Chords for Early Southern Guitar Styles taught by Mike Seeger
Tempo:
86.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F] Southern traditional guitar pickers evolved a great variety of styles during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
I'd like to help you learn some of the most popular ones, as well as some that were only played by one person,
most of which I've picked up from Southern traditional players.
[Bb]
[D] [F]
Some of the opening licks go like this.
[N] The first way is using your thumb only for the bass notes and strumming the treble strings like this.
[B] [G]
[E] You can also do it like this, doing some of the strumming with your thumb.
[G] [C]
[G] [Gm]
[G]
[D]
[G] [Em] [Gm]
[D]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
[F] Southern traditional guitar pickers evolved a great variety of styles during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
I'd like to help you learn some of the most popular ones, as well as some that were only played by one person,
most of which I've picked up from Southern traditional players.
[Bb]
[D] [F]
Some of the opening licks go like this.
[N] The first way is using your thumb only for the bass notes and strumming the treble strings like this.
[B] [G]
[E] You can also do it like this, doing some of the strumming with your thumb.
[G] [C]
[G] [Gm]
[G]
[D]
[G] [Em] [Gm]
[D]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
Key:
D
G
C
F
Gm
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] Southern traditional guitar pickers evolved a great variety of styles during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
I'd like to help you learn some of the most popular ones, as well as some that were only played by one person,
most of which I've picked up from Southern traditional players. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Some of the opening licks go like this.
[N] The first way is using your thumb only for the bass notes and strumming the treble strings like this.
[B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] You can also do it like this, doing some of the strumming with your thumb.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] Southern traditional guitar pickers evolved a great variety of styles during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
I'd like to help you learn some of the most popular ones, as well as some that were only played by one person,
most of which I've picked up from Southern traditional players. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Some of the opening licks go like this.
[N] The first way is using your thumb only for the bass notes and strumming the treble strings like this.
[B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] You can also do it like this, doing some of the strumming with your thumb.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _