Chords for John Renbourn teaches "Buffalo"

[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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Well, before we look more closely at that tune, I [Gm] should mention _ something about [E] my
technique of playing.
I [G] use three [F] fingers on the right and the thumb, whereas often
the more traditional [E] Americans don't. _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
I like to use [G#] my fingernails, or rather a type of
fingernail.
These [A] days I stick some on.
And you could buy a product called Player's Nails,
[F#m] or you could make your own.
These are [F] actually made out of _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ steel.
I find them very [E] effective.
They're kind of clean sounding _ _ _ [A] and accurate, [G] and if you break one, [D] you can always replace
it without too much problem. _ _ _
[A] That's about it.
I keep my hand fairly high as a classical
player might do, but then I allow [N] myself the opportunity to drop it down if I'm going [F] to
be dumping the [F#] bass.
I find that [A] _
a fairly [D] flexible right hand position works fine.
You
just need to be able to change it rather than have it too [A] rigid. _
_ _ _ Good.
Let's look more
closely at the tune we were just playing.
[G#m] This one is called Buffalo, _ and you'll notice
that it's made up nearly entirely of the same interval.
[C] That is [G#] double strings, and we're
played on one string [G] and miss a string.
[Am] _
The next [F#] string over, [Em] and the interval is called
a sixth.
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[A] Essentially, because the two notes are six notes apart.
And if [G] you look at the
formula or the scale that this tune is based on, essentially it's [C#] the same scale as [A] we
harmonized earlier.
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [A]
It's like a minor scale, [F#m] but with a raised sixth [G] in it and a flattened
seventh.
[Am] _ _ _ _ So if we take A as our basic note, we can begin to investigate the possibilities
of these six intervals, and then figure [D] out ways to use them.
[A] We can start [F#m] with the A,
go up to the F sharp there, that will _ _ [G] _ [Am] press up the [D] scale.
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
The [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ tune itself _ _ is a nice one.
The bass [D] stays down [Am] there rather like the Brunsley bass, except there's a little linking
[A] phrase.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ A hammer and a hammer.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
It's [G#] got that triplet feel to it, which is fairly well accented
in this tune.
So it's a descending phrase, it's a linked phrase to bring [G] you in.
[A] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
And _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ that's a little hook.
_ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the only real change there from these parallel six [G] all the time [C] is when it goes
to the turnaround, _ it's got a sus [Dm] chord, _ _
_ [G#] _ which leads down [G] into a six. _
[D] _ _ _ _ So the E7 to [G] D7 part
of the blue sequence there is [F#] actually [E] very nice, instead of it just being _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] the seventh
[A] in and the fourth on the [E] scale.
So it's a suspended [G] chord which goes down there, and
it makes [D] that little chromatic run [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] down on the bass, which [A] I find very pretty.
_ _ [E] What to do after you've [F#m] played the tune is to investigate playing around the sequence
or even freer using these same intervals.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
All I can suggest is that you actually start
[G] _
[A] _ _ with one phrase that makes it across your mind, then [D] double it.
[Am] _ [D] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Then we play some.
[A] In fact, let's split the screen [G] _ [E] and have a run through playing together. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _
_ Going up, _ [D] _ [C] _ _
little linked phrase, bass [E] going [A] up, treble going down in six [D] _ _ [C] _
all the time.
_ _ _ [D] Going up [Am] to sus, [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [F#] _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am]
play around with it, [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] try again. _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Sus, [D] _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] go through the tune [A] again, _ _ _ six.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _