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Walk On Boy Tab by Doc Watson

Walk On Boy tab by Doc Watson

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Walk on Boy
as performed by Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, and Ricky Scaggs
From the album "The Three Pickers (Live)"

Key of Bmin

Chord Shapes used:

   Bmin  A/Bmin  F#7    Dmaj   Gmaj  F#maj E/F#maj F#/Bmin

E   2      2      2      2      3      2      2      2
B   3      3      2      3      3      2      2      3
G   4      4      3      2      4      3      3      4
D   4      4      2      0      5      4      4      4
A   2      0      4      x      5      4      4      x
E   x      x      2      x      3      2      0      2
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Verse/Chorus
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    I     was       born    one     morning,                      the
    rain          a pourin'      down.                             I

    Bmin            A/Bmin          F#7

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
B  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
G  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------3------3-3------3-3-------|  x2
D  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
A  |2---------------0--------------|--------4------4-4------4-4-------|
E  |-------------------------------|2----------------2----------------|


    heard my        mammy        say        to  my   pappy    let's

    Bmin            A/Bmin          Dmaj             Gmaj

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-3--------3-----3-|
B  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------3------3-3--------3-----3-|
G  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-4--------4-----4-|
D  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|0----------------5--------5-----5-|
A  |2---------------0--------------|-----------------5--------5-----5-|
E  |-------------------------------|-----------------3--------3-----3-|


    call em John    Hen-    ry      Brown.           Walk   on    Boy.

    F#maj           E/F#maj         Bmin             F#/Bmin  A/Bmin

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2--------2-------2-|
B  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------3------3--------3-------3-|
G  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
D  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
A  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|2-------------------------0-------|
E  |2---------------0--------------|-----------------2----------------|

    Bmin                            Bmin             A/Bmin

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2------2------2-2------|--------2-----2---------2----2----|
B  |--------3------3------3-3------|--------3-----3---------3----3----|
G  |--------4------4------4-4------|--------4-----4---------4----4----|
D  |--------4------4------4-4------|--------4-----4---------4----4----|
A  |2------------------------------|2---------------0-----------------|
E  |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


    Walk  on     down           the road.

    Bmin            A/Bmin          F#7

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
B  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
G  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------3------3-3------3-3-------|
D  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-2------2-2-------|
A  |2---------------0--------------|--------4------4-4------4-4-------|
E  |-------------------------------|2----------------2----------------|


    Ain't no-     body      in the  whole wide   world        gonna

    Bmin            A/Bmin          Dmaj             Gmaj

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2-3--------3-----3-|
B  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------3------3-3--------3-----3-|
G  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|--------2------2-4--------4-----4-|
D  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|0----------------5--------5-----5-|
A  |2---------------0--------------|-----------------5--------5-----5-|
E  |-------------------------------|-----------------3--------3-----3-|


    help you     carry      your    load.

    F#maj           E/F#maj         Bmin             F#/Bmin  A/Bmin

    1       2       3       4       1       2        3        4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------2------2--------2-------2-|
B  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------3------3--------3-------3-|
G  |--------3-----3---------3----3-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
D  |--------2-----2---------2----2-|--------4------4--------4-------4-|
A  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|2-------------------------0-------|
E  |2---------------0--------------|-----------------2----------------|

    Bmin            F#/Bmin

    1       2       3       4

E  |--------2-----2---------2----2-| |
B  |--------3-----3---------3----3-| |
G  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|.|  repeat as needed.
D  |--------4-----4---------4----4-|.|
A  |2------------------------------| |
E  |----------------2--------------| |

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