Chords for Bugle Call Rag from Foggy Mountain Banjo - Tom Adams banjo lesson

This version of Bugle Call Rag is based on the 1960 recording by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Put your banjo in open G tuning and then fine tune it to match the pitch of the original recording.
In this video, I'll demonstrate three breaks and the ending, and let's start by listening to the original recording of the first [G] break. _ _
_ _ [C] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ Let's take a look at the first break, which is played entirely up the neck. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ Now let's listen to the second break on the original recording. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ On the second break, you'll play the first half up the neck and the second half down the neck.
And during the first C chord, you'll bend an A note on the second string and play a B note on the first string,
but you won't actually form a C chord with your left hand. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _
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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [G] _ _ _ Moving on to the third break, let's listen to the original recording.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
The third break starts with a cool lick that's unique to this tune, and then except for the first C chord, you'll play a down the neck break. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ Finally, here's the ending from the Flatt & Scruggs record. _ _
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And let's take a look at the ending. _ _ _ _
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