Chords for How to play Steam Powered Aereo Plane - banjo intro

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Chords used:

G

C

Em

A

Am

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[G] John Hartford, Steam Powered Aeroplane, the intro.
I'm going to do how I hear it, and the fingering, and right hand and left hand that I would
do for the song.
I'm going to play it quite slow, and then go over the hard parts, or the interesting
parts to me.
[C] [G] [Em]
[G]
[C] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] I [C]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G] [C]
[D] think I messed up a little bit, but I'll go over this.
So, [G] and then what he's doing is he's wanting to repeat this high G.
So he's hitting index, middle on the D string on the fifth fret to make the high G.
Drops the thumb to the B string.
[C]
[G]
[Em] [G]
That's a very interesting pattern what he's doing there.
So, okay, so going back.
So thumb, index, middle on that same string.
Drop the thumb to the B, do the same thing again.
So chromatic run, and then A [C] minor.
[G] [Em]
[G]
It's just a very cool pattern.
So [Em] it's a slide.
[G] That pull off, it gets two quarter note beats.
So [A] [G] [A] [G] the [A] [C] [Em]
[G] hammer on, [Em] and [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G]
this repeats.
[C]
[G] [A] [Em]
[G] And then this is, I love this lick, and I'm not exactly doing it the way he is.
I think he's doing it, but it provides kind of the same [Am] sound.
So thumb, middle, or thumb, middle, and thumb, middle.
[C] And then [Em] thumb, [C] index, middle, thumb.
That's the pattern that he's doing over and over again here.
[G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] [G]
So you can hear [C] it when it's up to speed there.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[Em] [C] [G] [Eb] [Am]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[D] Really, really cool syncopation pattern.
So that's [G] basically how I'm hearing the steam powered aerial plane.
[C] [Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [Bm]
[C] [Bm] [Gm] [G] Anyway,
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2131
C
3211
Em
121
A
1231
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
Em
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[G] _ John Hartford, Steam Powered Aeroplane, the intro.
_ I'm going to do how I hear it, and the fingering, and right hand and left hand that I would
do for the song.
I'm going to play it quite slow, and then go over the hard parts, or the interesting
parts to me. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] I _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ think I messed up a little bit, but I'll go over this.
So, _ [G] and _ _ _ _ _ then what he's doing is he's wanting to repeat this high G. _
So he's hitting index, middle on the D string on the fifth fret to make the high G.
_ Drops the thumb to the B string. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ That's a very interesting pattern what he's doing there.
So, okay, so going back.
_ _ _ So thumb, _ index, middle on that same string.
Drop the thumb to the B, do the same thing again.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So chromatic run, and then A [C] minor. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ It's just a very cool pattern.
So [Em] it's a slide.
_ _ [G] That pull off, it gets two quarter note beats.
So _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] the _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ hammer on, [Em] and _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
this repeats.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ And then this is, I love this lick, and I'm not exactly doing it the way he is.
I think he's doing it, but it provides kind of the same [Am] sound.
_ So thumb, middle, or thumb, middle, and thumb, middle.
_ [C] And then [Em] thumb, [C] index, middle, thumb.
_ _ _ _ That's the pattern that he's doing over and over again here.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
So you can hear [C] it when it's up to speed there.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] Really, really cool syncopation pattern.
So that's [G] basically how I'm hearing the steam powered aerial plane. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Gm] _ [G] Anyway,

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