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by Harold Streeter

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TRAVIS PICKING MERLE TRAVIS SONGS

Advanced Level - Standard Tuning

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
G131 BLUE BELL (Goodbye My Blue Bell)
        (Country - written by Madden and Morse - tab is
        based on Merle Travis' recording from his 1956
        album "The Merle Travis Guitar", and consists
        of 4 sections)

C

4.00
G218 I AM A PILGRIM
        (traditional Gospel Blues - tab is based on Merle
        Travis' 1947 recording from his “Folk Songs of the
        Hills” album, and consists of 2 verses)

E

3.00
G274 NINE POUND HAMMER
        (Country Blues - first recorded by the "Hill Billies"
        in 1927 - tab is based in part on Merle Travis' 1944
        recording and consists of 4 sections)

E

3.00
G420 BEER BARREL POLKA
        (written by Jaromír Vejvoda in 1927, first recorded
        in 1939 by Will Glahé in English - tab is based on
        Merle Travis' recording and consists of 3 sections)

A

4.50
G430 BLACK DIAMOND BLUES
        (12-bar Blues - written and first recorded by Merle
        Travis for his 1956 album "The Merle Travis
        Guitar" - the tab is based on his recording and
        consists of 3 sections)

E

3.50
G547 SHEIK OF ARABY
        (30's Pop - written by Harry Smith, Ted Snyder
        and Francis Wheeler in 1921, inspired by the
        movie "The Sheik", starring Rudolph Valentino,
        first recorded by Fats Waller in 1939 - tab is
        based on Merle Travis' recording and consists
        of 2 sections)

A

3.00
G591 WALKING THE STRINGS
        (written by Merle Travis - tab is based on his
        recording from his 1956 album "The Merle Travis
        Guitar" and consists of 4 sections)

F

4.00
G956 SWEET TEMPTATION
        (Country Swing - written by Merle Travis - tab is
        based on the 1993 "Saturday Night Shuffle" tribute
        album recording, and consists of extended intro,
        accompaniment for verse and bridge, verse solo,
        bridge and ending)

F and A

5.00
G957 KNEE DEEP IN TROUBLE
        (Country Swing - written and first recorded by
        Merle Travis on his 1980 "Light Singin' and Pickin"
        album - tab is based on Thom Bresh's 1993
        "Saturday Night Shuffle" Merle Travis tribute album
        recording, and consists of intro, accompaniment
        for chorus and bridge, plus break and ending)

E

5.00
G958 SO ROUND, SO FIRM, SO FULLY PACKED
        (Country Swing - written by Merle Travis - tab is
        based on the 1993 "Saturday Night Shuffle" album
        recording, and consists of intro and break from
        Divorce Me, C.O.D., plus all accompaniment,
        breaks and ending for So Round, So Firm, So
        Fully Packed)

G and A

5.50
G1000 GUITAR RAG
        (Country Swing - written by Merle Travis - tab is
        as played by Thom Bresh on the 1993 "Saturday
        Night Shuffle" tribute album, and consists of
        intro, accompaniment for verse and 3 bridges,
        2 breaks and ending)

E

6.00
G2124 CANNONBALL RAG
        Country Rag - recorded by Merle Travis on his
        1960 "Walking the Strings" album - tab is based
        on his recording and on Chet Atkins' and Jerry
        Reed's recording from their 1972 "Me and Jerry"
        album, and consists of a 31-measure intro plus
        4 sections)

G

5.00
G2351 RE-ENLISTMENT BLUES
        (50's Pop/Blues - written and first recorded by
        Merle Travis for the 1953 movie "From Here to
        Eternity"; primarily a vocal, this arrangement is
        an instrumental treatment of the vocal, but with
        Merle's vocal fills - tab consists of intro, 3 vocal
        simile sections and ending)

E

3.50
G2513 ME AND THE DOGGONE BLUES
        (Country Swing - written and first recorded by
        Merle Travis on his 1980 "Light Singin' and Pickin"
        album - tab is based on Thom Bresh's recording
        from the 1993 "Saturday Night Shuffle" tribute
        album, and consists of intro, accompaniment for
        2 verses and bridge, plus solos for verse and
        bridge)

E

5.00

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $60.00.
For all 14 tabs when purchased as a TablEdit collection: $44.95.
ORDER # GC8067


TRAVIS PICKING TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNES

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

Selections are in standard tuning unless otherwise noted:

Open G tuning = DGDGBD        Drop D tuning = DADGBE
G6 tuning = DGDGBE

 

Title and Description

Level

Key

Tab Price
G283 NELLIE BLY
        (written by Stephen Foster in 1850 - tab consists
        of 4 sections - Open G tuning)

Inter

G

3.00
G306 RED WING
        (written in 1907 by Thurland Chattaway and Kerry
        Mills - tab consists of verse and chorus)

Inter

G

3.00
G408 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
        (tab is based on Chet Atkins' recording from his
        1950 album "Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins", and
        consists of 5 sections - Open G tuning)

Adv

G

4.00
G466 FLOP EARED MULE
        (tab consists of 3 sections - Open G tuning)

Adv

G

2.50
G527 OLD JOE CLARK
        (born in 1839, Joe Clark was one of the first to enlist
        in the Civil War and one of the first to receive an
        early disability discharge - the tab consists of 4
        sections - Open G tuning)

Inter

G

3.00
G577 TURKEY IN THE STRAW
        (first performed by blackface minstrels such as Bob
        Farrell, George Washington Dixon and George
        Nichols during the late 1820's - tab consists of 4
        sections - Open G tuning)

Adv

G

3.00
G614 BOIL THE CABBAGE DOWN
        (composer is unknown - tab consists of 2 sections)

Inter

G

2.00
G912 EIGHTH OF JANUARY (Battle of New Orleans)
        (written in honor of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans
        won by Andrew Jackson on January 8, with lyrics
        written by Jimmie Driftwood in 1936 describing the
        battle - hit for Johnny Horton in 1959 - tab consists
        of intro, 2 verses, 2 choruses and ending in
        Drop D tuning)

Adv

D

3.50
G1709 YEAR OF JUBILO
        (Civil War freedom song - written by Henry Clay
        Work in 1862, first recorded by Frank Jenkins and
        his Pilot Mountaineers in 1929 - tab consists of 3
        sections - G6 tuning)

Inter

G

2.50

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $26.50.
For all 9 tabs when purchased as TablEdit collection: $18.95.
ORDER # GC8069


TRAVIS PICKING FOLK POTPOURRI

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

Open G tuning = DGDGBD        Drop D tuning = DADGBE
G6 tuning = DGDGBE

 

Title and Description

Level

Key

Tab Price
G656 NEVER ENDING LOVE FOR YOU
        (70's Folk Rock - written by Carl Radle and Delaney
        and Bonnie Bramlett - hit for Delaney and Bonnie in
        1971 - tab consists of 2 verses and chorus in
        Open G tuning)

Inter

G

3.50
G927 NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN
        (70's Folk Rock - written by Lindsey Buckingham,
        first recorded on Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours"
        album - the tab is of his most recent version and
        consists of 2 verses and 3 solos - Drop D tuning)

Adv

D

5.00
G932 NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN
        (this tab is based on Lindsey's original version
        mentioned above - tab consists of 2 verses and
        3 solos - CGDGBE tuning)

Adv

C

5.00
G1492 WALK ON WALDEN
        ("Persian New Age" - tab is based on Elliot
        Easton's (of "The Cars") recording, and consists
        of 4 sections - DADGAD tuning)

Inter

D

3.50
G1560 POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES
        (written and first recorded by John Denver for his
        1971 album of the same name - tab consists of
        intro, verse, chorus and ending - Drop D tuning)

Inter

D

4.00
G1653 HAVA NAGILA ("Let Us Rejoice")
        (traditional Hebrew Folk with melody based on a
        Bukovina folk song - tab consists of 4 sections
        in Drop D tuning)

Adv

D

4.00
G1753 PETIT SIRENE
        (French Folk - written and first recorded by Francis
        Cabrel - tab consists of intro and 2 sections in
        DADGAD tuning)

Inter

D

3.50
G2034 DELIA
        (traditional American murder ballad about Delia
        Green, first recorded in 1949 by Blind Willie
        McTell, and by Bob Dylan in 1993 for his "World
        Gone Wrong" album - tab is based on Bob Dylan's
        recording and consists of intro, 3 sections and
        ending - G6 tuning)

Adv

D

3.50
G2137 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
        (traditional Folk - written by Stephen Foster and
        first published in 1853 as "Poor Uncle Tom,
        Good Night" - Kentucky's official state song since
        1928 - tab consists of 2 sections - CGDGBE tuning)

Inter

C

3.00

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $35.00.
For all 9 tabs when purchased as TablEdit collection: $25.95.
ORDER # GC8048


TRAVIS PICKING BLUES

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Standard tuning

 

Title and Description

Key

Level

Tab Price
G058 ONE MINT JULEP
        (12-bar Blues - written by Rudy Toombs and first
        recorded by "The Clovers" in 1951 - tab is based on
        Chet Atkins' recording from his 1960 "Teensville"
        album and consists of 4 sections)

A

A

3.50
G274 NINE POUND HAMMER
        (Country Blues - first recorded by the "Hill Billies" in
        1927 - tab is based in part on Merle Travis' 1944
        recording and consists of 4 sections)

E

A

3.00
G351 TUXEDO JUNCTION
        (30's Jazz Blues - written by Buddy Feyne and
        Erskine Hawkins, first performed by the Erskine
        Hawkins Orchestra - hit for Glenn Miller in 1939,
        tab is based on Chet Atkins' recording from his
        1962 "Down Home" album, and consists of 5 verses
        and 2 choruses)

E

A

4.00
G430 BLACK DIAMOND BLUES
        (12-bar Blues - written and first recorded by Merle
        Travis for his 1956 album "The Merle Travis Guitar",
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 3
        sections)

E

A

3.50
G604 BLUE FESCUE ("Blue Grass")
        (Blues and Texas Swing - written by Harold Streeter,
        tab consists of 2 sections and ending)

G

I

3.00
G832 FINLEY'S BLUES
        (12-bar Blues - written by Harold Streeter - tab
        consists of one section)

E

I

1.50
G862 BIG BOSS MAN
        (Country Blues - written by Al Smith and Luther
        Dixon - first recorded by Jimmy Reed on his 1955
        album "Found Love" - tab consists of intro, verse
        and chorus)

E

A

3.50
G1721 YOU'RE THE GIRL I LOVE
        (70's Pop Blues - written and first recorded by Steve
        Goodman for his 1977 "Say It In Private" album - tab
        consists of intro, verse and ending)

E

A

3.50
G2351 RE-ENLISTMENT BLUES
        (50's Pop/Blues - written and first recorded by Merle
        Travis for the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity";
        primarily a vocal, this arrangement is an instrumental
        treatment of the vocal, but with Merle's vocal fills - tab
        consists of intro, 3 vocal simile sections and ending)

E

A

3.50
G2562 SOPHIE'S BLUES
        (12-bar Blues - written by Harold Streeter - tab
        consists of 2 sections)

E

I

2.50

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $31.50.
For all 10 tabs when purchased as TablEdit collection: $22.95.
ORDER # GC8019


TRAVIS PICKING FOLK SONGS

Intermediate Level - Standard Tuning

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
G049 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET
        (circa 1870 - first recorded by Vernon Dalhart in
        1925 - tab consists of 2 verses)

G

3.00
G513 WAITING FOR A TRAIN (Railroad Bum)
        (written and first recorded by Jimmie Rodgers in
        1928 - tab consists of 2 verses and 2 yodels)

C

3.50
G693 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
        (earliest known recording of this 18th century
        piece is by Clarence Ashley in 1933, with the
        most popular recording by "The Animals" in 1964;
        usually performed in 3/4 or 6/8 time, the tab is
        set in 4/4 time to accommodate Travis picking,
        and consists of 2 verses)

Am

3.00
G1236 NEW RIVER TRAIN
        (traditional American freedom song - recorded by
        the New Lost City Ramblers and others - tab
        consists of one verse)

G

2.00
G1558 BACK HOME AGAIN
        (written and first recorded by John Denver on his
        "Back Home Again" album in 1974 - tab consists
        of 3 verses, 2 choruses, bridge and ending)

D

5.00
G1663 HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE
        (written by Stephen Foster in 1854 - tab consists
        of verse and chorus)

G

3.00
G1868 HELLO
        (written and first recorded by Jack Tempchin - tab
        consists of intro and verse)

E

3.00
G1941 HOLLY
        (written and first recorded by Paul Geremia for his
        1997 "Live From Uncle Sam's Backyard" album,
        tab is as played on the recording and consists
        of 5 sections)

C

4.50

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $28.00.
For all 8 tabs when purchased as a TablEdit collection: $20.95.
ORDER # GC8015


TRAVIS PICKING COUNTRY SONGS

Advanced Level

All songs are in standard tuning, except for Faded Love
in Drop D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-E)

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
G489 INDIANA (Take Me Back Home)
        (written by Ballard MacDonald and James Hanley,
        published in 1917 - tab is based on Chet Atkins'
        recording from his 1954 album "A Session with
        Chet Atkins", and consists of extended intro
        and 2 verses)

C

3.50
G500 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY
        (written by Joe Sullivan in 1938 - tab is based on
        Chet Atkins' recording from his 1955 "In Three
        Dimensions" album and consists of 4 sections)

G

3.00
G1694 FADED LOVE
        (hit for Bob Wills in 1950, based on an old fiddle
        tune he learned from his father - tab is in 3 keys
        and consists of intro, 3 verses and ending in
        Drop D tuning)

E, A and D

4.00
G1705 SAN ANTONIO ROSE
        (music was written by Bob Wills and first recorded
        instrumentally in 1938, with band members adding
        lyrics and retitling it "New San Antonio Rose" after
        which it became Bob Wills' first big hit - the tab
        consists of 3 verses and chorus)

A

4.00
G1909 ANYTIME
        (written by Herbert Lawson in 1921 - hit for Eddie
        Fisher in 1952 and for Eddy Arnold in 1955 - tab
        consists of 2 verses)

C

3.50
G136 CANNONBALL RAG
        (recorded by Merle Travis on his 1960 "Walking
        the Strings" album - tab is based on his recording
        and consists of intro and 4 sections)

G

4.00

Cost of tabs if purchased separately: $22.00.
For all 6 tabs when purchased as TablEdit collection: $15.95.
ORDER # GC8017

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