A salute to the Fathers of Bluegrass and an old Wyoming Fiddler. Thanks to JD Best-Guitar, Kim Anderson-Fiddle, John Gowdy-Mandolin, Steve Griffin-Banjo, and Doug Williamson-Standup Bass
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Story behind the song
At the Midwinter Bluegrass Festival in Denver 2011, I heard an old fiddler, when asked if he knew how a certain oldtime song goes, say "I don't know if I know how it goes...but I know how it went." That gave me the inspiration for this tune. You can view the Video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqn5yI_L1ZE
Lyrics
How It Went
Instrumental chorus
(G) (Em) (A)
(G) (A) (D)
(G) (Em) (A)
(G) (A) (D)
V1
(G)Met him at a (A)bluegrass jam in (D)Denver
(G)flannel shirt and (D)baggy Wrangler (A)jeans
(G)Said he drove down from his (A)ranch way up in (D)Worland
(G)Said his name was (A)Ebenezer (D)Green
V2
It was (G)Old Joe Clark and (A)Angelina (D)Baker
His(G) fiddle sang a(D)bout that Soldier’s (A)Joy
He said(G)”let me play you(A) one that you might not know (D)
He said(G)”let me tune ‘er (A)up and I’m yer (D)boy”
V3
Said(G) “me and this ol (A)fiddle been to(D)gether
Since (G)she was new in (D)1955(A)
We (G)played ‘em slow in (A)dark and rainy (D)weather
We(G) played ‘em fast and (A)made ‘em come (D)alive
CHO
And (G)we played this one (Em) when I was a (A)young man
When(G) I stood tall and (A)straight instead of (D)bent
Guess(G) I don’t know for sure (Em) how that ol (A)song goes
(G)But I know (A)exactly how it (D)went
BREAK ON VERSE
V4
Had a G and an A and a D
Then a G and a D and an A
Then the(G) mandolin’d (A)drop back from the (D)melody
Give that(G) banjo man a(A)nother chance to (D)play
BREAK on verse
V5
Now(G) Uncle Jarvis (A)called it ‘Robe of(D) Glory’
In (G)Dakota it was (D)named ‘The Grizzly (A)Bear’
In Mon(G)tana they’d say(A) ‘play Rebecca (D)Corey!’
But it (G)made em sing and (A)dance most every(D)where
Cho, repeat v4, and out
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