Throughout 2024 I’m trying to learn every tune in Wayne Erbsen’s book, Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus.
#20 of 30 is Shady Grove.
We finish out the Sawmill tuning chapter of our journey with probably the most recognizable of the haunting, sorrowful sounding songs. This is a fun and fairly simple tune to play. In all the lyrics I’ve seen for this one, nothing terrible happens, but there seems to be a lot of ‘going away’.
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Tuning: gDGCD
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