Chords for Thom Bresh "Dueling Banjos"
Tempo:
153.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Tom don't you [Dm] do a takeoff [E] on dueling [A] banjos?
[Em] Yeah, [E] why don't you kind of lead us off and we'll see that damn thing for years
[G] We were talking about that I get to play [B] it.
He's not gonna play.
We're all gonna play it
Yeah, just why don't you kick it off and then [F] tell you how to play it first, you know, you [B] get to
[Em] Whoever plays first wins, you know
[N] No, I used to start I started doing this in
1972
73 a guy who's drunk and he came up where I was playing.
He threw a hundred dollar bill down
He says did you play that dueling [Ab] banjo song?
Looked at his shape.
Now.
He said hell yes, that's one of my big songs
And for him I said, I'll do the guitar part over [G] here and I went
[C] [G]
Is it in the house or just up here for me the banjo part over here?
[Em] [Gb] And he said that's good.
He wouldn't set out and took the hundred and I've done it [G] ever since let me play a little of
[Em] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [C] [B]
[G]
[C] [Dm] [E]
[C] [Em]
I don't hear that African shit when I'm doing this
You [D] [E]
[A]
[G] say that on the internet cyberspace anything?
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[C] [G]
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[N]
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You
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Tom brush Tommy Emmanuel I had [Bb] bubble teeth and I couldn't find the damn thing.
They're my partner
Bill Keggy [G] John Sebastian.
I'm [Gm] Mariel Anderson.
[G] We'll see you in a few [Bb] minutes
[Em] Yeah, [E] why don't you kind of lead us off and we'll see that damn thing for years
[G] We were talking about that I get to play [B] it.
He's not gonna play.
We're all gonna play it
Yeah, just why don't you kick it off and then [F] tell you how to play it first, you know, you [B] get to
[Em] Whoever plays first wins, you know
[N] No, I used to start I started doing this in
1972
73 a guy who's drunk and he came up where I was playing.
He threw a hundred dollar bill down
He says did you play that dueling [Ab] banjo song?
Looked at his shape.
Now.
He said hell yes, that's one of my big songs
And for him I said, I'll do the guitar part over [G] here and I went
[C] [G]
Is it in the house or just up here for me the banjo part over here?
[Em] [Gb] And he said that's good.
He wouldn't set out and took the hundred and I've done it [G] ever since let me play a little of
[Em] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [C] [B]
[G]
[C] [Dm] [E]
[C] [Em]
I don't hear that African shit when I'm doing this
You [D] [E]
[A]
[G] say that on the internet cyberspace anything?
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
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[G] [A]
[Am] [A]
[N]
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You
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Tom brush Tommy Emmanuel I had [Bb] bubble teeth and I couldn't find the damn thing.
They're my partner
Bill Keggy [G] John Sebastian.
I'm [Gm] Mariel Anderson.
[G] We'll see you in a few [Bb] minutes
Key:
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C
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Tom don't you [Dm] do a takeoff [E] on dueling [A] banjos?
_ _ _ [Em] Yeah, [E] why don't you kind of lead us off and we'll see that damn thing for years
[G] We were talking about that I get to play [B] it.
He's not gonna play. _
We're all gonna play it
Yeah, just why don't you kick it off and then [F] tell you how to play it first, you know, you [B] get to _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Whoever plays first wins, you know
_ [N] No, I used to start I started doing this in
_ _ _ 1972 _
73 a guy who's drunk and he came up where I was playing.
He threw a hundred dollar bill down
He says did you play that dueling [Ab] banjo song? _ _
Looked at his shape.
Now.
He said hell yes, that's one of my big songs
_ And for him I said, I'll do the guitar part over [G] here and I went
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Is it in the house or just up here for me the banjo part over here? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] And he said that's good.
He wouldn't set out and took the hundred and I've done it [G] ever since let me play a little of
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I don't hear that African shit when I'm doing this _
You [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] say that on the internet cyberspace anything?
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You
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_ Tom brush Tommy Emmanuel I had [Bb] bubble teeth and I couldn't find the damn thing.
They're my partner
_ Bill Keggy [G] John Sebastian.
I'm [Gm] Mariel Anderson.
[G] We'll see you in a few [Bb] minutes _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Yeah, [E] why don't you kind of lead us off and we'll see that damn thing for years
[G] We were talking about that I get to play [B] it.
He's not gonna play. _
We're all gonna play it
Yeah, just why don't you kick it off and then [F] tell you how to play it first, you know, you [B] get to _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Whoever plays first wins, you know
_ [N] No, I used to start I started doing this in
_ _ _ 1972 _
73 a guy who's drunk and he came up where I was playing.
He threw a hundred dollar bill down
He says did you play that dueling [Ab] banjo song? _ _
Looked at his shape.
Now.
He said hell yes, that's one of my big songs
_ And for him I said, I'll do the guitar part over [G] here and I went
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Is it in the house or just up here for me the banjo part over here? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] And he said that's good.
He wouldn't set out and took the hundred and I've done it [G] ever since let me play a little of
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I don't hear that African shit when I'm doing this _
You [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] say that on the internet cyberspace anything?
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ Tom brush Tommy Emmanuel I had [Bb] bubble teeth and I couldn't find the damn thing.
They're my partner
_ Bill Keggy [G] John Sebastian.
I'm [Gm] Mariel Anderson.
[G] We'll see you in a few [Bb] minutes _ _