She's On The Road Somewhere - Lesson
Added 2020-11-28 05:01:00 +0000 UTCgCGCD relative (fB♭FB♭C actual). I learned "She's on the Road Somewhere" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. Gibson learned it from Knott County songster, Orgus "Grandpa" Hudson, circa 1950. Carter and Ralph Stanley recorded a different version under the title, "I've Got a Mule to Ride."
In this video I'll demonstrate how to play the song using traditional two-finger (thumb lead) and overhand (clawhammer) banjo styles.
If the freight train wrecks I've got a mule to ride (x2)
I won't have to catch it cause she's already tied,
She's on the road somewhere (x2)
I got me a woman on the road somewhere.
Curly headed woman won't treat me right (x2)
She'll sleep all day and walk the streets at night...
Keep on drinking your bottled-in-bond (x2)
I'll save my money for the cheap old corn...
If you come home and your woman wants to fight (x2)
Pick up a chair and poke her out of sight...
Scab got my woman but he won't have her long (x2)
She's got a new kind of loving--greenhorn can't catch on...
Comments
Fantastic as ever. Would love a tab for the 2 finger version if you ever get a chance
Ryan Blair
2021-02-28 20:03:39 +0000 UTCClifton, you and your videos will go down in history!! You're our current "Mike Seeger."
John L Schneider
2020-12-16 23:04:36 +0000 UTC
