Chords for Steve Rector plays "Guitar Rag"
Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
Em
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G#m] [Bm] I was born in Beach Creek, Kentucky, the same little coal mining town Merle Travis was born
and raised in a company house [N] that the coal mines company owned.
old company store is still standing there that Merle wrote 16 tons about.
all that's left.
now.
and he played Mother Maybell style with no pick.
If I had a pick at all, I'd never seen a thumb pick.
guitar rag is a tune that Moles told me that a black man named Amos Johnson wrote
and raised in a company house [N] that the coal mines company owned.
old company store is still standing there that Merle wrote 16 tons about.
all that's left.
now.
and he played Mother Maybell style with no pick.
If I had a pick at all, I'd never seen a thumb pick.
guitar rag is a tune that Moles told me that a black man named Amos Johnson wrote
100% ➙ 117BPM
E
F#
Em
F#m
B
E
F#
Em
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I was born in Beach Creek, Kentucky, the same little coal mining town Merle Travis was born
in and raised in a company house _ [N] that the coal mines company owned.
_ _ The old company store is still standing there that Merle wrote 16 tons about.
They changed it into a place where they work on a truck.
That's about all that's left.
All the company houses have been torn down.
It's kind of a little ghost town now.
_ _ My father played guitar a little and he played Mother Maybell style with no pick.
If I had a pick at all, I'd never seen a thumb pick.
The guitar rag is a tune that Moles told me _ that a black man named Amos Johnson wrote
and showed it to him. _ _
He showed it to Travis and Travis just loved it.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[C#] _ [D#m] _ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [N] _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [C] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [C] _ [B] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
in and raised in a company house _ [N] that the coal mines company owned.
_ _ The old company store is still standing there that Merle wrote 16 tons about.
They changed it into a place where they work on a truck.
That's about all that's left.
All the company houses have been torn down.
It's kind of a little ghost town now.
_ _ My father played guitar a little and he played Mother Maybell style with no pick.
If I had a pick at all, I'd never seen a thumb pick.
The guitar rag is a tune that Moles told me _ that a black man named Amos Johnson wrote
and showed it to him. _ _
He showed it to Travis and Travis just loved it.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [C] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[C#] _ [D#m] _ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [N] _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [C] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [C] _ [B] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _