Eighth Of January

Music:  Traditional

 

Wow.  This one is difficult to find on guitar.  I found a mandolin arrangement (below) and various banjo & fiddle arrangements.  Acoustic Guitar has an arrangement by Eric Lugosh in its March 2006 issue.  Jay Buckey also has arrangements for various instruments on his site, jaybuckey.com.  The tune is an old reel, but modern ears will recognize it as the tune to "The Battle Of New Orleans", recorded by Johnny Horton.

 

 

Part A

         D                 G                 A                 D

E ---0-|-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-0-2-0-----------|-0---0-2-0-------|-----------------|

A -5---|-------------5---|-------5-2---4-5-|---5-------5-2-4-|-5-2-0-------5-0-|

D -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-0-------|

G -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

 |_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |   |_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |   |_|

 

       D                 G                 A                 D

     |-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-0-2-0-----------|-0---0-2-0-------|-----------------|

     |-------------5---|-------5-2-0-4-5-|---5-------5-2-4-|-5-2-0-----------|

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-0---0-2-|

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

       |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |_|_|_| |   |_|

 

Part B

       D                                                     A       D

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

     |-----0---0-------|-0-2-0-----------|-----0---0---0-2-|-0---------------|

     |-4-----------4-5-|-------4-2-0-0-2-|-4---------------|---4-2-4-0---0-2-|

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

       |   |   |   |_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |   |   |   |_|   |_|_|_| |   |_|

 

       D                                                     A       D

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

     |-----0---0-------|-0-2-0-----------|-----0---0---0-2-|-0---------------|

     |-4-----------4-5-|-------4-2-0-0-2-|-4---------------|---4-2-4-0-------|

     |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

       |   |   |   |_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|   |   |   |   |_|   |_|_|_| |

 




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