Chords for Green Grow The Rashes - Dougie MacLean - Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
156.45 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
F
Fm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Okay, I'm on a Dougie McLean rampage here.
might as well do his version of the Robbie Burns classic, Green Grow the Rashes.
They're not rashes on your body, they're rushes.
green grass.
there's a version on YouTube that I based this on.
his original version is capo on the second fret.
I guess as an older lad, his voice has gotten lower, so the capo is on the first fret.
D-A-D-G-A [B]-D.
might as well do his version of the Robbie Burns classic, Green Grow the Rashes.
They're not rashes on your body, they're rushes.
green grass.
there's a version on YouTube that I based this on.
his original version is capo on the second fret.
I guess as an older lad, his voice has gotten lower, so the capo is on the first fret.
D-A-D-G-A [B]-D.
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Eb
Ab
F
Fm
Bb
Eb
Ab
F
_ Okay, I'm on a Dougie McLean rampage here.
So I just did Caledonia.
I might as well do his version of the Robbie Burns classic, Green Grow the Rashes. _ _ _
They're not rashes on your body, they're rushes.
They're the _ green grass.
_ _ Anyway, _ there's a version on YouTube that I based this on.
I think his original version is capo on the second fret.
I guess as an older _ lad, his voice has gotten lower, so the capo is on the first fret.
And it's a dad-gad tuning.
D-A-D-G-A [B]-D.
_ Easy to look up if you don't [Eb] know how. _ _ _
Nice open tuning, very modal. _ _
And there's basically two parts to the song.
There's the intro, and it's the same as the outro. _ _ _
And there's the verse.
And the verse and the chorus are the same chord.
So let's give it a shot. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So that's the whole intro.
_ We'll do it again a little slower.
Hopefully you can see my fingers so I don't have to talk much.
It's easier to just look to see what somebody's doing.
_ _ [Db] These are the same [Eb] exact shapes.
_ _ So if _ I'm up on, since I'm capoed on the first fret, so I'm up on the fifth fret, and then
I go back down to the third fret.
_ I'm pedaling off of this low _ D sharp.
_ And so it's, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then the next time it's this open, right?
_ _ And I'm sliding that up, and the [F] next time [G] I'm sliding [A] that one up.
So watch.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ See? _ _ _
[Eb] It's just that.
_ [D] _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All right?
And then the verse is, _ _ it's just one and two note chords. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's that turnaround _ before it goes into the [Abm] chorus or after every [A] verse.
_ [Ab] _ _
So it's, instead of it being, _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] the last [Ab] time it's just, _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ and there's an open note there
to give you some time to recover yourself to go back to the beginning.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now this is the chorus, same thing. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Green grow the rashes, oh.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb]
[F] Green [Bb] grow [Fm] the rashes, _ _ [Eb] oh.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] So it's, _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb]
lift this one [Fm] up. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And they're
So I just did Caledonia.
I might as well do his version of the Robbie Burns classic, Green Grow the Rashes. _ _ _
They're not rashes on your body, they're rushes.
They're the _ green grass.
_ _ Anyway, _ there's a version on YouTube that I based this on.
I think his original version is capo on the second fret.
I guess as an older _ lad, his voice has gotten lower, so the capo is on the first fret.
And it's a dad-gad tuning.
D-A-D-G-A [B]-D.
_ Easy to look up if you don't [Eb] know how. _ _ _
Nice open tuning, very modal. _ _
And there's basically two parts to the song.
There's the intro, and it's the same as the outro. _ _ _
And there's the verse.
And the verse and the chorus are the same chord.
So let's give it a shot. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So that's the whole intro.
_ We'll do it again a little slower.
Hopefully you can see my fingers so I don't have to talk much.
It's easier to just look to see what somebody's doing.
_ _ [Db] These are the same [Eb] exact shapes.
_ _ So if _ I'm up on, since I'm capoed on the first fret, so I'm up on the fifth fret, and then
I go back down to the third fret.
_ I'm pedaling off of this low _ D sharp.
_ And so it's, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then the next time it's this open, right?
_ _ And I'm sliding that up, and the [F] next time [G] I'm sliding [A] that one up.
So watch.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ See? _ _ _
[Eb] It's just that.
_ [D] _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All right?
And then the verse is, _ _ it's just one and two note chords. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's that turnaround _ before it goes into the [Abm] chorus or after every [A] verse.
_ [Ab] _ _
So it's, instead of it being, _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] the last [Ab] time it's just, _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ and there's an open note there
to give you some time to recover yourself to go back to the beginning.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now this is the chorus, same thing. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Green grow the rashes, oh.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb]
[F] Green [Bb] grow [Fm] the rashes, _ _ [Eb] oh.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] So it's, _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb]
lift this one [Fm] up. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And they're