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Thread #28941   Message #364471
Posted By: GUEST,Guest: John in Kansas
28-Dec-00 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: Chords Req: Cotton Eyed Joe
Subject: RE: Req. chords for Cotton Eyed Joe
No words, but "The Craig Duncan Master Fiddle Solo Collection" - Mel Bay gives two variations of the tune.
The first is 'the line dance' version:

-/A /AD/A / /A /AD/A /EA:
:A / / /EA/ / / /EA:

The second he calls a 'tune from the southern mountain tradition ... often performed with a vocal'.

/A / / /EA/ / / /EA/ / / /EA/ / / /EA

Both are in 3# key signature (A) as written. No repeats (:) in the second version.