Chords for Crawdad Song: Frailing Banjo Lesson
Tempo:
58.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] Hi folks, Kelly Griner back once again.
Time for the folk [F#] song of the [B] day.
Had a request to go a little bit backwards.
We're going to do it.
Trying out this new [A#] thing this week.
See how it works.
See how you like it.
Just let me know.
Crawdad song.
[A#] Did it like a year or so ago.
Want to do it again.
We're [B] going to try to make it simple.
Make it sweet.
[G] Make it fun.
G.
[D] C.
D. E.
P.
[G] D. A.
[D]
[G] [G]
[D#]
B.
D. E.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot [E] of guitar pull, baby.
[G] You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming [G] across that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, honey.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, baby.
Yonder [C] comes a man with [G] a pack on his back, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of, you get a lot of,
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Do a simple one for me.
[C] [G]
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, honey?
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, baby?
What you gonna do when the lake [C] runs dry?
Sit and watch them [G] crawdads die, honey. Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, baby.
You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming across [G] that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
This is live.
[D]
[G] [D] Got [G]
a little cinnamon beer, honey.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon beer, babe.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon [C] beer.
Old hog head and a [G] possum's beer, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, babe.
You get a lot of
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Oh, [D] honey.
Baby, mine.
[G] [F#m] A lot of fun, folks.
A lot of fun.
I know you can [N] do it.
Pretty simple.
I say that.
I know there's a [A#] lot of beginners out there.
Once you get that,
everything's [F] gonna come out of that basic trailing strum.
And [N] this one's a good one.
I like to teach my students over Skype or in person,
pull-offs,
because this is a fun one to do some pull-offs on.
Even with what I call the bare-bones melody,
playing a couple pull-offs.
I'm gonna show [Bm] you here.
Start with just the [G] first string.
Alternating between the first two strings right now.
[D] Pull-off's there.
[G] [D] Pull-off.
[G]
[D] [G] Slow that down for you.
[D] Right in a row.
Two up.
[G] [G]
One more for you.
Slow it down.
Do an extra one in there for you.
Pull [D]-off, pull-off.
Here you go.
G.
[G] Pull-off.
Pull-off in C.
Pull-off in C.
Lift the finger.
It's a lot of fun.
If you [D] want to, you can throw a slide in it.
Because that's the same note.
[G]
[C] [G] That's all there is to it, folks.
I know you can do [B] it.
Remember, play, [F] love, learn, do, [F#] repeat, repeat, repeat.
[F#] Catch me at BanjoMania.net.
Take care.
God bless.
[G] See y'all next
Time for the folk [F#] song of the [B] day.
Had a request to go a little bit backwards.
We're going to do it.
Trying out this new [A#] thing this week.
See how it works.
See how you like it.
Just let me know.
Crawdad song.
[A#] Did it like a year or so ago.
Want to do it again.
We're [B] going to try to make it simple.
Make it sweet.
[G] Make it fun.
G.
[D] C.
D. E.
P.
[G] D. A.
[D]
[G] [G]
[D#]
B.
D. E.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot [E] of guitar pull, baby.
[G] You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming [G] across that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, honey.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, baby.
Yonder [C] comes a man with [G] a pack on his back, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of, you get a lot of,
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Do a simple one for me.
[C] [G]
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, honey?
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, baby?
What you gonna do when the lake [C] runs dry?
Sit and watch them [G] crawdads die, honey. Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, baby.
You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming across [G] that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
This is live.
[D]
[G] [D] Got [G]
a little cinnamon beer, honey.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon beer, babe.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon [C] beer.
Old hog head and a [G] possum's beer, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, babe.
You get a lot of
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Oh, [D] honey.
Baby, mine.
[G] [F#m] A lot of fun, folks.
A lot of fun.
I know you can [N] do it.
Pretty simple.
I say that.
I know there's a [A#] lot of beginners out there.
Once you get that,
everything's [F] gonna come out of that basic trailing strum.
And [N] this one's a good one.
I like to teach my students over Skype or in person,
pull-offs,
because this is a fun one to do some pull-offs on.
Even with what I call the bare-bones melody,
playing a couple pull-offs.
I'm gonna show [Bm] you here.
Start with just the [G] first string.
Alternating between the first two strings right now.
[D] Pull-off's there.
[G] [D] Pull-off.
[G]
[D] [G] Slow that down for you.
[D] Right in a row.
Two up.
[G] [G]
One more for you.
Slow it down.
Do an extra one in there for you.
Pull [D]-off, pull-off.
Here you go.
G.
[G] Pull-off.
Pull-off in C.
Pull-off in C.
Lift the finger.
It's a lot of fun.
If you [D] want to, you can throw a slide in it.
Because that's the same note.
[G]
[C] [G] That's all there is to it, folks.
I know you can do [B] it.
Remember, play, [F] love, learn, do, [F#] repeat, repeat, repeat.
[F#] Catch me at BanjoMania.net.
Take care.
God bless.
[G] See y'all next
Key:
G
D
C
F#
B
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Hi folks, Kelly Griner back once again.
Time for the folk [F#] song of the [B] day.
Had a request to go a little bit backwards.
We're going to do it.
Trying out this new [A#] thing this week.
See how it works.
See how you like it.
Just let me know.
Crawdad song.
[A#] Did it like a year or so ago.
Want to do it again.
We're [B] going to try to make it simple.
Make it sweet.
[G] Make it fun.
G.
[D] C.
D. E.
P.
[G] D. A.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#]
B.
D. E.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot [E] of guitar pull, baby.
[G] You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming [G] across that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, honey.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, baby.
Yonder [C] comes a man with [G] a pack on his back, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of, _ you get a lot of, _ _
_ [C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Do a simple one for me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, honey?
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, baby?
What you gonna do when the lake [C] runs dry?
Sit and watch them [G] crawdads die, honey. Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, baby.
You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming across [G] that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
This is live.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Got [G] _ _ _ _
a little cinnamon beer, honey.
_ Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon beer, babe.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon [C] beer.
Old hog head and a [G] possum's beer, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, babe.
You get a lot of_
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Oh, [D] honey.
Baby, mine.
_ [G] _ _ [F#m] A lot of fun, folks.
A lot of fun.
I know you can [N] do it.
Pretty simple.
I say that.
I know there's a [A#] lot of beginners out there.
Once you get that,
everything's [F] gonna come out of that basic trailing strum.
And [N] this one's a good one.
I like to teach my students over Skype or in person,
pull-offs,
because this is a fun one to do some pull-offs on.
Even with what I call the bare-bones melody,
playing a couple pull-offs.
I'm gonna show [Bm] you here.
Start with just the [G] first string. _
Alternating between the first two strings right now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Pull-off's there.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Pull-off.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] Slow that down for you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Right in a row.
Two up.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ One more for you.
Slow it down. _ _ _
_ Do an extra one in there for you.
Pull [D]-off, pull-off.
Here you go.
G.
_ [G] Pull-off.
Pull-off in C.
Pull-off in C.
_ Lift the finger. _ _ _
It's a lot of fun.
If you [D] want to, you can throw a slide in it.
Because that's the same note. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] That's _ _ _ all there is to it, folks.
I know you can do [B] it.
Remember, play, [F] love, learn, do, [F#] repeat, repeat, repeat.
[F#] Catch me at BanjoMania.net.
Take care.
God bless.
[G] See y'all next
Time for the folk [F#] song of the [B] day.
Had a request to go a little bit backwards.
We're going to do it.
Trying out this new [A#] thing this week.
See how it works.
See how you like it.
Just let me know.
Crawdad song.
[A#] Did it like a year or so ago.
Want to do it again.
We're [B] going to try to make it simple.
Make it sweet.
[G] Make it fun.
G.
[D] C.
D. E.
P.
[G] D. A.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#]
B.
D. E.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot [E] of guitar pull, baby.
[G] You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming [G] across that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, honey.
Yonder comes a man with a pack on his back, baby.
Yonder [C] comes a man with [G] a pack on his back, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of, _ you get a lot of, _ _
_ [C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Do a simple one for me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, honey?
What you gonna do when the lake runs dry, baby?
What you gonna do when the lake [C] runs dry?
Sit and watch them [G] crawdads die, honey. Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, baby.
You get a lot [C] of guitar pull.
We'll go swimming across [G] that hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
This is live.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Got [G] _ _ _ _
a little cinnamon beer, honey.
_ Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon beer, babe.
Apple, cinnamon, cinnamon [C] beer.
Old hog head and a [G] possum's beer, honey.
Baby, mine.
You get a lot of guitar pull, honey.
You get a lot of guitar pull, babe.
You get a lot of_
[C] We'll go swimming across that [G] hole, honey.
Baby, mine.
Oh, [D] honey.
Baby, mine.
_ [G] _ _ [F#m] A lot of fun, folks.
A lot of fun.
I know you can [N] do it.
Pretty simple.
I say that.
I know there's a [A#] lot of beginners out there.
Once you get that,
everything's [F] gonna come out of that basic trailing strum.
And [N] this one's a good one.
I like to teach my students over Skype or in person,
pull-offs,
because this is a fun one to do some pull-offs on.
Even with what I call the bare-bones melody,
playing a couple pull-offs.
I'm gonna show [Bm] you here.
Start with just the [G] first string. _
Alternating between the first two strings right now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Pull-off's there.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Pull-off.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] Slow that down for you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Right in a row.
Two up.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ One more for you.
Slow it down. _ _ _
_ Do an extra one in there for you.
Pull [D]-off, pull-off.
Here you go.
G.
_ [G] Pull-off.
Pull-off in C.
Pull-off in C.
_ Lift the finger. _ _ _
It's a lot of fun.
If you [D] want to, you can throw a slide in it.
Because that's the same note. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] That's _ _ _ all there is to it, folks.
I know you can do [B] it.
Remember, play, [F] love, learn, do, [F#] repeat, repeat, repeat.
[F#] Catch me at BanjoMania.net.
Take care.
God bless.
[G] See y'all next