Copperhead Breakdown
Les Rault

not so much a breakdown as a pacey reel or hornpipe, written on guitar.
any likeness to Off To California is purely coincidental, honest!
C6 & CMaj9 chords in Part B outline the melody. CMaj may work just as
well.
Part C is my excuse for a fiddle shuffle.
i've chosen to us an open strings D & A  for a droning effect.
feel free to use any double stop here (it's folk music after all).
timing changes are designed to break up the shuffle and chord
progression.
my arrangement (again flexible) is:
Part A twice - Part B twice - Part C once - Part A once.


Lead In

E-----------------------||
A--4:-------------------|o
D--4:-------------0-2-4-|o
G-----------------------||
      |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|
                  \ 3 /


Part A

 G       D         G       D         G       Em7       Am7     D
-----------------+-------------0-2-+-3-2-3---0-------+-----------------+
-------2-0-------|---0-2-3-5-------|-------5---5-3-2-|-0-2-3-0---------|
-5---5-----5-2-0-|-5---------------|-----------------|---------5-4-2-0-|
-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|


 G       D         G       D         Em7       Am7       D7      G
-----------------+-------------0-2-+-3-2-0-0---0-------+-------------------||
-------2-0-------|---0-2-3-5-------|---------5---5-3-2-|-0-2-3-------------o|
-5---5-----5-2-0-|-5---------------|-------------------|-------4-5---0-2-4-o|
-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------||
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_| |_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|
|_|_|
                                     \ 3 /                           \ 3
/


Part B

 Am      G         Am       G        C6      Cmaj9     Am7     D
-----------------+-----------------+---------0-------+-------------------+
-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-2-|-0-2-3-0---------|-----0-3---5-3-2-|-0-----------------|
-----------------|---------5-4-2-0-|---2-------------|---5-4-2-0---0-2-4-|
-----------------+-----------------+-5---------------+-------------------+
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|
                                                                   \ 3 /


 G       D         G       D         Em7     Am7       D7      G
-----------------+-------------0-2-+-3-0-----0-------+-----------------||
-------2-0-------|---0-2-3-5-------|-----5-2---5-3-2-|-0-2-3-----------o|
-5-4-5-----5-2-0-|-5---------------|-----------------|-------4-5-------o|
-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------||
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|


Part C

 D                 G       D                                 G
-----------------+-----------------+------------------+--------------+
---0---0-0-----0-|-2-0---2-0-------|---0---0-0-----0--|--2:--2-0-----|
-0-----0-0---5---|-----5-----5-2-0-|-0-----0-0---5----|--4:------5---|
-----------------+-----------------+------------------+--------------+
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|         |_|_|_|


     D                                   G       D
---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
-4:--0-------0---0-0-|---0---0-0-----0-|-2-0---2-0-------|---0---0-0-----0-|
-4:--0-------0---0-0-|-0-----0-0---5---|-----5-----5-2-0-|-0-----0-0---5---|
---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
     |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|


     G             D                 G       D
-------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
-2:--2-0-----|-4:--0---0---0-----0-|-2-0---2-0-------|---0---0-0-----0-|
-4:------5---|-4:--0---0---0---5---|-----5-----5-2-0-|-0-----0-0---5---|
-------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
     |_|_|_|       |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|


 G       D                           G       D
-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
-2-0-----0-------|---0---0-0-----0-|-2-0---2-0-------|---0---0-0---0---|
-----5---0-------|-0-----0-0---5---|-----5-----5-2-0-|-0-----0-0---0---|
-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|


 D      (D7)
---------R---------||
-0-------E---------||
-0-------S---0-2-4-||
---------T---------||
 |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|
             \ 3 /


copyright les rault - flying blind music 1999
flyblind@tpgi.com.au