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Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon 

Posted 1/4/2013 4:09:04 PM

I have never played this on the banjo. I usually play it on mandolin, but it almost works in open D tuning. I can't seem to find those low hammer ons in bars 7,8,10 and 12, so I've transposed them up an octave. I've always thought that this sounded like a guitar, though lots of folks swear it's a banjo with the bridge muted with coins under the feet. Sorry that it's inverted. I hope it's readable. I play all of the notes with a slide. Gus plays it in E.

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1 comment on “Poor Boy A Long Way From Home - Gus Cannon”

richmberman Says:
Friday, January 4, 2013 @11:22:14 PM

Thanks a lot Jim. It's very kind of you. This'll certainly get me started. Glad I have a laptop and not a PC to invert.

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