Steve Earl's Copperhead Road

[mangorockfish]

Did a search and looked at the tab of this song and have a question. What does the P A U & S mean in the tab? I'm just beginning so be kind if this is a silly question.
Thanks

[David M.]

Don't know. #but it's easy to pick . #real easy. #Steve Earle told me in Lexington once that it's the first thing he ever learned on the mandolin.

here's a link for a pretty good tab, though i haven't verified it by playing it. #Looks pretty close, though:

Copperhead Road Link (http://www.steveearle.net/tabs/tab-cr.php)

the thing to make it sound right is to pick the chords while picking that little run. It's easy after you get a feel for it. Fun to do on a flattop, too in Drop D tuning.

[j-hill]

Here's some information/theories on the PAUS:
Previous Copperhead Road Thread (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=25;t=37316;hl=copperhead)

[Fretbear]

I would suggest leaving out the high F# on the E string while swinging on the open D chord, it's sounds much better like that, especially playing solo....

[mando bandage]

And once you get that down, check out the Scottish reel intro Steve does on his Just an American boy DVD. Fun to play!

R