------|
G-|----------------4-----2--4--|
D-|----------------------------|
A-|----------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|
PART 3
Here is the yankee doodle part
(the banjo does the 2nd half of the yankee doodle)
E-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------0-----0-----|
G-|-----0--0--2-----0-----2--|
D-|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/charlie_daniels_band/dueling_banjos_tab_ver_2.html ]
PART 4
the last part is the Emajor scale
E-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|
A-|-------------0--2--0------|
E-|--000--2--4-----------4---|
PART 5
This is the octive of Emajor
E-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|----------1--2--4--2--1---|
D-|--222--4------------------|
A-|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|
PART 6
this is just like the sound of tuning check
E-|-----------------5--|
B-|--------------5-----|
G-|-----------5--------|
D-|--------5-----------|
A-|-----5--------------|
E-|--5-----------------|
PART 7
E-|-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------2345---5---5---5-----------7-7----|
E-|--45--0-5-0-5-0-----5---5---5---545-0-5-0-----5--|
THE ORDER OF THE SONG:
PART 6 - X1
PART 1 - X4
PART 2 - X2
PART 3 - X1
PART 4 - X2
PART 5 - X1
PART 4 - X1
PART 5 - X1
The song speeds up here
PART 1 - X2
PART 2 - X2
PART 3 - X1
PART 7 - X1
PART 4 - X2
PART 5 - X1
PART 4 - X1
PART 4 - X1
PART 1 - X2
PART 2 - X2
PART 3 - X1
PART 7 - X1
The banjo ends it