Chords for How to play Steam Powered Aereo Plane - banjo intro
Tempo:
75.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[G] John Hartford, Steam Powered Aeroplane, the intro.
how I hear it, and the fingering, and right hand and left hand that I would
song.
the interesting
[C] [G] [Em]
[G]
[C] [Em]
[G] [C]
how I hear it, and the fingering, and right hand and left hand that I would
song.
the interesting
[C] [G] [Em]
[G]
[C] [Em]
[G] [C]
100% ➙ 76BPM
G
C
Em
A
Am
G
C
Em
[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,
_ 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,