Are playing in the Carter's Vintage Guitar you tube video. The turnaround starting after the G7 chord; I'm getting a quick Am to E7, then B7,Em,Am7,D9 then back to G. But it still doesn't sound right somehow. Any suggestions?
Are playing in the Carter's Vintage Guitar you tube video. The turnaround starting after the G7 chord; I'm getting a quick Am to E7, then B7,Em,Am7,D9 then back to G. But it still doesn't sound right somehow. Any suggestions?
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After almost a year, I'm reviving this thread to see what progress has been made with this tune. Anybody got a transcription of David's breaks in the transitions from the A to the B parts? This tune recently popped back into my feeble memory and of course Google brought me back to the Café. What a resource!!
Len B.
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Using iReal and transposing from the original key of F to G - I haven't tried playing along with the Dawg, but this should be close:
A: C6/ C6/ Cm6/ Cm6
G6/ F#7/ G6/ G6
B: (1st ending)
E7/ E7/ E7/ E7
A7/ A7/ Am7/ D7
C: (2nd ending)
Bmb5 E7/ E7/ B7/ Em7
C6 C#dim/ D7/ G6 /G6 (+/or G7)
Song structure is ABAC, repeat infinitely.
In the intro and the outdo, Grisman does 1/2 step walk downs & walk ups from Bm7-Bbm7-Am7 (2233), then Ab7 (1132) or AbM7 (1133) and ends the song on GM7 (0022)
I think Chet Aktins arranged this in C for fingerpicking guitar; most swing bands play it in F unless the vocalist needs a different key.
Last edited by John Soper; Mar-01-2015 at 6:09pm. Reason: Checking out Chet's and Dawg's versions
Thank you John, I'll give your suggestions a try and come back to this thread. I saw the Chet and Mark K. youtubes and love them for that style and yes, key of C. I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for, perhaps a hybrid of Django and Dawg, oh and some of those fancy French players too. Already we have examples in the keys of F, G and C. This is going to take a bit of time...
Kind regards,
Len B.
Clearwater, FL
For an older version, find Bob Wills' recording.
This would be a fun one to try!
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