THIS IS FOR BANJO
G C
D------------------|--0-----0-----0--|-----------------|-----2---2-------|
B--0---0--0---1--3-|----0-----0-----0|-------0----0----|---1-------1-----|
G------------------|-----------------|---0-0---2-----0-|-----------------|
D------------------|0-----0-----0----|0----------------|-2---------------|
G------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0-----0---|
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
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D-2-----2----------|--2---------2----|----2------------|-----------------|
B---1-----1--------|--------------1--|-----------------|--0---0--0---1--3|
G------------------|0---0h2-0--------|--0----0---------|-----------------|
D--------------0h2-|--2-------2-----2|----2-----2--0---|-----------------|
G-----0-----0------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung would you hear
my voice
G C
D---0-----0-----0--|-----------------|-----2---2-------|-2-----2---------|
B-----0-----0-----0|-------0----0----|---1-------1-----|---1-----1-------|
G------------------|---0-0---2-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-0-----0-----0----|0----------------|-2---------------|-------------0h2-|
G------------------|-----------------|-------0-----0---|-----0-----0-----|
Come through the music would you
G D G
D-0-0------4--4----|------------0----|
B-0---0h1--3----3--|------------0----| REPEAT
G-0--------2------2|-----0-0h2--0----|
D-0--------0-------|-0h2--------0----| That is the intro / verse that is
G-0----------------|------------0----| used through the whole song
Hold it near as it were your own
Now the chorus is kinda simple. What I do ( if you want go ahead and make up your own
is this.
This is the picking pattern I use during the chorus
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|----0-----0-----0| The chords in the chorus are.
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|0-----0-----0----| Am D G C
|-----------------| Ripple in still water when there is no pebble tossed
Am D
no wind to blow. (then back to the verse above)