Chords for Country Blues Guitar Lessons - Dirt Road Blues - Paul Rishell - Down the Dirt 1

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Okay, we're gonna start off with a tune by Charlie Patton down the dirt road blues Charlie Patton was born in Mississippi in
1891 he died there in 1934
He was he considered the king of the Delta blues and he influenced a lot of musicians including Robert Johnson Sunhouse Tommy Johnson
Ishman Bracey and a lot of others some less well-known
He had protégés also felt felony buddy boy Hawkins whom he brought to the studio
And I think even Sunhouse was one of his protégés he advanced the careers of several blues musicians
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Think the song that we included in this _ _ is
One of his better songs it's easier to play than some of his others and a little easier to distinguish what he's
Talking about what he's playing on the original recording
_ _ When you're doing any country blues songs, it's very important that you
_ Think about the singing and we'll talk about that a bit more
But singing is very important while you're learning these guitar parts think about the singing as you're playing the parts
_ _ And I know you once you get this song down you're gonna want to play it over and over again
another aspect of playing these these country blues tunes that we're studying is
Always try to play them a little slower than you hear them or you'd like to play them and it'll sound better to you later on _ _
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_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ [C#] _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ I
Won't be [C#m] worried _ [C#] long
_ [G#] My [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] right is something _ _
She [G#m] tried to keep it
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ My _ [F#] right is something
_ _ You [E] try to [C#m] keep it
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ We
To find that [C] something _ [A#m] _ [C#] _ _ [G#] we
[C#] _ _ I'll be like [C#m] company _ _
Tips [E] flying _ everywhere
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_ [G#] _ [C#] I'll _ [F#] be like Germany
_ Tips [E] flying [C#m] _ _
everywhere
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[G#] Well, I've been to Lord, but I couldn't stay [C#m] [A#m] there
[C#] _ _ Some _ _ [C#m] people tell _ me _ [E] Overseas
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Some [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] people tell _ me
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_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ Both [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] I ever
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_ [C#m] Every day _ _
[G#m] Seem like murder
_ [C#] _ _ _ Everything
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_ Seem [C#m] like
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_ _ [G#] [C#] I'm _ _ [D#] _ [G#]
leaving my cause.
I know you don't been my [C#m] _ [A#m] [C#] cat
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Ain't gonna
[D#] _ _ _ Do [E] it by _ _ [C#] myself _ _ Ain't _ _ [F#] gonna _ _ _
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Myself
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_ _ Carry [E] somebody _ _
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