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How To Play Great Fingerpicking Guitar--Even If You're All Thumbs!

...from Chapter 10

JORMA MADNESS--or, The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis

Saturday Nite Shuffle


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 Part I
(C)                          (F)                       (C)+--+  +-+   +--+
   +--+  +---+   +--+        +-+pl+---+   +----+          ¦  ¦  ¦ ¦
+--+-----0-------3--0--------+-+__+---+-------------------+-----0-----3--0---+
¦--+--4-- ---1---+----------¦+-3--1-------3----1-------+--+--4--+-1----------¦
¦--+----- -------+----------¦+--------2----------------+--+-----------+------¦
¦--------2-------+------2---¦+----3-------+---------3--+--------2-----+----2-¦
¦--3------------------------¦--------------------------+--3------------------¦
+----------------3-----------1------------1---------------------------3------+



[F?]      [F#]  (G)     (C)                         (F)
  +---+                   +--+   +--+    +--+         +---+pul+---+  +--+
+-----0--|----|-----------+------0-------3--0---------+---____----+----------+
+-3------|----|--3-----+--+--4---+--1----+----------+-+---3---1------3--1----¦
+--------|----|--------+--+--------------+----------+-+-----------2----------¦
+-+------|----|--+-----+---------2-------+-------2--+-+-------3------+-----3-¦
+--------|----|-----2--+--3-------------------------+------------------------¦
+-1------|--2-|--3-----------------------3------------1--------------1-------+



  [run in C]                               (G)          (C)
    +---+sl    +-----+   +----+     +----+   +--+
+---+----___---3---------0----+-----+----+---+--+-----|----------------------+
+---+---4---5--------4--------1------------+-+--0-----|--1-------------------¦
+---+-------------------------------2----0-+-0--------|--+-------------------¦
+------------------------------------------+-+-----0--|--+---2---------------¦
+---3--------------------------------------+----------|--3-------------------¦
+--------------------------------------------3--------|----------------------+
        R       I   M         I     M



Part II

  (C)                  (F)                     (C)                [new D7]
      +--+  +---+           +--+   +---+            +--+   +---+     +--+
+-----3--+--0---3-----------¦--+---+---+------------3--+---0---3-----+--0----|
+-----+--1--+----------+----3------1---3------+-----+--1---+-------+-3-------|
+-----+-----+----------+----+--2---+----------+-----+------+-------+-+-------|
+-----2-----+------2---+----3------+------3---+-----2------+-----2-+------4--|
+-3---------+----------+----------------------+--3-----------------+-5-------|
+-----------3------------1---------1-----------------------3-----------------|



 (G)      (C)                  (F)               [another run in C] (G)   (C)
                                                       +-+ +--+ +-+
              +---+  +--+          +--+  +---+   __sl    ¦    ¦ ¦ ¦ +-+
|-3-----------3---+--0--3----------+--+--+---+------8--3---0----+-+-+---|----+
|-------+-----+---1--+--------+----3--+--1---3---+-------4----1---+++-0-|-1--¦
|-+-----+-----+------+--------+----+--2--+-------+--------------2--++---|-+--¦
|-+--0--+-----2------+-----2--+----3-----+-----3-+----------------0++--0|---2¦
|-------+-3-------------------+----------+-------+-----------------+----|-3--¦
|-3------------------3----------1--------1--------------------------3---|----+
                                                    R  I  R   I M

Part III (F) +--+ +---+ +--+ +----+ +---+ +---+ +----------+-----------+--+-----_pl_----+--------+---------------------------+ ¦-------3------1---3---+----+--3----1-------3----+---1-----------------------¦ ¦----------2--------------2-+-----------2--------+-------2-------------------¦ ¦-------3------+-------3----+--+--------3--------+-------3-------------------¦ ¦---------------------------+------------------------------------------------¦ +---1----------1---------------1-----------------1---------------------------+ (Adim) [odd B7] [odd C7] (A dim) [odd B7][odd C7] (F) +----+ +--+ +----+ +--+ ¦ ¦ +--+ +---+ +--+ +-+ +------5---2----3--+--3----------5---2----3--+--3---------+--_pl---+-+--+-+-++ +----4-----4----5--+--5----+----4----4----5--+--5------+--+--3-1-----3--1-+--¦ +---5----------------------+---5-----------------------+--+----+---2-+----+-2¦ +-4--------4-------5-----5-+--4------4-------5------5--+--+----3-----+----3--¦ +------------------------------------------------------+--+----------+-------¦ +---------------------------------------------------------1----------1-------+ (G7) +---+ +----+ +---+ +--+ +---+ +---+ +--+ +--+ +--+ +--+---+--+----+--+---+------+--+-+---+-+---+--0--+---3--2-+--1--------------+ +--3---1--+----3--+---1----+-+--+-0---+-0---3--+--0-+-+----+-----------------¦ +--+------2-------+-----2--+-+--3-+---3-+------+----+-+----+-----------------¦ +--+------3-------+-----3--+-+----0-----+------0----+-+----0-----------------¦ +--+--------------+--------+------------+-----------+-+--------------2-------¦ +--1--------------1----------3----------3-------------3----------3-----------+ To Part I


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