Chords for Greasy Coat A modal clawhammer banjo

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88.6 bpm
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A

E

Am

G

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Greasy Coat A modal clawhammer banjo chords
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Hi, I was just teaching greasy coat to to a student
Jim this is for you because I looked at the other ones and I was the other ones I had on on
YouTube were in G modal and I thought I'd play this for you in a modal just what we were working on
Did this in a modal so
[A]
So we're in a modal
[E] Okay
Here we go third string third fret pull off
[G] Fourth [A] string third string open so [A] that's
[G] You got three [A] times
[G] [Am] [E]
[A]
[Am] So if you do this three times
[Am]
[Em] Hammer on that's on the fourth fourth string third fret
[E]
So it's [A] hammer on daddy and then open third string
Okay, so that's the first that's the a1 part of the 10 [E] a2 is a little bit different so
So you're just for the [Em] a1 it's three of these
[A] Hammer on diddy bum diddy
Now [Eb] for a2 it starts off
Just like the other ones does [B] and then put your finger back down at the third fret of the third [C] string
three separate bounces [E] of your hand
so
[Am] [D]
[Am] [Bm] That's the second string open I just leave my finger on [C] there
So that was [A] a lot
Put your finger back on [C] hit the third string [E] second string the first string
[A] Diddy first string [E] second string
Now from here on [G] it's just like the ending of a1 so
[A] [G] [A]
[Em] [A] So [E] here's how it hangs together
[G] [Am]
[E] [A] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[A] Then you do the whole thing again
[D] [Am] [E]
[Am] [D] [A]
[E] [Am] Diddy [A] bum bum pull off diddy bum bum
That's the first part
This is a modal tune that first part is very minor II the [Db] second part is kind of major [Am] II and it ends up kind
of minor II so
instead of
There now instead [B] we're gonna be hammering on at the fourth fret of the third string
Which is going to sound a little jarring if you play it really slowly
It's gonna sound a little jarring anyway, but it's awesome.
It's good.
It's what you want.
[A] Don't be afraid of it
I'll play the B part of the B part
[A]
[E]
Notice how at the [Gm] end of there [A] it goes back to that more minor sound
[E] [Am] here [B] and then actually that's just
That's just like the ending of [Ab] the a part too.
So you've already got that part down.
So cool.
Okay
So this starts with this hammer on here at the third [A] string fourth fret
[E]
Now [G] what I do is I make a G chord I
Don't bother to put that down because I'm not gonna play that note.
I'm just gonna play these first pop these couple top strings
[A] [E] Okay, so it's
[E]
[A] And then
[Eb] Fourth fret [A] fifth fret
So
Play that first half again
[E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
Now now you're gonna play the third line of the B part is just like the first line of the B part
so often happens
So
[A]
Now this [E] is just like in the a part
[B] Yeah
First string second string
[A] string third fret [E]
hammer on third string and [A] fourth string third fret
[B] [Am]
[B] Watching my fingers and it's messing [Ab] me up.
Sorry.
Um, [Gb] [G] [A]
[G]
[Am] [A] [Db] oops.
I did something I sometimes do myself, but I'm not teaching
[Am] [A] That's what you want to do.
Um
That's [Ab] greasy coat
Greasy coat is generally assumed to be sort of a euphemism for a condom.
So that's kind of interesting
I
Don't drink and I don't smoke and I don't wear no greasy coat
I
like the the verse oh and there's a I
Don't smoke and I don't chew and I don't go with boys or girls, you know
that do or
Tell the pre my favorite tell the preacher tell the Pope that I don't wear [Fm] no greasy coat so anyway
there you go and
[B] Enjoy greasy coat.
Oh
I look in the description and I'll put a link to a
Incredibly ridiculously fast version of this that we're playing
on the on the porch at Halleyhurst at Augusta
An old-time week which
Um
Maybe they still do so, um, it's a kind of a cool video.
Anyway,
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A
1231
E
2311
Am
2311
G
2131
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
Am
2311
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Hi, I was just teaching greasy coat to to a student
Jim this is for you because I looked at the other ones and I was the other ones I had on on
YouTube were in G modal and I thought I'd play this for you in a modal just what we were working on _ _ _ _
Did this in a modal so
_ _ _ [A] _
So we're in a modal _ _ _ _
[E] Okay
Here we go third string third fret pull off
_ _ _ [G] Fourth [A] string third string open so [A] that's
_ _ [G] _ You got three [A] times
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] So if you do this three times
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] Hammer on that's on the fourth fourth string third fret
[E]
So it's [A] hammer on daddy and then open third string
Okay, so that's the first that's the a1 part of the 10 [E] a2 is a little bit different so
_ _ _ So you're just for the [Em] a1 it's three of these _ _ _ _
[A] Hammer on diddy bum diddy
Now [Eb] for a2 it starts off
Just like the other ones does [B] and then put your finger back down at the third fret of the third [C] string
three separate bounces [E] of your hand
so
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bm] That's the second string open I just leave my finger on [C] there
So that was [A] a lot
Put your finger back on [C] hit the third string [E] second string the first string
[A] Diddy first string [E] second string
Now from here on [G] it's just like the ending of a1 so
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ So [E] here's how it hangs together
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ Then you do the whole thing again
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] Diddy [A] bum bum pull off diddy bum bum
_ _ _ That's the first part
This is a modal tune that first part is very minor II the [Db] second part is kind of major [Am] II and it ends up kind
of minor II so
instead of _
There now instead [B] we're gonna be hammering on at the fourth fret of the third string
Which is going to sound a little jarring if you play it really slowly
_ It's gonna sound a little jarring anyway, but it's awesome.
It's good.
It's what you want.
[A] Don't be afraid of it _
I'll play the B part of the B part
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Notice how at the [Gm] end of there [A] it goes back to that more minor sound
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] here [B] _ and then actually that's just _ _ _
That's just like the ending of [Ab] the a part too.
So you've already got that part down.
So cool.
Okay
So this starts with this hammer on here at the third [A] string fourth fret _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Now [G] what I do is I make a G chord I _ _ _
Don't bother to put that down because I'm not gonna play that note.
I'm just gonna play these first pop these couple top strings
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Okay, so it's
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] And then
_ _ _ [Eb] Fourth fret [A] fifth fret
_ _ _ So
_ _ Play that first half again
_ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Now now you're gonna play the third line of the B part is just like the first line of the B part
so often happens _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So
[A] _ _ _
_ _ Now this [E] is just like in the a part
_ [B] _ _ _ _ Yeah
First string second string
[A] string third fret [E]
hammer on third string and [A] fourth string third fret _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [B] _ _ Watching my fingers and it's messing [Ab] me up.
Sorry.
Um, [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Db] oops.
I did something I sometimes do myself, but I'm not teaching
[Am] _ _ _ [A] That's what you want to do.
Um
That's [Ab] greasy coat
Greasy coat is generally assumed to be sort of a euphemism for a condom.
So that's kind of interesting
_ I
Don't drink and I don't smoke and I don't wear no greasy coat
I
like the the verse oh and there's a I
Don't smoke and I don't chew and I don't go with boys or girls, you know
that do or
Tell the pre my favorite tell the preacher tell the Pope that I don't wear [Fm] no greasy coat so anyway
there you go and
[B] Enjoy greasy coat.
_ Oh
I look in the description and I'll put a link to a
Incredibly ridiculously fast version of this that we're playing _
on the on the porch at Halleyhurst at Augusta _ _
An old-time week which
Um
_ Maybe they still do so, um, it's a kind of a cool video.
Anyway,