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Thread #65878   Message #1095570
Posted By: Jeri
18-Jan-04 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: January Shanty Session at the Press Room
Subject: RE: January Shanty Session at the Press Room
Too often, there are people in our circles who get REALLY GOOD, and we don't notice because it's an insidious thing. Steve's becoming a Force With Which To Be Reckoned. Ramona just plain doesn't know how good she is.

Jeff did a song about Willie. Not much help, as about a third of all folk songs are about a Willie. Chording on an Anglo?

Find a G, then an B
Then the last note, it's a D
Play them all and you will see
You're chording on an anglo

Chorus:
Chording I, chording IV
There will be a V, I'm sure
Then you go back down once more
You're chording on an anglo

C's the IV, and the 'tina's designed
So the 3rd note, E, is next in line
But when you try to play the G, you'll find
You can't do that on an anglo

A more appropriate chorus:
Wheeze and suck, suck and wheeze
Most chords come in groups of threeze
You may have to settle for two of theeze
When you're chording on an anglo

The D's the V chord you will play
But you must decide the way
Will it be a D or F#-and-A
You can't do all three on an anglo

Play two out, play one in
Over and over, again & again
And someone might just do you in
No oompahs on an anglo

Disclaimer: I don't know diddley-squat about anglos, and I only hope this is right. It WOULD be right if my button box were an anglo, and it was in G instead of C. If it's not right, let me know - I can fix it...or we can just pretend it never happened.