Love this tune. The version I recently played at an old time jam followed the chord structure I-IV-I-II-V-I, also see attached image from Strum Machine. I can't understand if this was originally an AB song or just a straight verse. I like to write in lyrics for my arrangements even when the they're not traditionally sung at a jam. When I try to find lyrics for it, songs are listed with really wacky chord progressions. The lyrics seem to fit to a point though. Red Foley's lyrics are as follows:
[Verse]
Railroad train, railroad train hurry up some more
Put a little steam on just like never?before
Hustle?on, bustle on,?I got the blues
Yearning for my?Swanee shore
Brother if you only knew you'd want to hurry up too
[Chorus]
Down yonder someone beckons to me
Down yonder someone reckons on me
I seem to see a race in memory
Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee
Swanee shore I miss you more and more
Every day my mammy land you are just simply grand
The "brother if you only knew" followed by the "you'd want to hurry up too" seems to go with the call and response guitar solo around the middle of the piece. But then the chord progression repeats again but doesn't leave enough measures for all of the chorus, such as cutting out the middle lines.
Any insights?
It’s being sung here:
youtu.be/szjzD4GrgKw?si=27OLdKtTe20mT3wS
So I guess we commonly just play the chorus.
I seem to think Shine On Harvest Moon is the same way.
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Originally posted by RB3Attached is a PDF file of the sheet music for the song.
This is the song that I've found online that has a more complicated chord progression. But the version that's usually played is more simple progression but also chops like 8 measures out of the last part.
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