Chords for Steep Canyon Rangers - "Meet The Steeps: Graham Sharp"
Tempo:
163.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[E]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E]
Graham Sharp, [B] he's a great [E] songwriter and friend, great [B] singer, real innovative [E] banjo
picker, kind of [B] touches on all the styles, real hard [E] driving, can [B] carry the rhythm of
a band just [E] right in his right hand, you know, big part of the sound of our band.
I [B] mean I think, you know, there's so many [E] styles across North Carolina, you [B] know, I
mean obviously Earl's from here, [E] but Don Reno's from here, [B] Tommy Jarrell and [E] Fred Cochran
are all from, you know, the middle part of the state and up into Virginia, so [B] there's
tons of [D] banjo styles from North Carolina [E] and I think a lot of the most influential [B] ones
of all time obviously from around here.
[D] I'd say my [E] banjo style really is just [B] kind of try to build it around [E] whatever the song,
[B] you know, or whatever the song we're playing [E] requires.
I [B] don't write songs on the [E] banjo, you know, I usually write on the guitar, so when it
comes time to do the [Bm] banjo, it's a little bit [E] different.
[B] Pretty much everything I do on the record [A] is pretty straight ahead Scruggs style, so
yeah, that's your
[F#m] [A] Some of the songs, you know, [E] require a little bit [F#m] more of a sort of a progressive type feel,
you know, so [E] that's fun to do, some of it's more of a honky tonk, long shots, more of,
you know, I wouldn't call it really necessarily a Scruggs style, but it's kind of [A] just
[D] [A] [Am]
And I enjoy that, you know, we've done a lot of honky [D#] tonk in our day's [D] songs and that's
something [Am] I love to play, [G] that's a fun type [Cm] style, that's why I'm with [Em] J.D.
[D#] Crowe type [A] thing.
You know, we [E] had the luxury of, [B] when we started the band, of [E] not having any [Bm] really obligations
or [E] so, I didn't really [Bm] have a lot of, [B] you know, career [E] plans, you know, I taught school
when I got out for a year and I, you know, always [B] thought being a [D] teacher would be something
I'd enjoy doing.
[E] I did enjoy it, but you [Bm] just can't [B] do it and try to be a traveling musician at the same [D] time.
But, you know, when we started, we [E] could just go out for eight weeks at a [Bm] time and just
[E] play ten gigs in eight weeks.
You [B] know, we had that freedom.
[E] You know, now it's a lot different, you [B] know, we've kind of grown into our grown-up [E] roles
with the band.
When this band started, you know, that was kind of our [B] whole thing, was we'd just go
[E]
anywhere and play [B] for anybody, kind of, as long as there was a river around and we could
fish in our spare time.
So, when [E] I started out in college, yeah, I didn't own a banjo, didn't ever think I'd
[B] play a banjo, never really [D] considered it, you know, I [E] was actually on the soccer team
and spent all [B] my time playing soccer, you [D] know.
That hurt my [E] knee, and kind of all those 25 hours or [A] whatever it was that I [E] spent playing
[A] soccer, I think kind of transferred over to the banjo.
Rather than getting a guitar and plugging [E] it into an amp, you know, a banjo just seemed
like something that was real organic, I guess, you know, something very tangible that you
could just feel comfortable just having, sitting alone in a room with it, or, you [A] know, you
could just take around.
It [E] worked [Bm] out, [A] it took a long time, but eventually I took some lessons and Woody took some lessons
from [E] the same guy and [A] we kind of learned all together.
[D]
[E] It's been strange, but [A] that's what they say, when the going gets strange, the strange go pro.
So, it's been us.
[E] [B]
[E]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E]
Graham Sharp, [B] he's a great [E] songwriter and friend, great [B] singer, real innovative [E] banjo
picker, kind of [B] touches on all the styles, real hard [E] driving, can [B] carry the rhythm of
a band just [E] right in his right hand, you know, big part of the sound of our band.
I [B] mean I think, you know, there's so many [E] styles across North Carolina, you [B] know, I
mean obviously Earl's from here, [E] but Don Reno's from here, [B] Tommy Jarrell and [E] Fred Cochran
are all from, you know, the middle part of the state and up into Virginia, so [B] there's
tons of [D] banjo styles from North Carolina [E] and I think a lot of the most influential [B] ones
of all time obviously from around here.
[D] I'd say my [E] banjo style really is just [B] kind of try to build it around [E] whatever the song,
[B] you know, or whatever the song we're playing [E] requires.
I [B] don't write songs on the [E] banjo, you know, I usually write on the guitar, so when it
comes time to do the [Bm] banjo, it's a little bit [E] different.
[B] Pretty much everything I do on the record [A] is pretty straight ahead Scruggs style, so
yeah, that's your
[F#m] [A] Some of the songs, you know, [E] require a little bit [F#m] more of a sort of a progressive type feel,
you know, so [E] that's fun to do, some of it's more of a honky tonk, long shots, more of,
you know, I wouldn't call it really necessarily a Scruggs style, but it's kind of [A] just
[D] [A] [Am]
And I enjoy that, you know, we've done a lot of honky [D#] tonk in our day's [D] songs and that's
something [Am] I love to play, [G] that's a fun type [Cm] style, that's why I'm with [Em] J.D.
[D#] Crowe type [A] thing.
You know, we [E] had the luxury of, [B] when we started the band, of [E] not having any [Bm] really obligations
or [E] so, I didn't really [Bm] have a lot of, [B] you know, career [E] plans, you know, I taught school
when I got out for a year and I, you know, always [B] thought being a [D] teacher would be something
I'd enjoy doing.
[E] I did enjoy it, but you [Bm] just can't [B] do it and try to be a traveling musician at the same [D] time.
But, you know, when we started, we [E] could just go out for eight weeks at a [Bm] time and just
[E] play ten gigs in eight weeks.
You [B] know, we had that freedom.
[E] You know, now it's a lot different, you [B] know, we've kind of grown into our grown-up [E] roles
with the band.
When this band started, you know, that was kind of our [B] whole thing, was we'd just go
[E]
anywhere and play [B] for anybody, kind of, as long as there was a river around and we could
fish in our spare time.
So, when [E] I started out in college, yeah, I didn't own a banjo, didn't ever think I'd
[B] play a banjo, never really [D] considered it, you know, I [E] was actually on the soccer team
and spent all [B] my time playing soccer, you [D] know.
That hurt my [E] knee, and kind of all those 25 hours or [A] whatever it was that I [E] spent playing
[A] soccer, I think kind of transferred over to the banjo.
Rather than getting a guitar and plugging [E] it into an amp, you know, a banjo just seemed
like something that was real organic, I guess, you know, something very tangible that you
could just feel comfortable just having, sitting alone in a room with it, or, you [A] know, you
could just take around.
It [E] worked [Bm] out, [A] it took a long time, but eventually I took some lessons and Woody took some lessons
from [E] the same guy and [A] we kind of learned all together.
[D]
[E] It's been strange, but [A] that's what they say, when the going gets strange, the strange go pro.
So, it's been us.
[E] [B]
Key:
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B
A
D
Bm
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B
A
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
Graham Sharp, _ [B] he's a great [E] songwriter and friend, great [B] singer, real innovative _ [E] banjo
picker, kind of [B] touches on all the styles, real hard [E] driving, can [B] carry the rhythm of
a band just [E] right in his right hand, you know, big part of the sound of our band.
I [B] mean I think, you know, there's so many [E] styles across North Carolina, you [B] know, I
mean obviously Earl's from here, [E] but Don Reno's from here, [B] Tommy Jarrell and [E] Fred Cochran
are all from, you know, the middle part of the state and up into Virginia, so [B] there's
tons of [D] banjo styles from North Carolina [E] and I think a lot of the most influential [B] ones
of all time obviously from around here.
_ [D] _ I'd say my [E] banjo style really is just [B] kind of try to build it around [E] whatever the song,
[B] you know, or whatever the song we're playing [E] requires.
I [B] don't write songs on the [E] banjo, you know, I usually write on the guitar, so when it
comes time to do the [Bm] banjo, _ it's a little bit [E] different.
_ [B] Pretty much everything I do on the record [A] is pretty straight ahead Scruggs style, so
yeah, that's your_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Some of the songs, you know, [E] require a little bit [F#m] more of a sort of a progressive type feel,
you know, so [E] that's fun to do, some of it's more of a honky tonk, long shots, more of,
you know, I wouldn't call it really necessarily a Scruggs style, but it's kind of [A] _ just_ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ And I enjoy that, you know, we've done a lot of honky [D#] tonk in our day's [D] songs and that's
something [Am] I love to play, [G] that's a fun type [Cm] style, that's why I'm with [Em] J.D.
[D#] Crowe type [A] thing.
_ You know, we [E] had the luxury of, [B] when we started the band, of [E] not having any [Bm] really obligations
or [E] so, I didn't really [Bm] have a lot of, [B] you know, career [E] plans, you know, I taught school
when I got out for a year and I, you know, always [B] thought being a [D] teacher would be something
I'd enjoy doing.
[E] I did enjoy it, but you [Bm] just can't [B] do it and try to be a traveling musician at the same [D] time.
But, you know, when we started, we [E] could just go out for eight weeks at a [Bm] time and just
_ [E] play ten gigs in eight weeks.
You [B] know, we had that freedom.
[E] You know, now it's a lot different, you [B] know, we've kind of grown into our grown-up [E] roles
with the band.
When this band started, you know, that was kind of our _ [B] whole thing, was we'd just go
_ [E] _
anywhere and play [B] for anybody, kind of, as long as there was a river around and we could
fish in our spare time.
So, when [E] I started out in college, yeah, I didn't own a banjo, didn't ever think I'd
[B] play a banjo, never really _ [D] considered it, you know, I [E] was actually on the soccer team
and spent all [B] my time playing soccer, you [D] know.
That hurt my [E] knee, and kind of all those 25 hours or [A] whatever it was that _ I [E] spent playing
[A] soccer, I think kind of transferred over to the banjo.
Rather than getting a guitar and plugging [E] it into an amp, you know, a banjo just seemed
like something that was real organic, I guess, you know, something very tangible that you
could just feel comfortable just having, sitting alone in a room with it, or, you [A] know, you
could just take around.
It [E] worked [Bm] out, [A] it took a long time, but eventually I took some lessons _ and Woody took some lessons
from [E] the same guy and [A] we kind of _ learned all together.
_ [D] _
[E] It's been strange, but _ [A] that's what they say, when the going gets strange, the strange go pro.
So, it's been us.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
Graham Sharp, _ [B] he's a great [E] songwriter and friend, great [B] singer, real innovative _ [E] banjo
picker, kind of [B] touches on all the styles, real hard [E] driving, can [B] carry the rhythm of
a band just [E] right in his right hand, you know, big part of the sound of our band.
I [B] mean I think, you know, there's so many [E] styles across North Carolina, you [B] know, I
mean obviously Earl's from here, [E] but Don Reno's from here, [B] Tommy Jarrell and [E] Fred Cochran
are all from, you know, the middle part of the state and up into Virginia, so [B] there's
tons of [D] banjo styles from North Carolina [E] and I think a lot of the most influential [B] ones
of all time obviously from around here.
_ [D] _ I'd say my [E] banjo style really is just [B] kind of try to build it around [E] whatever the song,
[B] you know, or whatever the song we're playing [E] requires.
I [B] don't write songs on the [E] banjo, you know, I usually write on the guitar, so when it
comes time to do the [Bm] banjo, _ it's a little bit [E] different.
_ [B] Pretty much everything I do on the record [A] is pretty straight ahead Scruggs style, so
yeah, that's your_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Some of the songs, you know, [E] require a little bit [F#m] more of a sort of a progressive type feel,
you know, so [E] that's fun to do, some of it's more of a honky tonk, long shots, more of,
you know, I wouldn't call it really necessarily a Scruggs style, but it's kind of [A] _ just_ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ And I enjoy that, you know, we've done a lot of honky [D#] tonk in our day's [D] songs and that's
something [Am] I love to play, [G] that's a fun type [Cm] style, that's why I'm with [Em] J.D.
[D#] Crowe type [A] thing.
_ You know, we [E] had the luxury of, [B] when we started the band, of [E] not having any [Bm] really obligations
or [E] so, I didn't really [Bm] have a lot of, [B] you know, career [E] plans, you know, I taught school
when I got out for a year and I, you know, always [B] thought being a [D] teacher would be something
I'd enjoy doing.
[E] I did enjoy it, but you [Bm] just can't [B] do it and try to be a traveling musician at the same [D] time.
But, you know, when we started, we [E] could just go out for eight weeks at a [Bm] time and just
_ [E] play ten gigs in eight weeks.
You [B] know, we had that freedom.
[E] You know, now it's a lot different, you [B] know, we've kind of grown into our grown-up [E] roles
with the band.
When this band started, you know, that was kind of our _ [B] whole thing, was we'd just go
_ [E] _
anywhere and play [B] for anybody, kind of, as long as there was a river around and we could
fish in our spare time.
So, when [E] I started out in college, yeah, I didn't own a banjo, didn't ever think I'd
[B] play a banjo, never really _ [D] considered it, you know, I [E] was actually on the soccer team
and spent all [B] my time playing soccer, you [D] know.
That hurt my [E] knee, and kind of all those 25 hours or [A] whatever it was that _ I [E] spent playing
[A] soccer, I think kind of transferred over to the banjo.
Rather than getting a guitar and plugging [E] it into an amp, you know, a banjo just seemed
like something that was real organic, I guess, you know, something very tangible that you
could just feel comfortable just having, sitting alone in a room with it, or, you [A] know, you
could just take around.
It [E] worked [Bm] out, [A] it took a long time, but eventually I took some lessons _ and Woody took some lessons
from [E] the same guy and [A] we kind of _ learned all together.
_ [D] _
[E] It's been strange, but _ [A] that's what they say, when the going gets strange, the strange go pro.
So, it's been us.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _