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Reply-To: clavenna@coke.cs.utk.edu (Mike Clavenna)
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>>>>I can not take credit for the following. Someone else posted
>>>>it last year (sorry I don't have that person's name).
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>Michael Vincze
>>>>mav@asd470.dseg.ti.com
>>>>This is not straight off the record and I didn't compare the two.
:> I just reposted it...no promises.
:> Mike.
GRANDMA GOT RUNOVER BY A REINDEER
This arrangement combines the melody and some backup. If you sing along you
can follow the chords using this:
Basic Accompaniment Pattern: follow chord progression.
C
|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|----1-----1-----1-----1-|
|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|------------------------|
|-3-----------3----------|
|-------3-----------3----|
The song is in 4/4 time. Almost every note is an 1/8 note. When you see 0^2 it
means play the string open then quickly hammer on at the 2nd fret. It is
called a grace note. The hammer should fall on the beat.
Intro
C
|----0-----0--------------|
|----1-----1--------------|
|----0-----0--------------| <--play twice
|-------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----0--2--|
|-------3--------3--------|
C
Grand-ma got run o-ver ....
|------0-------0----------------|-------0--0------0------0-|
|------1-------1----------------|-------1--1------1------1-|
|------0-------0----------------|-0-----0--0------0------0-|
|-0^2-----0^2-----0^2--2--0-----|----2--------0^2---0^2----|
|----------------------------3--|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
F
Walking home from our house ....
|------------------------------------|----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|------------------------------------|----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|--------------0---------------------|----2-----2-----2-----2--|
|2--2----2---------3----2-------0--2-|-3-----------3-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------3-----------3-----|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
C
You can say there's no such ....
|-----------------------------------|--------0---0------0------0-|
|-----------------------------------|--------1---1------1------1-|
|2---2---2----2-----2---2-----0-----|-0------0---0------0------0-|
|---------------------------------3-|----2----------0^2----0^2---|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G7 C
as for me and ....
|----1-----------------------|------0-----0------------|
|----0-----------------------|------1-----1------------|
|----0-----------------------|------0-----0------------|
|0------0^2--3---2---0-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------3--2-|-3-------------3-----0--2|
|----------------------------|---------3--------3------|
G7
(see additional lyrics for verses 2 and 3)
She'd been drinking ....,
|--------------------------------|---------1---1------1------1-|
|--------------------------------|---------0---0------0------0-|
|--------------------------------|---------0---0------0------0-|
|----2----2----2---2----0--------|-----------------------------|
|3---------------------------3---|-3--2-----------0^2----0^2---|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
C
and we begged her .....
|---------------------------|-----0------0----0-------0--|
|---------------------------|-----1------1----1-------1--|
|------------0--------------|-----0------0----0-------0--|
|----0--2----------0------0-|-2-----0^2-----2----0^2-----|
|----------------------3----|----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------|----------------------------|
C7 F
but she forgot her med-i - ca....
|----------------------------|----------1--1-------1---------|
|----------------------------|----------1--1-------1---------|
|-----------------------0--0-|-2--------2--2-0^2---2---------|
|2--------------2---2--------|------3------------------3---2-|
|----3---3---3---------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G7 C
stag - gered out the door ....
|------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------|
|------------------------------------|-----1-------1-------1-------|
|------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------|
|-0-----0-----2---3---2---0----------|--------0^2-----0^2----------|
|------------------------------3---2-|--3---------------------3--2-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Am Em
When we found her ....
|--------------------------------|------------0--0-----0-----0--|
|--------------------------------|------------0--0-----0-----0--|
|--------------------------------|------------0--0-----0-----0--|
|----2---2----2----2----0--------|------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------3---|---3---2----------------2-----|
|--------------------------------|------------------0-----------|
G7 C
at the scene of ....
|---------------------------|-----0---------0------0-------0--|
|---------------------------|-----1---------1------1-------1--|
|---------------------------|-----0---------0------0-------0--|
|---0--2-----3---0------0---|--2-------0^2------2----0^2------|
|--------------------3------|---------------------------------|
|3--------------------------|---------------------------------|
F
she had hoof-prints ...-
|------------------------------|-------------1--1-------1--------|
|------------------------------|-------------1--1-------1--------|
|-----------------------0---0--|---2---------2--2-0^2---2--------|
|------------2-----2-----------|-------3-------------------3--2--|
|3---3---3---------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G7 C
crim-in-a-ting Claus marks ..
|----------------------------------|-------0-----0--------------|
|----------------------------------|-------1-----1--------------|
|----------------------------------|-------0-----0--------------|
|-0---0--2--3----2-----0-----------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------3---2--|--3-------------3-----0--2--|
|----------------------------------|----------3--------3--------|
And yes, I can accept the Pack-Rat of the Year Award :>
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