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"One Paper Kid" Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson

(@rbreitner)
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Well, I think it will sound pretty stupid to many of you, but I'm a beginner at country guitar. 

I love that song and the brilliant version Emmylou and Willie gave on "Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town". Their singing is great.

There are only four chords B, G#m, F# and E, but for a newbie like me it's not obvious to figure out the voicing used and the strumming.

First, Emmylou's voice is mixed ahead, making it difficult to hear the guitar (or guitars).

Second, it is unclear to me whether there are one or two guitars, Emmylou and Willie together.

I think I figured out the strumming pattern on the B chord, with alternating bass on the A and D strings, no problems. 

After, I think the G#m is not played as a barred chord but as a partial one played on the D,G?B and high E string with a small barre with the little finger at 4 on G,B and high E. It's easy to go from B to G#m and then to F# that way. The only problem is that the walking bass line seems false.

 

Typically, that's the kind of subtlety which can make me mad during hours, yet I'm sure it's simple.

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Topic starter Posted : March 23, 2021 1:56 PM
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(@shysue)
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That is a great album. It's the first Emmy Lou Harris album I bought, in 1978. 

As far as playing One Paper Kid, I think transposing the chords to C, Am, G, and F would make it easier to play. I also subscribe to Ultimate Guitar and you can transpose the chords easily on that website. 

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Posted : March 24, 2021 6:53 PM
(@jrick92)
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Posted by: @rbreitner

Well, I think it will sound pretty stupid to many of you, but I'm a beginner at country guitar. 

I love that song and the brilliant version Emmylou and Willie gave on "Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town". Their singing is great.

There are only four chords B, G#m, F# and E, but for a newbie like me it's not obvious to figure out the voicing used and the strumming.

First, Emmylou's voice is mixed ahead, making it difficult to hear the guitar (or guitars).

Second, it is unclear to me whether there are one or two guitars, Emmylou and Willie together.

I think I figured out the strumming pattern on the B chord, with alternating bass on the A and D strings, no problems. 

After, I think the G#m is not played as a barred chord but as a partial one played on the D,G?B and high E string with a small barre with the little finger at 4 on G,B and high E. It's easy to go from B to G#m and then to F# that way. The only problem is that the walking bass line seems false.

 

Typically, that's the kind of subtlety which can make me mad during hours, yet I'm sure it's simple.

If you  stick around here very long, Devin will have you doing your own version of the songs you like. Why limit yourself to their version? 😀 😀 😀 

 

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Posted : March 24, 2021 9:46 PM
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