Chords for "Green Green Rocky Road" taught by Dave Van Ronk
Tempo:
101.8 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
G#
D#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Hi, I'm Dave Vanronk.
little something [F#] easy.
Green Rocky Road.
Drop D, [G] sometimes called English D, [F#] tuning.
[B]
[F#]
[B] [F#]
When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpet [F#] on my floor, you come along.
little something [F#] easy.
Green Rocky Road.
Drop D, [G] sometimes called English D, [F#] tuning.
[B]
[F#]
[B] [F#]
When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpet [F#] on my floor, you come along.
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F#
B
G#
D#
C
F#
B
G#
Hi, I'm Dave Vanronk.
I'm going to start out with a little something [F#] easy.
_ _ [G#] This is Green Rocky Road.
_ It's [F#] in Drop D, [G] sometimes called English D, [F#] tuning. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpet [F#] on my floor, you come along.
Follow me, we'll go down to _ Galilee. _ _ _
_ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ _ you're promenading green. _ _ _
Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _ _
_ _ See that crow up in the sky, he don't walk.
You just fly, he don't walk, _ he don't run.
Keep on [B] flapping [F#] to the sun.
_ _ _ _ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green.
_ _ _ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love.
_ _ _ Little Miss Jane, you run to the wall, don't you stumble.
[B] _ [F#] Don't you fall, or don't you sink.
Don't you shout, when I see you come running out. _ _ _
Green, _ Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green.
_ _ _ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ Whoop-de-doot-ka, soda cracker does your mama.
_ [B] Chew [F#] tobacco if your mama, _ chews tobacco.
Whoop-de-doot-ka, whoop-de-doot-ka, soda cracker, yes.
_ _ _ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green. _ _
_ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _
_ _ _ When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpool.
[F#] On the floor, you come along. _
Follow me, _ [B] there's a man, [F#] there's a man in Galilee.
_ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green. _ _
_ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So, let's get in tune [D#] together.
Now, as you can see, I'm capoed up four here.
Now, there's no special reason why that [A#] has to be.
It's just a good key for me to sing [F#] in.
But, [G#] what we're going to do is, _ _ _ _ _ _ you see this low E string is tuned down a whole tone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [B] you have a good, solid [F#] bottom there for _ _ [C] your bass and D.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ Now, the thing is, if you bear in mind that that low E is tuned down a whole tone,
_ _ then all the fingerings make perfect sense.
So that _ when you're playing a G chord, _ [B] _ that's your G.
[B] _ _
_ Up a whole tone from where it would be if you [F#] were in regular tuning. _
_ _ _ Now, essentially this, just the index finger down here, that's the D that you need.
Everything else is either added or taken off.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And then when you need that high F sharp, you just come down [F] and you bar like this.
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_ _ _ _ [D#] Here's that [B] G. _
It's a G6 chord.
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_ _ So [B] that's really all there is to the verse.
Now, the chorus, _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
now this is a little bit tricky.
What it is, is again, it's a G chord. _
_ And it's formed like an F chord would be. _
Only your [C] thumb comes around here [B] to get the low tonic.
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_ _ _ _ And then you have this little [F#] slide _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the open G.
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Now you have some hammer-ons coming up. _ _ _ _
_ _ You see just, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] and then to the [B] G6.
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_ _ _ Now let's try playing it together slowly. _
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I'm going to start out with a little something [F#] easy.
_ _ [G#] This is Green Rocky Road.
_ It's [F#] in Drop D, [G] sometimes called English D, [F#] tuning. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpet [F#] on my floor, you come along.
Follow me, we'll go down to _ Galilee. _ _ _
_ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ _ you're promenading green. _ _ _
Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _ _
_ _ See that crow up in the sky, he don't walk.
You just fly, he don't walk, _ he don't run.
Keep on [B] flapping [F#] to the sun.
_ _ _ _ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green.
_ _ _ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love.
_ _ _ Little Miss Jane, you run to the wall, don't you stumble.
[B] _ [F#] Don't you fall, or don't you sink.
Don't you shout, when I see you come running out. _ _ _
Green, _ Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green.
_ _ _ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ Whoop-de-doot-ka, soda cracker does your mama.
_ [B] Chew [F#] tobacco if your mama, _ chews tobacco.
Whoop-de-doot-ka, whoop-de-doot-ka, soda cracker, yes.
_ _ _ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green. _ _
_ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love. _
_ _ _ When I go by Baltimore, need no [B] carpool.
[F#] On the floor, you come along. _
Follow me, _ [B] there's a man, [F#] there's a man in Galilee.
_ Green, Green Rocky Road, _ you're promenading green. _ _
_ Tell me who you love, tell me who you love.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So, let's get in tune [D#] together.
Now, as you can see, I'm capoed up four here.
Now, there's no special reason why that [A#] has to be.
It's just a good key for me to sing [F#] in.
But, [G#] what we're going to do is, _ _ _ _ _ _ you see this low E string is tuned down a whole tone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [B] you have a good, solid [F#] bottom there for _ _ [C] your bass and D.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ Now, the thing is, if you bear in mind that that low E is tuned down a whole tone,
_ _ then all the fingerings make perfect sense.
So that _ when you're playing a G chord, _ [B] _ that's your G.
[B] _ _
_ Up a whole tone from where it would be if you [F#] were in regular tuning. _
_ _ _ Now, essentially this, just the index finger down here, that's the D that you need.
Everything else is either added or taken off.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And then when you need that high F sharp, you just come down [F] and you bar like this.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] Here's that [B] G. _
It's a G6 chord.
[F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ So [B] that's really all there is to the verse.
Now, the chorus, _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
now this is a little bit tricky.
What it is, is again, it's a G chord. _
_ And it's formed like an F chord would be. _
Only your [C] thumb comes around here [B] to get the low tonic.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ And then you have this little [F#] slide _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the open G.
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Now you have some hammer-ons coming up. _ _ _ _
_ _ You see just, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] and then to the [B] G6.
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_ _ _ Now let's try playing it together slowly. _
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