[ker1227]

I was wondering if some one could look at this simple bluegrass song and tell me the chord progressions. Its "If I could make a living loving pretty women" by the steep canyon rangers.

http://www.archive.org/details/SCR2007-09-14.SBD



thanks!

[spilly]

alright here's what I got.
chorus

B
If I could make a livin loving pretty women
F#
I could do just what I please I could make a killin'
B F# E
I'd buy everybody all the things they need
B F# B
If I could make a livin lovin pretty women

verse.
B
I ain't much good at drivin nails
F#
or travelin dood to door
B F# E B
and I do what I got to do just like the day before


and so on and so forth, let me know if this works out for you.

[spilly]

oh p.s.
it was hard to hear the backround guitar track, but I'm pretty sure he's got the second frett capo'd. I figured it out with barre chords, but try out a couple capo positions and it should make it easier

[spilly]

dammit,

for some reason I can't get the chord's to go over the words I want them to, but all you really need to know in that respect is that the F# comes on the last word of the second line in both the verse and the chorus.
so hold B for two lines and come in on F# on the last word before going right back to B for the begining on the third line

[IamDocWatson]

definately use a capo...barre chords do not equate bluegrass....capo it off

[ker1227]

thank you soo much!!

[shakedown_04092]

Spilly -

just use the "code" button up top above where you post, like this (not sure how the song goes, just giving you an example):

Code: Select all

B 
If I could make a livin loving pretty women 
F# 
I could do just what I please I could make a killin' 
B       F#                E 
I'd buy everybody all the things they need 
B          F#                 B 
If I could make a livin lovin pretty women