Carter Family-Bear Creek Blues Chords

Tempo:
112.3 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Carter Family-Bear Creek Blues chords
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[E] [A]
[E] [B]
[Bm] [B] [E]
Way up on Bear Creek watching [B] the sun [E] go down.
[A] Way up on Bear Creek watching the sun [E] go down.
[B] It makes me feel like I'm on my last [E] go round.
[A]
[E] [B] [Bm] [B] [E]
The water on Bear Creek, it tastes [B] like [E] cherry wine.
[A] The water on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry [E] wine.
You can [B] take one drink of it, you're drinking it all [E] the time.
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get [B] like [E] Jesse James.
[A] If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like [E] Jesse James.
[B] You'll take two old pistols and hold up that Bear [E] Creek train.
[A]
[E] [B] [Bm]
[B] [E]
I'm going high, high up on some [B] [E] lonesome hill.
[A] I'm going high, high up on some [E] lonesome hill.
[B] Look down on Bear Creek where my good gal used [E] to live.
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
Bm
13421112
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To learn The Carter Family - Bear Creek Blues chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - A, E, B, E, Bm and B of chords. Start with a comfortable 56 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 112. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: E Major.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Way up on Bear Creek watching [B] the sun [E] go down. _
_ [A] Way _ _ up on Bear Creek watching the sun [E] go down.
_ _ _ [B] It makes me feel like I'm on my last [E] go round. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The water _ on Bear Creek, it tastes [B] like _ [E] cherry wine. _ _
_ [A] The water _ on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry [E] wine.
_ _ _ You can [B] take one drink of it, you're drinking it all [E] the time. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ If you stay _ on Bear Creek, you'll get [B] like _ _ [E] Jesse James. _ _
[A] If you stay _ on Bear Creek, you'll get like _ _ [E] Jesse James.
_ _ _ [B] You'll take two old pistols _ and hold up that Bear [E] Creek train.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going _ _ high, high up on some [B] _ _ [E] lonesome hill. _
_ _ _ [A] I'm going _ _ high, high _ up on some _ _ [E] lonesome hill. _ _ _
[B] Look down on Bear Creek where my good gal used [E] to live. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _

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This song is part of Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues album.

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