Chords for Hamilton County Breakdown - Byron Berline and Bluegrass Week Staff
Tempo:
116.05 bpm
Chords used:
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F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
We're going to do one more tune and take it back and regroup.
half.
But, uh, we're going to do this tune.
first tune I ever played with a group called the Dillards.
I just [G] met them and they asked me to sit in with them and I didn't know what to play.
[D] those days.
[G] was a tune called the Hamilton County Breakdown.
one I know, so I'll play that for them.
half.
But, uh, we're going to do this tune.
first tune I ever played with a group called the Dillards.
I just [G] met them and they asked me to sit in with them and I didn't know what to play.
[D] those days.
[G] was a tune called the Hamilton County Breakdown.
one I know, so I'll play that for them.
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We're going to do one more tune and take it _ _ back and regroup.
Come out in the second half, we're going to play a lot better the second half.
_ _ _ But, uh, [E] anyway.
_ _ _ But, uh, we're going to do this tune.
[G] This is the first tune I ever played _ with a group called the Dillards.
_ [N] Remember the Dillards? _ _ _
_ _ _ I just [G] met them and they asked me to sit in with them and I didn't know what to play.
I just played old time fiddle tunes back in [D] those days.
_ Well, I learned this tune from Tommy Jackson and it [G] was a tune called the Hamilton County Breakdown.
And I thought, that's the fastest one I know, so I'll play that for them.
And it worked. _
_ They asked me to record an album [D] with them.
That was _ 1963 [G] when I met them.
And we [D] recorded an album the following summer in 64.
_ [G] _ 51 years ago.
I remember [D] it like it was_
Yeah, I know.
From the [Bm] _ year you were born.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ So let's start [D] with just this banjo fiddle and then we'll come in on [G] that.
Let's go over there to my song here, which is Dillard. Alright.
So, give G.
Hit it.
My favorite key.
Alright.
Because I have another one. _
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Come out in the second half, we're going to play a lot better the second half.
_ _ _ But, uh, [E] anyway.
_ _ _ But, uh, we're going to do this tune.
[G] This is the first tune I ever played _ with a group called the Dillards.
_ [N] Remember the Dillards? _ _ _
_ _ _ I just [G] met them and they asked me to sit in with them and I didn't know what to play.
I just played old time fiddle tunes back in [D] those days.
_ Well, I learned this tune from Tommy Jackson and it [G] was a tune called the Hamilton County Breakdown.
And I thought, that's the fastest one I know, so I'll play that for them.
And it worked. _
_ They asked me to record an album [D] with them.
That was _ 1963 [G] when I met them.
And we [D] recorded an album the following summer in 64.
_ [G] _ 51 years ago.
I remember [D] it like it was_
Yeah, I know.
From the [Bm] _ year you were born.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ So let's start [D] with just this banjo fiddle and then we'll come in on [G] that.
Let's go over there to my song here, which is Dillard. Alright.
So, give G.
Hit it.
My favorite key.
Alright.
Because I have another one. _
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