Chords for Old Man At the Mill.,Clawhammer

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138.55 bpm
Chords used:

E

Em

A

D#

B

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Old Man At the Mill.,Clawhammer chords
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So here we have another reason to thank my friend David Oakes
He has just lent me this incredibly interesting
[E] Early now, that's a very Dobson looking peghead and
Really nice older
[N] Original pegs in there and
Then you come down and the same at the fifths fifth
And then the nice this only goes up to the 12th fret with frets.
It may not have been fretted originally
And then the back is what I think of as a Dobson
A lot of people say oh, no.
No, that's you know, that's one of those
inexpensive instruments from New York
Made by the Buck B company buckbeef.
I heard other stories where they were also in Boston
But I don't know which happened when and then this has a silver
It looks like it's
Spun and then sort of
Made stronger by having
a well at the
I'll bring it around to the other side.
There's a interesting sort of piece in the back here
But for figuring out the time the era of this look at how few
Tensioners there are drum tensioners and then look at this there is
I'll [Em] just turn them until I get [B] one to hit the light, right?
[N]
they have little stars and
stripes on a medallion
Which says to me centennial?
So, you know we were thinking oh, this has got to be around 17.
I mean 1870
But I think it's 1876
Because it's got these centennial.
Oh, there's one.
I
When you're doing this and then from the camera
But and then David put a very nice thin head on [E] here and some great now got strings of some sort
The bridge that he had on here was a little low
So I've just made something else this evening to get get the strings a little higher
But great tone on this thing
[A] [E] Now there's no wood on the drum.
So why is it so good?
And [Em] my my thinking on this is that the lightness of the head
Lightness of the strings the whole thing is balanced
[E] So now [Am] the timing of him bringing this is very good for me
I've been working [C] on same old man at the mill, which we all know from you know, the Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley
recordings that Ralph Rensselaer did
I put it instead of being in major tuning.
I put it down in
[E] In sawmill
Which having that sort of modal minor going on and then hitting these major notes is very powerful for this piece
And I've never tried it like this before but I really like it
So same old man at the mill.
[Gm] It's on in sawmill tuning [E] probably at F
[D#] [E]
Same old man
[D#] [E] Oh
[A] [E] [A]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[A]
[E]
[C#m] They're in the same lane
It's not the [Em]
[A] [Em]
coolest sound
[N] Again, look at how few tensioners there are on this thing and how beautifully cleaned up David has brought this back
So the next video you're not gonna believe it.
He's lent me something else that will just just blow you guys away
Black painted isn't this cool?
This just couldn't be a cooler banjo
So, thanks for having a look everybody
Key:  
E
2311
Em
121
A
1231
D#
12341116
B
12341112
E
2311
Em
121
A
1231
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_ _ _ So here we have another reason to thank my friend David Oakes
_ He has just lent me this incredibly interesting
_ [E] Early now, that's a very Dobson looking _ peghead _ _ and
Really nice older
_ _ _ [N] Original pegs in there _ and
Then you come down and the same at the fifths fifth
And _ _ then the nice this only goes up to the 12th fret with frets.
It may not have been fretted originally _ _ _ _
And then the back is what I think of as a Dobson
_ _ A lot of people say oh, no.
No, that's you know, that's one of those
inexpensive instruments from New York
_ Made by the Buck B company buckbeef.
I heard other stories where they were also in Boston
But I don't know which happened when and then this has a silver
_ It looks like _ _ it's
_ Spun and then _ sort of _ _
Made stronger by having
_ _ a well at the
_ I'll bring it around to the other side.
There's a interesting sort of piece in the back here
_ _ But _ _ _ for figuring out the time the era of this look at how few
_ _ Tensioners there are drum tensioners and then look at this _ there is
_ _ I'll [Em] just turn them until I get [B] one to hit the light, right?
[N] _ _ _ _
_ they have little stars _ _ and
stripes _ _ on a medallion
_ Which says to me centennial?
_ So, you know we were thinking oh, this has got to be around 17.
I mean 1870 _
But I think it's 1876 _
_ Because it's got these centennial.
Oh, there's one.
_ _ _ _ _ I
When you're doing this and then from the camera
_ But and then David put a very nice thin head on [E] here _ and some great now got strings of some sort _ _ _
The bridge that he had on here was a little low
So I've just made something else this evening to get get the strings a little higher _
But great tone on this thing
[A] _ [E] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ there's no wood on the drum.
So why is it so good? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And [Em] my my thinking on this is that the lightness of the head
_ Lightness of the strings the whole thing is balanced
[E] _ So _ _ now [Am] the timing of him bringing this is very good for me _
I've been working [C] on same old man at the mill, which we all know from you know, the Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley
_ _ recordings that Ralph Rensselaer did
_ _ I put it instead of being in major tuning.
I put it down in _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ In sawmill
Which having that sort of modal minor going on and then hitting these major notes is very powerful for this piece
And I've never tried it like this before but I really like it
_ So same old man at the mill.
[Gm] It's on in sawmill tuning [E] probably at F _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Same old man _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D#] [E] Oh _
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[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] They're in the same lane
_ It's not _ _ the _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ coolest sound _
[N] _ _ _ Again, look at how few tensioners there are on this thing and how beautifully cleaned up David has brought this back _
So _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the next video you're not gonna believe it.
He's lent me something else that will just just blow you guys away
_ Black _ _ painted isn't this cool?
_ _ This just couldn't be a cooler banjo _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So, thanks for having a look everybody
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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