Chords for Chris Eldridge & Paul Kowert from Punch Brothers - Musser 12 String & Martin Bass
Tempo:
124.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey everybody, Norm over here, and I've got Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers.
These guys are world famous and are really great, mainly acoustical stuff, just knockout players.
And Chris doesn't usually play a 12 string, but I put this Don Musser 12 in his hands
because it's just one of the easiest playing 12s.
It is, yeah.
And this is like a lazy man's electric bass here, you don't have to plug it in, you get
a little sound from it.
You guys are in town recording right now?
Yeah, we're making a record.
And where are you doing it?
At United.
United, alright, cool.
And the whole band's in town, obviously?
Whole band's in town, yep, we're all here just still [F] tracking basic tracks, but hopefully
we'll be done with this thing in a few weeks.
[A#]
Very cool.
Yeah.
[G#] Well can you guys play a little bit for us, [G] just show us what you guys do?
Sure, yeah.
What do we do here, Critter?
I [F#] don't know, it's pretty far from what we usually [Gm] do, but I'll sing a John Hartford
[F#] tune on this, play 12 string guitar, Paul's gonna play the bass guitar, and it'll be good.
Alright.
[G]
[A]
[G]
Well he likes black coffee, fried eggs, [D] and a well done b-bone steak.
Likes a red dress and a pearly white teeth, [C] and the flash of a [G] pretty brown leg, [C] he said.
Back in the 30s, you know you [G] never had it made.
[A] He worked as an engineer in the Ohio River.
Working for the [F#m] Pittsburgh Trade.
[D] At the inspection office in Louisville, he had a [A] desk for a very short time.
[D] He played in bands on two different [C] boats, working for the [G] Stratfast line.
[C] And long ago he smoked reefer, [G] and even made homebrew.
[A] And the reefer come up from New Orleans, back [C#] before World War II.
He's [G] just a fella, worked [D] on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too deep to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] [A]
[D] [G]
Well he smokes an old eyeball cigar, [D] and he says he doesn't miss it at all.
But he still goes out, takes a few trips [C] in the summer and in [G] the fall.
[C] And the buses and the planes, the railroad trains [G] are picking up the slack.
[C#] He's [Em] watching all [A] those river [D] towns slowly turn their back.
[E] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the [D] river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old [G] fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, don't put him down for now.
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] [G] [A]
[F#] [D]
[A] [E]
[G]
[A] [D]
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
[C] [G]
[B] [A] [Bm] [A]
[D] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the river [D] all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no big deal.
Well it's too thick to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, [G] don't [D] put him down for now.
[A] One more verse.
[D]
[G] You're as pretty as he is ugly, [A] but he's the happiest man [D] alive.
Somehow you got him thinking that [C] old men are back [G] in style.
[C] Well you see these oysters, Bainville, and [G] these baked potato skins.
[A] I'll eat them so I can grow up and [D] be an older man just like him.
He's just a fella, worked on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Oh it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] [D]
[D] [G]
Hey, the Punch Brothers.
Hey, happening, happening.
Well, Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers having fun here.
Old Norm throwing them in the fire.
[E] Complete with a bass solo from Paul.
The whole thing, you know, just [F#] impromptu.
That was great, guys.
That was really cool.
Thanks.
I really appreciate you doing it.
Good luck with the new record.
I hope you [G#] guys frequent this place more often.
Yeah, I hope so.
All that good stuff.
Totally.
It's great.
Alright, you gotta check out their new record.
The Punch Brothers right here, [F] Norm's Red Guitars.
Chris and Paul.
Maybe we'll get the rest of the band in here.
Totally.
Do some more.
Yeah.
Be a lot of fun.
Cool.
Thanks, Norm.
You too.
These guys are world famous and are really great, mainly acoustical stuff, just knockout players.
And Chris doesn't usually play a 12 string, but I put this Don Musser 12 in his hands
because it's just one of the easiest playing 12s.
It is, yeah.
And this is like a lazy man's electric bass here, you don't have to plug it in, you get
a little sound from it.
You guys are in town recording right now?
Yeah, we're making a record.
And where are you doing it?
At United.
United, alright, cool.
And the whole band's in town, obviously?
Whole band's in town, yep, we're all here just still [F] tracking basic tracks, but hopefully
we'll be done with this thing in a few weeks.
[A#]
Very cool.
Yeah.
[G#] Well can you guys play a little bit for us, [G] just show us what you guys do?
Sure, yeah.
What do we do here, Critter?
I [F#] don't know, it's pretty far from what we usually [Gm] do, but I'll sing a John Hartford
[F#] tune on this, play 12 string guitar, Paul's gonna play the bass guitar, and it'll be good.
Alright.
[G]
[A]
[G]
Well he likes black coffee, fried eggs, [D] and a well done b-bone steak.
Likes a red dress and a pearly white teeth, [C] and the flash of a [G] pretty brown leg, [C] he said.
Back in the 30s, you know you [G] never had it made.
[A] He worked as an engineer in the Ohio River.
Working for the [F#m] Pittsburgh Trade.
[D] At the inspection office in Louisville, he had a [A] desk for a very short time.
[D] He played in bands on two different [C] boats, working for the [G] Stratfast line.
[C] And long ago he smoked reefer, [G] and even made homebrew.
[A] And the reefer come up from New Orleans, back [C#] before World War II.
He's [G] just a fella, worked [D] on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too deep to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] [A]
[D] [G]
Well he smokes an old eyeball cigar, [D] and he says he doesn't miss it at all.
But he still goes out, takes a few trips [C] in the summer and in [G] the fall.
[C] And the buses and the planes, the railroad trains [G] are picking up the slack.
[C#] He's [Em] watching all [A] those river [D] towns slowly turn their back.
[E] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the [D] river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old [G] fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, don't put him down for now.
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] [G] [A]
[F#] [D]
[A] [E]
[G]
[A] [D]
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
[C] [G]
[B] [A] [Bm] [A]
[D] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the river [D] all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no big deal.
Well it's too thick to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, [G] don't [D] put him down for now.
[A] One more verse.
[D]
[G] You're as pretty as he is ugly, [A] but he's the happiest man [D] alive.
Somehow you got him thinking that [C] old men are back [G] in style.
[C] Well you see these oysters, Bainville, and [G] these baked potato skins.
[A] I'll eat them so I can grow up and [D] be an older man just like him.
He's just a fella, worked on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Oh it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] [D]
[D] [G]
Hey, the Punch Brothers.
Hey, happening, happening.
Well, Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers having fun here.
Old Norm throwing them in the fire.
[E] Complete with a bass solo from Paul.
The whole thing, you know, just [F#] impromptu.
That was great, guys.
That was really cool.
Thanks.
I really appreciate you doing it.
Good luck with the new record.
I hope you [G#] guys frequent this place more often.
Yeah, I hope so.
All that good stuff.
Totally.
It's great.
Alright, you gotta check out their new record.
The Punch Brothers right here, [F] Norm's Red Guitars.
Chris and Paul.
Maybe we'll get the rest of the band in here.
Totally.
Do some more.
Yeah.
Be a lot of fun.
Cool.
Thanks, Norm.
You too.
Key:
G
D
C
A
F#
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ Hey everybody, Norm over here, and I've got Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers.
These guys are world famous and are really great, mainly acoustical _ stuff, just knockout players.
And _ Chris doesn't usually play a 12 string, but I put this Don Musser 12 in his hands
because it's just one of the easiest playing 12s.
It is, yeah.
And this is like a lazy man's electric bass here, you don't have to plug it in, you get
a little sound from it.
You guys are in town recording right now?
Yeah, we're making a record.
And where are you doing it?
At United.
United, alright, cool.
_ And the whole band's in town, obviously?
Whole band's in town, yep, we're all here just still [F] tracking basic tracks, but hopefully
we'll be done with this thing in a few weeks.
[A#] _
Very cool.
Yeah.
[G#] Well can you guys play a little bit for us, [G] just show us what you guys do?
Sure, yeah.
_ What do we do here, Critter?
I [F#] don't know, it's pretty far from what we usually [Gm] do, but I'll sing a John Hartford
[F#] tune on this, play 12 string guitar, Paul's gonna play the bass guitar, and it'll be good.
Alright.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well he likes black coffee, fried eggs, [D] and a well done b-bone steak.
_ Likes a red dress and a pearly white teeth, [C] and the flash of a [G] pretty brown leg, [C] he said.
Back in the 30s, you know you [G] never had it made.
[A] He worked as an engineer in the Ohio River.
Working for the [F#m] Pittsburgh Trade.
[D] At the inspection office in Louisville, he had a [A] desk for a very short time.
[D] He played in bands on two different [C] boats, working for the [G] Stratfast line.
[C] And long ago he smoked reefer, [G] and even made homebrew.
[A] And the reefer come up from New Orleans, back [C#] before World War II.
He's [G] just a fella, worked [D] on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too deep to navigate, and it's too thin to plow. _
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Well he smokes an old eyeball cigar, [D] and he says he doesn't miss it at all.
But he still goes out, takes a few trips [C] in the summer and in [G] the fall.
[C] And the buses and the planes, the railroad trains [G] are picking up the slack.
[C#] He's [Em] watching all [A] those river [D] towns slowly turn their back.
[E] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the [D] river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old [G] fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] He's just a fella, worked on the river [D] all his life by a paddle wheel. _
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no big deal.
Well it's too thick to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, [G] don't [D] put him down for now.
_ [A] One more verse.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ You're as pretty as he is ugly, [A] but he's the happiest man [D] alive.
Somehow you got him thinking that [C] old men are back [G] in style.
[C] Well you see these oysters, Bainville, and [G] these baked potato skins.
[A] I'll eat them so I can grow up and [D] be an older man just like him.
He's just a fella, worked on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Oh it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
_ Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Hey, the Punch Brothers.
Hey, happening, happening.
_ Well, _ Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers having fun here.
Old Norm throwing them in the fire.
[E] Complete with a bass solo from Paul.
The whole thing, you know, just [F#] impromptu.
That was great, guys.
That was really cool.
Thanks.
I really appreciate you doing it.
Good luck with the new record.
I hope you [G#] guys frequent this place more often.
Yeah, I hope so.
All that good stuff.
Totally.
It's great.
Alright, you gotta check out their new record.
The Punch Brothers right here, [F] Norm's Red Guitars.
Chris and Paul.
Maybe we'll get the rest of the band in here.
Totally.
Do some more.
Yeah.
Be a lot of fun.
Cool.
Thanks, Norm. _ _
_ _ You too. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
These guys are world famous and are really great, mainly acoustical _ stuff, just knockout players.
And _ Chris doesn't usually play a 12 string, but I put this Don Musser 12 in his hands
because it's just one of the easiest playing 12s.
It is, yeah.
And this is like a lazy man's electric bass here, you don't have to plug it in, you get
a little sound from it.
You guys are in town recording right now?
Yeah, we're making a record.
And where are you doing it?
At United.
United, alright, cool.
_ And the whole band's in town, obviously?
Whole band's in town, yep, we're all here just still [F] tracking basic tracks, but hopefully
we'll be done with this thing in a few weeks.
[A#] _
Very cool.
Yeah.
[G#] Well can you guys play a little bit for us, [G] just show us what you guys do?
Sure, yeah.
_ What do we do here, Critter?
I [F#] don't know, it's pretty far from what we usually [Gm] do, but I'll sing a John Hartford
[F#] tune on this, play 12 string guitar, Paul's gonna play the bass guitar, and it'll be good.
Alright.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well he likes black coffee, fried eggs, [D] and a well done b-bone steak.
_ Likes a red dress and a pearly white teeth, [C] and the flash of a [G] pretty brown leg, [C] he said.
Back in the 30s, you know you [G] never had it made.
[A] He worked as an engineer in the Ohio River.
Working for the [F#m] Pittsburgh Trade.
[D] At the inspection office in Louisville, he had a [A] desk for a very short time.
[D] He played in bands on two different [C] boats, working for the [G] Stratfast line.
[C] And long ago he smoked reefer, [G] and even made homebrew.
[A] And the reefer come up from New Orleans, back [C#] before World War II.
He's [G] just a fella, worked [D] on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too deep to navigate, and it's too thin to plow. _
Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Well he smokes an old eyeball cigar, [D] and he says he doesn't miss it at all.
But he still goes out, takes a few trips [C] in the summer and in [G] the fall.
[C] And the buses and the planes, the railroad trains [G] are picking up the slack.
[C#] He's [Em] watching all [A] those river [D] towns slowly turn their back.
[E] [G] He's just a fella, worked on the [D] river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old [G] fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Well it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] He's just a fella, worked on the river [D] all his life by a paddle wheel. _
You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no big deal.
Well it's too thick to navigate, and it's too thin to plow.
Let him [D] go, mama, [G] don't [D] put him down for now.
_ [A] One more verse.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ You're as pretty as he is ugly, [A] but he's the happiest man [D] alive.
Somehow you got him thinking that [C] old men are back [G] in style.
[C] Well you see these oysters, Bainville, and [G] these baked potato skins.
[A] I'll eat them so I can grow up and [D] be an older man just like him.
He's just a fella, worked on the river all his life by a paddle wheel.
_ You say he's old fashioned, [C] that ain't no [G] big deal.
[C] Oh it's too thick to navigate, [G] and it's too thin to plow.
_ Let him go, [D] mama, don't put him down for now.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Hey, the Punch Brothers.
Hey, happening, happening.
_ Well, _ Chris and Paul from the Punch Brothers having fun here.
Old Norm throwing them in the fire.
[E] Complete with a bass solo from Paul.
The whole thing, you know, just [F#] impromptu.
That was great, guys.
That was really cool.
Thanks.
I really appreciate you doing it.
Good luck with the new record.
I hope you [G#] guys frequent this place more often.
Yeah, I hope so.
All that good stuff.
Totally.
It's great.
Alright, you gotta check out their new record.
The Punch Brothers right here, [F] Norm's Red Guitars.
Chris and Paul.
Maybe we'll get the rest of the band in here.
Totally.
Do some more.
Yeah.
Be a lot of fun.
Cool.
Thanks, Norm. _ _
_ _ You too. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _