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Thread #27427   Message #3118978
Posted By: GUEST,Tony
22-Mar-11 - 10:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: Linstead Market (trad Calypso)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Linstead Market (trad Calypso)
Sonja, this is approximately what I use:

C c c e e Cg F F F^, G e F e d C
C c c e e Cg F F F^, G e F e d C
C C Am Am Dm Dm a, Gx d e f g C
C C Am Am Dm Dm a, Gx c d c b C

(upper case letters are chords;
lower case are single notes played without a chord;
Cg means a C chord with g played on the high E string;
F^ means F chord played high on the neck, like a D slid up 3 frets;
Gx means a G chord played without the high E string)

I learned the song from the Spinners recording.

For the record:
Linstead Market is a Jamaican folk song, perhaps a Mento.
It's not a Calypso. This is a Calypso.