Here is Doug McPherson’s arrangement of a Merle Travis song, with practice tracks, chords, lyrics, and 3 part harmony in the chorus. The lyrics are from the Merle Travis 1946 recording on the 78 RPM box set, “Folk Songs of the Hills”.
I used the Country Gentlemen’s arrangement, as performed at their reunion show at Woodstock in 1992, as a starting point, but the verse order of the earlier Merle Travis recording. The structure of the song is: Instrumental-verse-chorus-instrumental-2 verses-chorus.
Sheet Music: right click here to download sheet music as a single file PDF, or… click on the music below to expand, or right click, then save images to download, (2 files).
Practice Tracks:
These tracks are the entire arrangement, minus the repeated verse, with the targeted part a little louder, using a vocal “ah” sound, and the other vocal parts and chords using a piano sound. Voice types (alto etc.) are suggestions only. Right click on the titles to download, or click on the play icon to play.
Lead Voice: Melody, (Baritone or Alto)
Upper Harmony: (Tenor 1 or Soprano)
Lower Harmony: ( Tenor 2 or Baritone)
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