Chords for Woody's Rag.-mandolin
Tempo:
90.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
D#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Hello, this [Fm] is Woody's Rag, a little composition [D#] by the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie.
So [G] I'm assumed you've tuned up and we're ready to go.
Let me play it for you once and then I'll show you how it goes, or how to play it, I should say.
[D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G]
[D] [F#m] [C]
[D] [G]
Okay, so if you are playing the mandolin already, you know this basic shape.
This is a G chord.
And this shape is used for this entire song.
What he does is he brings that up to the middle two strings, starts it on the fourth fret
of that third string, which is the D string.
He plays that twice.
Then he plays the next string, the [A] A string open.
[D] Then he goes [G] to the fifth fret.
[D] Then back to open.
So that's the lick.
It goes a [G]
[D] little bit faster.
Okay, now I'm doing all down strokes with the right hand.
The other thing I should mention is how to pick.
I'll try to get an angle so you can see.
You don't want to pick like this, where you're perpendicular to the string.
You want to actually tilt the pick so that you're plucking, you're sort of pushing the
string, strings I should say, into the mandolin.
You get a much better tone when you play like this.
You get sort of a twanky.
Alright?
And again, you're holding [G] the pick between your thumb and the side of your index finger.
Because the side of your index finger has bone on it.
[D#] And you just rest the pick on that, put your thumb on top.
That's what it looks like.
You can see all that.
Here's the other view from the top.
Okay, so, here's that opening riff, [D] fourth fret on the D string.
Then you move over to the G, which [G] is the lowest string.
And you play that.
[D] Back to the middle two.
And to the highest two strings.
[A] First and second.
[F#] Middle again.
[D]
[B] [G] [D]
[A] High.
[D]
So that ending [D#] riff you go, fourth [F#] fret on the D, [Am] open A, [A#]
fifth [G] fret [Dm] open on the A.
And you finish with the fifth fret [Gm] on the A.
[E] So each of these licks [F#] represents, [D]
goes [E] [F#m] with a chord.
This goes with a D chord.
So if you have someone you're playing with, this would be a D.
You'd go one, two, three, D [D] chord.
And this is a [G] G chord.
[D] Then a D.
[A] Then an A.
[D] A D.
A [G] G.
[D] [A] A D.
[D] [Bm]
So [G] I'm assumed you've tuned up and we're ready to go.
Let me play it for you once and then I'll show you how it goes, or how to play it, I should say.
[D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G]
[D] [F#m] [C]
[D] [G]
Okay, so if you are playing the mandolin already, you know this basic shape.
This is a G chord.
And this shape is used for this entire song.
What he does is he brings that up to the middle two strings, starts it on the fourth fret
of that third string, which is the D string.
He plays that twice.
Then he plays the next string, the [A] A string open.
[D] Then he goes [G] to the fifth fret.
[D] Then back to open.
So that's the lick.
It goes a [G]
[D] little bit faster.
Okay, now I'm doing all down strokes with the right hand.
The other thing I should mention is how to pick.
I'll try to get an angle so you can see.
You don't want to pick like this, where you're perpendicular to the string.
You want to actually tilt the pick so that you're plucking, you're sort of pushing the
string, strings I should say, into the mandolin.
You get a much better tone when you play like this.
You get sort of a twanky.
Alright?
And again, you're holding [G] the pick between your thumb and the side of your index finger.
Because the side of your index finger has bone on it.
[D#] And you just rest the pick on that, put your thumb on top.
That's what it looks like.
You can see all that.
Here's the other view from the top.
Okay, so, here's that opening riff, [D] fourth fret on the D string.
Then you move over to the G, which [G] is the lowest string.
And you play that.
[D] Back to the middle two.
And to the highest two strings.
[A] First and second.
[F#] Middle again.
[D]
[B] [G] [D]
[A] High.
[D]
So that ending [D#] riff you go, fourth [F#] fret on the D, [Am] open A, [A#]
fifth [G] fret [Dm] open on the A.
And you finish with the fifth fret [Gm] on the A.
[E] So each of these licks [F#] represents, [D]
goes [E] [F#m] with a chord.
This goes with a D chord.
So if you have someone you're playing with, this would be a D.
You'd go one, two, three, D [D] chord.
And this is a [G] G chord.
[D] Then a D.
[A] Then an A.
[D] A D.
A [G] G.
[D] [A] A D.
[D] [Bm]
Key:
D
G
A
D#
F#
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Hello, this [Fm] is Woody's Rag, a little composition [D#] by the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie.
So [G] _ I'm assumed you've tuned up and we're ready to go.
Let me play it for you once and then I'll show you how it goes, or how to play it, I should say.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Okay, so if you are playing the mandolin already, you know this basic shape.
This is a G chord.
_ _ And this shape is used for this entire song.
What he does is he brings that up to the middle two strings, starts it on the fourth fret
of that _ third string, which is the D string.
He plays that twice.
_ Then he plays the next string, the [A] A string open.
_ [D] Then he goes [G] to the fifth fret.
[D] Then back to open.
So that's the lick.
It goes a _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ little bit faster.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, now I'm doing all down strokes with the right hand.
The other thing I should mention is how to pick.
I'll try to get an angle so you can see.
You don't want to pick like this, where you're perpendicular to the string.
You want to actually tilt the pick _ _ _ so that you're plucking, you're sort of pushing the
string, strings I should say, into the mandolin.
_ _ _ _ You get a much better tone when you play like this.
You get sort of a twanky. _ _ _ _
_ Alright?
And again, you're holding [G] the pick between your thumb and the side of your index finger.
Because the side of your index finger has bone on it.
[D#] And you just rest the pick on that, put your thumb on top.
That's what it looks like.
_ You can see all that.
Here's the other view from the top.
_ _ Okay, so, here's that opening riff, [D] fourth fret on the D string. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then you move over to the G, which [G] is the lowest string.
And you play that. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Back to the middle two. _ _ _ _
_ And to the highest two strings.
[A] First and second. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Middle again.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] High.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ So that ending [D#] riff you go, fourth [F#] fret on the D, _ [Am] open A, _ [A#]
fifth [G] fret [Dm] open on the A.
And you finish with the fifth fret [Gm] on the A.
_ _ [E] So each of these licks [F#] represents, [D] _
_ goes [E] [F#m] with a chord.
This goes with a D chord.
So if you have someone you're playing with, this would be a D.
You'd go one, two, three, D [D] chord.
_ _ _ _ And this is a [G] G chord.
_ _ _ _ [D] Then a D.
_ _ _ _ [A] Then an A. _
_ _ _ [D] A D. _ _ _
_ A [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] A _ D.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
So [G] _ I'm assumed you've tuned up and we're ready to go.
Let me play it for you once and then I'll show you how it goes, or how to play it, I should say.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Okay, so if you are playing the mandolin already, you know this basic shape.
This is a G chord.
_ _ And this shape is used for this entire song.
What he does is he brings that up to the middle two strings, starts it on the fourth fret
of that _ third string, which is the D string.
He plays that twice.
_ Then he plays the next string, the [A] A string open.
_ [D] Then he goes [G] to the fifth fret.
[D] Then back to open.
So that's the lick.
It goes a _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ little bit faster.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, now I'm doing all down strokes with the right hand.
The other thing I should mention is how to pick.
I'll try to get an angle so you can see.
You don't want to pick like this, where you're perpendicular to the string.
You want to actually tilt the pick _ _ _ so that you're plucking, you're sort of pushing the
string, strings I should say, into the mandolin.
_ _ _ _ You get a much better tone when you play like this.
You get sort of a twanky. _ _ _ _
_ Alright?
And again, you're holding [G] the pick between your thumb and the side of your index finger.
Because the side of your index finger has bone on it.
[D#] And you just rest the pick on that, put your thumb on top.
That's what it looks like.
_ You can see all that.
Here's the other view from the top.
_ _ Okay, so, here's that opening riff, [D] fourth fret on the D string. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then you move over to the G, which [G] is the lowest string.
And you play that. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Back to the middle two. _ _ _ _
_ And to the highest two strings.
[A] First and second. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Middle again.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] High.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ So that ending [D#] riff you go, fourth [F#] fret on the D, _ [Am] open A, _ [A#]
fifth [G] fret [Dm] open on the A.
And you finish with the fifth fret [Gm] on the A.
_ _ [E] So each of these licks [F#] represents, [D] _
_ goes [E] [F#m] with a chord.
This goes with a D chord.
So if you have someone you're playing with, this would be a D.
You'd go one, two, three, D [D] chord.
_ _ _ _ And this is a [G] G chord.
_ _ _ _ [D] Then a D.
_ _ _ _ [A] Then an A. _
_ _ _ [D] A D. _ _ _
_ A [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] A _ D.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _