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Thread #35808   Message #1999886
Posted By: Stewart
17-Mar-07 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Kentucky Waltz (Bill Monroe)
Subject: RE: tune Req: Kentucky Waltz
Here's the abc file for the tune as I play it on fiddle.

X:1
T:Kentucky Waltz
C:Words and music by Bill Monroe
N:The original "Kentucky Waltz" was one of some 75 instrumentals
N:that Bill Monroe wrote before he tried his hand at lyric writing. N:The 1934 version helped established the Monroe Brothers as a major
N:country act and became a mainstay in Bill's repertory when he formed
N:his famous Blue Grass Boys in 1938. He added a lyric to the tune
N:and scored another success with it in 1946, but it was Eddy Arnold's
N:1951 recording that became a best seller.
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
Bd|"G"g3f e2|d2B2G2|B2B4-|B4df|g3f g2|d4G2|"D7"F6-|F4z2|f2f3e|d4cA|F2F4-|F2z2FE|D6|d2d2f2|"G"d6-|d4ef|g2g3g|d4BG|B2B4-|B4B2|b4b2|"G7"(a2b2)a2|"C"g6-|g4gg|g4g2|"Am"a4^a2|"G"b4g2|d4d^d|"A"e3d e^e|"D7"f3e d2|"G"g6-|g4
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Copy and paste the abc file in Concertina.net
then click on "select" and you will have the sheet music.

Cheers, S. in Seattle