Chords for David Grier at the Fretboard Journal - "Beaumont Rag"
Tempo:
155 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Em
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Hey there, I'm David Greer.
I'm here wonderful Seattle, Washington
There's an R there.
it's pronounced Washington.
They prefer you put that R in there.
Washington here at uh
that's where I'm at.
So I got a new joke for you.
I'm here wonderful Seattle, Washington
There's an R there.
it's pronounced Washington.
They prefer you put that R in there.
Washington here at uh
that's where I'm at.
So I got a new joke for you.
100% ➙ 155BPM
A
D
Em
B
Bm
A
D
Em
Hey there, I'm David Greer. _
I'm here wonderful Seattle, Washington
There's an R there.
It's silent most of the time, but it's pronounced Washington.
That's how they say it
They prefer you put that R in there.
They love it
Seattle, Washington here at uh
Fred Borg Journal, that's where I'm at.
I'm right here right now _
So I got a new joke for you.
I know that's why you're here. _
So let's see
_ _ What's the difference you know the difference between toilet paper _ and a shower curtain _ oh, so you're the guy
_ _ [C] Yeah, there [Em] you go
_ [A] _ _ _ [G#] Anywho, so let's see.
Where do we go from here?
Reckon I'm gonna do a tune that has a whole lot of cross picking on the B part _ and it's called the Beaumont rag
It's a fiddle tune.
I reckon it comes from Beaumont, Texas or somebody at least must have liked Beaumont, Texas
I don't know.
It's best not to get into the psychology of it.
It's called the Beaumont rag is what it's [D] called
_ _ It goes like this
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] So that B parts kind of tricky ain't it there's a whole lot of cross picking [B] it goes like this normally
_ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ But I changed it around to make it less boring
So this is what I came up with _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ and I blew that I'd like to do that again the slow part
_ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] So something like that.
It's kind of fun.
See if you can do that.
It's really difficult for your right hand
Not too hard for your left [B] hand
_ _ And yeah something to work towards ain't it?
_ There you go _ _
I'm here wonderful Seattle, Washington
There's an R there.
It's silent most of the time, but it's pronounced Washington.
That's how they say it
They prefer you put that R in there.
They love it
Seattle, Washington here at uh
Fred Borg Journal, that's where I'm at.
I'm right here right now _
So I got a new joke for you.
I know that's why you're here. _
So let's see
_ _ What's the difference you know the difference between toilet paper _ and a shower curtain _ oh, so you're the guy
_ _ [C] Yeah, there [Em] you go
_ [A] _ _ _ [G#] Anywho, so let's see.
Where do we go from here?
Reckon I'm gonna do a tune that has a whole lot of cross picking on the B part _ and it's called the Beaumont rag
It's a fiddle tune.
I reckon it comes from Beaumont, Texas or somebody at least must have liked Beaumont, Texas
I don't know.
It's best not to get into the psychology of it.
It's called the Beaumont rag is what it's [D] called
_ _ It goes like this
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] So that B parts kind of tricky ain't it there's a whole lot of cross picking [B] it goes like this normally
_ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ But I changed it around to make it less boring
So this is what I came up with _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ and I blew that I'd like to do that again the slow part
_ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] So something like that.
It's kind of fun.
See if you can do that.
It's really difficult for your right hand
Not too hard for your left [B] hand
_ _ And yeah something to work towards ain't it?
_ There you go _ _