Chords for Michael Cleveland's Kenny Baker Story - Grey Fox 2011
Tempo:
129.4 bpm
Chords used:
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G
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When I was learning how to play, I was [F#] a teenager.
I was around a guy in Louisville who was Benny Martin's cousin.
[Bm] And Benny Martin and Kenny Baker were two of my biggest [B] heroes.
And so I used to [N] talk to this guy, Benny's cousin, you know, who had been around all the great football players.
You know, because I had never really
I had heard Kenny Baker play on records and on live shows.
I had a [B] few of those, but I never really had seen him play live.
And so
And the same goes with a lot of these other guys.
And I would talk to this guy, and I'd quiz him about all these different fiddle players, you know.
And [N] I was talking to him on the phone one time,
[B] and I said,
Man, what about Kenny Baker?
God, he sure is smooth, you know.
He said, [A] Yeah, yeah, Kenny Baker, man.
He gets up there [G] with Monroe,
and he [A#m] nails them double stops, and [F#] he nails all them licks.
Never cracks a smile.
Just straight face.
Just stands there.
You know, straight face throughout [B] the whole thing.
Well, I remembered that, and a few years later,
this other friend of mine from Indiana asked if I was going to go to Bean Blossom that year.
He said, You need [N] to go to Bean Blossom.
Kenny Baker, Josh [B] Graves are playing Bean Blossom.
I want you to meet Kenny Baker.
[G]
[D] And I said, Alright.
[B] How is Kenny Baker?
Is he an alright guy?
Or, well, what's the deal with him?
I heard he never smiles.
And he said, Oh, that ain't true.
He smiles.
So we talked a little more about it, and I didn't think nothing of it.
Then we [D#] got over to Bean Blossom, and Kenny [B] and Josh Graves played their first set.
Kenny was [G] playing as good as he ever [F] did.
Just nailing everything, you know.
[F#]
And [F] then after the set, my buddy said, Come on over here.
They're [N] in Josh's station wagon.
I want you to meet Kenny.
And [D] so I go over there, and [Bm]
[G#] Dave said, Kenny, this is [B] the boy I was telling you about.
This is Michael Cleveland here.
Kenny said, Yeah, yeah, you're that boy that said I never smiled.
And then there was this one [E] other quick story, and we'll get back to it.
I'm sorry [F] to hold up the [G] show, but there's this one [F#] other story.
I was going to watch him do a workshop [Dm] one time.
He [D#] was doing a workshop [F#] at Bean [B] Blossom, and I went over before the workshop [F#] to say hi.
And [B] he said, Son, why don't [B] you get up here and do this workshop?
I don't want to do it.
[G] I said, Well, [F#] Kenny, you've got to do the workshop.
Your name's on the bill.
He said, Well,
[G] this [N] is his exact words.
Well, by hell, I don't like doing workshops.
[Gm] And [B] why don't you [A#] get up here and go do that workshop for me?
I said, Man, I'll do it with you.
[A#] You know, but you got to do it, [G] you know.
[B] And so I sat up there [G] with him, and any time anybody would ask him about a tune,
Kenny, what about [F#] Bluegrass in the [E] Backwoods, or what about Once a Moonlight Waltz?
He'd go, [N] Son, play Once a Moonlight [F#] Waltz.
I [Dm] thought, Oh, God.
[D] Talk [N] about being under the gun.
Anyway, [Dm] that's my Kenny Baker.
[G]
I was around a guy in Louisville who was Benny Martin's cousin.
[Bm] And Benny Martin and Kenny Baker were two of my biggest [B] heroes.
And so I used to [N] talk to this guy, Benny's cousin, you know, who had been around all the great football players.
You know, because I had never really
I had heard Kenny Baker play on records and on live shows.
I had a [B] few of those, but I never really had seen him play live.
And so
And the same goes with a lot of these other guys.
And I would talk to this guy, and I'd quiz him about all these different fiddle players, you know.
And [N] I was talking to him on the phone one time,
[B] and I said,
Man, what about Kenny Baker?
God, he sure is smooth, you know.
He said, [A] Yeah, yeah, Kenny Baker, man.
He gets up there [G] with Monroe,
and he [A#m] nails them double stops, and [F#] he nails all them licks.
Never cracks a smile.
Just straight face.
Just stands there.
You know, straight face throughout [B] the whole thing.
Well, I remembered that, and a few years later,
this other friend of mine from Indiana asked if I was going to go to Bean Blossom that year.
He said, You need [N] to go to Bean Blossom.
Kenny Baker, Josh [B] Graves are playing Bean Blossom.
I want you to meet Kenny Baker.
[G]
[D] And I said, Alright.
[B] How is Kenny Baker?
Is he an alright guy?
Or, well, what's the deal with him?
I heard he never smiles.
And he said, Oh, that ain't true.
He smiles.
So we talked a little more about it, and I didn't think nothing of it.
Then we [D#] got over to Bean Blossom, and Kenny [B] and Josh Graves played their first set.
Kenny was [G] playing as good as he ever [F] did.
Just nailing everything, you know.
[F#]
And [F] then after the set, my buddy said, Come on over here.
They're [N] in Josh's station wagon.
I want you to meet Kenny.
And [D] so I go over there, and [Bm]
[G#] Dave said, Kenny, this is [B] the boy I was telling you about.
This is Michael Cleveland here.
Kenny said, Yeah, yeah, you're that boy that said I never smiled.
And then there was this one [E] other quick story, and we'll get back to it.
I'm sorry [F] to hold up the [G] show, but there's this one [F#] other story.
I was going to watch him do a workshop [Dm] one time.
He [D#] was doing a workshop [F#] at Bean [B] Blossom, and I went over before the workshop [F#] to say hi.
And [B] he said, Son, why don't [B] you get up here and do this workshop?
I don't want to do it.
[G] I said, Well, [F#] Kenny, you've got to do the workshop.
Your name's on the bill.
He said, Well,
[G] this [N] is his exact words.
Well, by hell, I don't like doing workshops.
[Gm] And [B] why don't you [A#] get up here and go do that workshop for me?
I said, Man, I'll do it with you.
[A#] You know, but you got to do it, [G] you know.
[B] And so I sat up there [G] with him, and any time anybody would ask him about a tune,
Kenny, what about [F#] Bluegrass in the [E] Backwoods, or what about Once a Moonlight Waltz?
He'd go, [N] Son, play Once a Moonlight [F#] Waltz.
I [Dm] thought, Oh, God.
[D] Talk [N] about being under the gun.
Anyway, [Dm] that's my Kenny Baker.
[G]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When I was learning how to play, I was [F#] a teenager.
I was around a guy in Louisville who was Benny Martin's cousin.
[Bm] _ And Benny Martin and Kenny Baker were two of my biggest [B] heroes.
And so I used to [N] talk to this guy, Benny's cousin, you know, who had been around all the great football players.
You know, because I had never really_
I had heard Kenny Baker play on records and on live shows.
I had a [B] few of those, but I never really had seen him play live.
And so_
And the same goes with a lot of these other guys.
And I would talk to this guy, and I'd quiz him about all these different fiddle players, you know.
_ _ And [N] I was talking to him on the phone one time, _ _
[B] and I said,
Man, what about Kenny Baker?
God, he sure is smooth, you know.
He said, [A] Yeah, yeah, Kenny Baker, man.
He gets up there [G] with Monroe, _
and he [A#m] nails them double stops, and [F#] he nails all them licks.
Never cracks a smile.
Just straight face.
Just stands there.
You know, straight face throughout [B] the whole thing.
Well, I remembered that, and a few years later,
_ _ this other friend of mine from Indiana asked if I was going to go to Bean Blossom that year.
He said, You need [N] to go to Bean Blossom.
Kenny Baker, Josh [B] Graves are playing Bean Blossom.
I want you to meet Kenny Baker.
[G] _
[D] And I said, Alright. _ _ _
[B] How is Kenny Baker?
Is he an alright guy?
Or, well, what's the deal with him?
I heard he never smiles.
_ And he said, Oh, that ain't true.
He smiles.
So we talked a little more about it, and I didn't think nothing of it.
Then we [D#] got over to Bean Blossom, and Kenny [B] and Josh Graves played their first set.
Kenny was [G] playing as good as he ever [F] did.
Just nailing everything, you know.
_ [F#] _ _
And [F] then after the set, my buddy said, Come on over here.
They're [N] in Josh's station wagon.
I want you to meet Kenny.
And [D] so I go over there, and [Bm] _ _
[G#] Dave said, Kenny, this is [B] the boy I was telling you about.
This is Michael Cleveland here.
Kenny said, Yeah, yeah, you're that boy that said I never smiled. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then there was this one [E] other quick story, and we'll get back to it.
I'm sorry [F] to hold up the [G] show, but there's this one [F#] other story.
_ I was going to watch him do a workshop [Dm] one time.
He [D#] was doing a workshop [F#] at Bean [B] Blossom, and I went over before the workshop [F#] to say hi.
_ And [B] he said, Son, _ why don't [B] you get up here and do this workshop?
I don't want to do it.
[G] _ I said, Well, [F#] Kenny, you've got to do the workshop.
Your name's on the bill. _ _ _ _
_ He said, Well, _ _
[G] _ _ this [N] is his exact words.
Well, by hell, I don't like doing workshops.
[Gm] _ And [B] why don't you [A#] get up here and go do that workshop for me?
I said, Man, I'll do it with you.
[A#] You know, but you got to do it, [G] you know.
[B] And so I sat up there [G] with him, and any time anybody would ask him about a tune,
Kenny, what about _ [F#] _ _ _ Bluegrass in the [E] Backwoods, or what about Once a Moonlight Waltz?
He'd go, [N] Son, play Once a Moonlight [F#] Waltz. _ _
_ _ I [Dm] thought, Oh, God. _
[D] _ _ Talk [N] about being under the gun.
Anyway, [Dm] that's my Kenny Baker.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When I was learning how to play, I was [F#] a teenager.
I was around a guy in Louisville who was Benny Martin's cousin.
[Bm] _ And Benny Martin and Kenny Baker were two of my biggest [B] heroes.
And so I used to [N] talk to this guy, Benny's cousin, you know, who had been around all the great football players.
You know, because I had never really_
I had heard Kenny Baker play on records and on live shows.
I had a [B] few of those, but I never really had seen him play live.
And so_
And the same goes with a lot of these other guys.
And I would talk to this guy, and I'd quiz him about all these different fiddle players, you know.
_ _ And [N] I was talking to him on the phone one time, _ _
[B] and I said,
Man, what about Kenny Baker?
God, he sure is smooth, you know.
He said, [A] Yeah, yeah, Kenny Baker, man.
He gets up there [G] with Monroe, _
and he [A#m] nails them double stops, and [F#] he nails all them licks.
Never cracks a smile.
Just straight face.
Just stands there.
You know, straight face throughout [B] the whole thing.
Well, I remembered that, and a few years later,
_ _ this other friend of mine from Indiana asked if I was going to go to Bean Blossom that year.
He said, You need [N] to go to Bean Blossom.
Kenny Baker, Josh [B] Graves are playing Bean Blossom.
I want you to meet Kenny Baker.
[G] _
[D] And I said, Alright. _ _ _
[B] How is Kenny Baker?
Is he an alright guy?
Or, well, what's the deal with him?
I heard he never smiles.
_ And he said, Oh, that ain't true.
He smiles.
So we talked a little more about it, and I didn't think nothing of it.
Then we [D#] got over to Bean Blossom, and Kenny [B] and Josh Graves played their first set.
Kenny was [G] playing as good as he ever [F] did.
Just nailing everything, you know.
_ [F#] _ _
And [F] then after the set, my buddy said, Come on over here.
They're [N] in Josh's station wagon.
I want you to meet Kenny.
And [D] so I go over there, and [Bm] _ _
[G#] Dave said, Kenny, this is [B] the boy I was telling you about.
This is Michael Cleveland here.
Kenny said, Yeah, yeah, you're that boy that said I never smiled. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then there was this one [E] other quick story, and we'll get back to it.
I'm sorry [F] to hold up the [G] show, but there's this one [F#] other story.
_ I was going to watch him do a workshop [Dm] one time.
He [D#] was doing a workshop [F#] at Bean [B] Blossom, and I went over before the workshop [F#] to say hi.
_ And [B] he said, Son, _ why don't [B] you get up here and do this workshop?
I don't want to do it.
[G] _ I said, Well, [F#] Kenny, you've got to do the workshop.
Your name's on the bill. _ _ _ _
_ He said, Well, _ _
[G] _ _ this [N] is his exact words.
Well, by hell, I don't like doing workshops.
[Gm] _ And [B] why don't you [A#] get up here and go do that workshop for me?
I said, Man, I'll do it with you.
[A#] You know, but you got to do it, [G] you know.
[B] And so I sat up there [G] with him, and any time anybody would ask him about a tune,
Kenny, what about _ [F#] _ _ _ Bluegrass in the [E] Backwoods, or what about Once a Moonlight Waltz?
He'd go, [N] Son, play Once a Moonlight [F#] Waltz. _ _
_ _ I [Dm] thought, Oh, God. _
[D] _ _ Talk [N] about being under the gun.
Anyway, [Dm] that's my Kenny Baker.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _