Chords for CANNONBALL Rag LESSON (Travis picking)

_ I know you play E9 [Bm] like this, but what I'm doing is I'm playing it [E] in a funky fashion.
I've got [Bm] my pinky on the first string, [Em] my index finger is on the first string 7th fret,
my index finger is on the [F#] second string at the 5th fret, [G] I've got my ring finger on the
7th fret 3rd string, and then I've got the 3rd if [G#] you will.
So 3rd is on the 4th [E] string, I've got the dominant 7th here, I've got another root on
the 2nd string, and I have a high B or a [E] 5 at the bottom.
It's just a weird way of holding E9.
And the whole time you want to play the root on the top, the open E.
Then you have this chord.
After that I'm [A] moving to an A7th, or _ A7th, you can kind of see the chord there, the 5th string.
But I also have a high 2 in it on the bottom, the 9th and the B.
[D] So I'm coming from [E] this E, and [Em] it's any 6th, go to [D] a D9, and [G] I'm going to E, here's your chord progression.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Now if you catch it, what I'm doing, I'm cheating like Merle Travis would do.
E, 5, E, [E] 5, getting that alternating bass line [G] going.
_ This is _ [G] Cannonball Rag by the way is the name of the song.
It's an old Merle [Fm] Travis shout out song, it's been done a lot of times.
[G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
We're in G [Am] here, 5 chord, [G] back to the 1.
We're walking back to the 6, [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] 2, A, _ _ [D] _ 5 chord which is D and I'm back to [G] the 1.
That's the verse.
The bridge goes 5, [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ [D] a little melody here on the top and the melody is going.
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _
[D] So I'm playing this D, I'm [G] sliding that D sharp, I'm playing the first string over,
a [D] D7th chord.
_ [Bm] _ [D] Hit my bass notes again, I'm fading on [B] that.
_ _ _ [G] Back to the 1, and when I get to the 1 I'm using my thumb over the G over here, because
this is a [G] 1.
And when I [B] got to the 2nd, I'm going to [D] slide in, _ _ melody is going to stay doing that all
the time and you're going from a 5 to a 1 [C] the whole time.
So again [G] from the top of the [D] 2nd part of that. _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [D] Here's a tricky [A] part, my favorite part of this song, C with a banjo roll on [C] it. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ That's the lick you're trying to accomplish right here.
So what I'm doing is like a triplet [C] on the C chord.
So I'm playing the root, the [G] octave, and the 4th string.
The idea is for you to [D#] do this and watch the hand, I'm going 5, our thumb, and I'm starting
on the 5th string and I'm doing this all the way down on these chords and I'll talk
to you about the chords in a minute.
My idea of my little triplet here is to go 5, 3, 2, and that's on the right hand with
a thumb pit. _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, and keep that going.
[Bm] _ _
Now the idea of the chords on the right [C] hand here is C, _ [C#]
C sharp diminished, just 4 sharp
diminished if you will.
_ [C] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ And when I play the D I'm playing the old fashioned C chord shape [C] D7.
_ [D] _ [E] Then I'm going to move this into an E6 so if you look [B] at it from the point of view of
RNG I'm going [A#] 4, 4 sharp diminished, [E] 5 to [C] 6.
_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ Then I'll [D#m] move my pick [A] here to the 6th string [D] and I'm still doing the same rolls with the
[G#] index on the [A]
3rd chord, then [D] the 5, [G] and then I'm left with [C] G. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Now, slow, [D#] trying to get the chords out.
Also I'm pointing this out to you, [G] Merle always did this little run.
_ _ [G#] _
_ _ That, half step [F#] G, [G#] flat G, and then G sharp to get [G] to the chord.
_ [E] _ _
_ That's [G] a lead in pick up note.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] Now the bridge.
[D] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ Alright now this time, _ _ when I get back to the G in [C] the verse pattern I'm going to put
a lick, Chad did a lick over there, watch what [G] I mean.
I'll do it slow.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] When I play you a major scale, minor pentatonic, pull off [D] something, _ [G] _
then walk yourself back in.
[E] _ _ _
Slow.
Huh?
Do that slow.
Well, uh.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _
_ [E] _ _ [Gm] So, play a triplet.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] Next I'm doing the same thing on the next [C] set.
_ _ [D] _ Minor pentatonic, [C] G.
Same thing.
Move it up a set.
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ Now [G] remember, you're going to walk [E] yourself in it.
_ _ Now I'm doing it more like Chad, without stopping and just going.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] I'm _ going to do it _ _ _ slow.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I'm going to do it slow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm going to do _ [G] it slow.
I'm going to do it slow.
[E] I'm going to do it slow.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I'm going to do it slow.
I'm going to do something high on it, a high [D] major pentatonic. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A#] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ I'll [Em] uh.