Fiddle Tunes... 2 All the Good Times... 3 Blues Stay Away From Me... 4 Bury Me Beneath the Willow... 5 I Saw the Light C... 6 I ll Fly Away... 7 Jambalaya... 8 My Home s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains... 9 Nine Pound Hammer... 10 Roll In My Sweet Baby s Arms... 11 Sitting on Top of the World... 12 Will the Circle Be Unbroken... 13-1 -
Fiddle Tunes These tunes are all played: A Section twice then B Section twice. Fiddle tunes are pretty much always played in a single key. Two chords with a dash in between share a measure. VII chords are built on the flatted 7 th tone of the scale. So in the key of G the VII chord is F. Lower case roman numerals is how I indicate a minor chord. Song A Section B Section Key Angelina I I I IV I I I IV D Baker I I I-IV I I I I-IV I Liberty I I IV IV I I IV-V I Old Joe I I I V Clark I I I-V I I I I V I I IV-V I I I I VII I I I-VII I D A Red Haired Boy I I-IV I VII I I-IV I V-I VII IV I VII I I-IV I V-I A Soldier s Joy I I I V7 I I I-V7 I I IV I V7 I IV I-V7 I D St. Anne s Reel I I IV I I I IV-V I I ii V I vi ii V I D - 2 -
All the Good Times I wish to the Lord I'd never been born Or died when I was young I never would a' seen your sparklin' blue eyes Or heard your lying tongue All the good times are past and gone All the good times are o'er All the good times are past and gone Little darlin' don't you weep no more. Now don't you see that turtle dove A-flyin' from pine to pine It's mournin' for It's own true love Just like I mourn for mine. Come back, come back my own true love And stay a while with me For if ever I've had a friend in this world You've been a friend to me ¾ I I IV I I I V V I I IV I I V I I - 3 -
Blues Stay Away From Me Blues stay away from me Blues why don't you let me be Don't know why you keep on haunting me Love was never meant for me True love was never meant for me Seems somehow we never can agree Life is full of misery Dreams are like a memory Bringing back your love that used to be Tears so many I can't see Years don't mean a thing to me Time goes by and still I can't be free I I I I IV IV I I V V I I - 4 -
Bury Me Beneath the Willow My heart is sad I am lonely For the only one I love When shall I see him oh no never 'Til we meet in heaven above Oh, bury me beneath the willow Under the weeping willow tree So he will know where I am sleeping And perhaps he'll weep for me He told me that he dearly loved me How could I believe it untrue Until the angels softly whispered He will prove untrue to you Tomorrow was our wedding God oh God where can he be He's out a courting with another And no longer cares for me I I IV IV I I V V I I IV IV I V I I - 5 -
I Saw the Light By Hank Williams C I wandered so aimless my heart filled with sin I wouldn't let my dear Savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light I saw the light No more darkness no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light Just like a blind man I wandered alone Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the Lord I saw the light I I I I IV IV IV I I I I I I I V I I - 6 -
I ll Fly Away By Albert Bromley Some glad morning when this life is over To a home on God's celestial shore oh glory (in the morning) When I die hallelujah by and by When the shadows of this life have grown Like a bird from prison bars has flown Just a few more weary days and then To a land where joys will never end Just a few more weary days and then To a land where joys will never end I I I 7 IV I I I I V I I I I 7 IV I I I I V I - 7 -
Jambalaya By Hank Williams Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh Me gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun we ll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma ma cher ami-o Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo Son of a gun we ll have big fun on the bayou Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin' Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in style go hog wile me oh my oh Son of a gun we ll have big fun on the bayou Settle down far from town get me a pirogue And I ll catch all the fish in the bayou Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o Son of a gun we ll have big fun on the Bayou I I V V V V I I I I V V V V I I - 8 -
My Home s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains For I never expect to see you any more How can I keep from crying?... For I never expect to see you any more Oh how I hate to leave you... For I never expect to see you any more Good bye my little darling?... For I never expect to see you any more I'm going to leave here mornin'... Oh I never expect to see you any more Rock and feed my baby candy... Oh I never expect to see you any more I I I I V V I I I I I I V V I I - 9 -
Nine Pound Hammer by Merle Travis This nine pound hammer, it's a little too heavy For my size, honey, for my size I'm goin' on the mountain, gonna see my baby But I ain't comin' back, well, I ain't comin' back Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow How can I roll, when the wheels won't go? Roll on buddy, pull your load of coal How can I pull, when wheels won't roll? It's a long way to Harlan, it's a long way to Hazard Just to get a little brew, just to get a little brew Well, when I'm long gone you can make my tombstone Outta number nine coal, outta number nine coal I I IV IV I V I I I I IV IV I V I I - 10 -
Roll In My Sweet Baby s Arms I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work on the farm Lay down the shack 'til the mail train comes back And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay around the shack 'til the mail train comes back And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms Now where were you last Friday night While I was lying in jail Walking the streets with another man Wouldn't even go my bail I know your parents don't like me They drove me away from your door If I had my life to live over I'd never go there any more I I I I I I V V I I IV IV V V I I - 11 -
Sitting on Top of the World It was in the spring one sunny day My good gal left me Lord she went away And now she's gone but I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world She called me up from down in El Paso Said come back, daddy, Lord I need you so Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Show me a woman a man can trust Mississippi River, long, deep and wide The woman I'm loving is on the other side You don't like my peaches, don't you shake my tree Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be Don't you come here running, holding out your hand I'll get me a woman like you got your man * some people play the vi (minor) chord here I I I I IV IV I I I I I* I* I V I I - 12 -
Will the Circle Be Unbroken I was standing by my window On one cold and cloudy day When I saw the hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away Will the circle be unbroken Bye and bye Lord bye and bye There's a better home a waiting In the sky Lord in the sky Lord I told the undertaker Undertaker please drive slow For this body you are hauling Lord I hate to see her go Well I followed close behind her Tried to hold up and be brave But I could not hide my sorrow When they laid her in the grave Went back home, Lord, my home was lonesome Missed my mother, she was gone All my brothers, sisters crying What a home so sad and lone I I I I IV IV I I I I I I I V I I - 13 -