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MOSTLY  CLAWHAMMER

Apologies in advance:  Please let me know if there is a tab link that won't open.  Please forgive me for the inconsistencies of the format.  The text boxes I'm forced to use look good in one format, but on different mobile devices may appear to be spaced poorly.

 

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There are hundreds of tabs in my collection.  Two groups are on this page -- one for tunes which have been featured on Banjo Hangout's old time Tune of the Week since 2008, plus more recently on Instagram and Facebook's Clawhammer Rules, and the other has various old-time tunes not in the Tune of the Week. There is another page called MORE TABS.  On it are several groups of tabs for various musicians whom I've studied and written tabs for.  They include William Sydney Mount, the Samuel Bayard collection, Tony Ellis, Garry Harrison, Buddy Thomas, Turlough O'Carolan and other Celtic tunes, Ed Haley, J.P. Fraley, Clyde Davenport, John Salyer, John Hartford, and my own original tunes.

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I'm always open to attempt a tab if you can't find what you're wanting to learn. Contact me through this site and I'll get back to you.

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                   JanetB

GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA

GEORGE GRAHAM'S COTILLION

GEORGIA RAILROAD

GEORGIE

GET UP IN THE COOL

GIRL SLIPPED DOWN, THE

GLORY IN THE MEETING HOUSE

GOING UP TOWN

GOODBYE, MY HONEY, I'M GONE (3 finger)

GOODBYE GIRLS, I'M GOING TO BOSTON

GOODBYE, HONEY, YOU CALL THAT GONE

GONE INDIAN

GRAND RIVER WHISKEY

GRANDDAD'S FAVORITE

GRAY EAGLE

GREASY COAT

GREENBACK DOLLY-O

GREY-HAIRED DANCIN' GAL

GREY HAIRED DANCING GIRL

GROUNDHOG

GUNBOAT

HALF PAST FOUR

HALF SHAVED

HAPPY HOLLOW

HAWK'S CAUGHT THE CHICKEN AND GONE

HEAVY-LOADED FREIGHT TRAIN

HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS

HELL BROKE LOOSE FROM GEORGIA

HICKORY SMITH

HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN

HIGH UP ON TUG

HIPPLE CREEK

HENRY KING'S REEL

HIGH YELLOW

HILLS OF MEXICO

HULDY IN THE SINKHOLE

HOB Y DIRI

HOBB DYE

HOG EYED MAN

HOME SWEET HOME

HOLLYDING

HOOK AND LINE

HORSE AND BUGGY-O

HOT CORN, COLD CORN, GREEN CORN

HORSES IN THE CANEBRAKE

HUMPBACKMULE

HUNT THE BUFFALO

I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND

I WISH I WAS A SINGLE GIRL AGAIN

INDIAN CORN

INDIAN EAT A WOODPECKER

INDIAN NATION

INDIAN WAR WHOOP / INDIAN WHOOP

JACK OF ALL TRADES

JACK WILSON

JACK'S CREEK RIDGE

JAI PASSE DEVANT TA PORTE

JAKE GILLIE

JAKE'S GOT THE

BELLYACHE

JAMIE ALLEN

JAW BONE

JAYBIRD

JAYBIRD MARCH

JENNY GET AROUND

JESSE JAMES

JIMMY JOHNSON

JOHN BROWN'S DREAM

JOHN BROWN'S MARCH

JOHN HARDY

JOHN HENRY (doub. C)

JOHN HENRY (open G)

JOHN LOVER'S GONE

JOHN RILEY THE SHEPHERD

JOHN STINSON'S #2

JOHNSON BOYS

JOHNSON BOYS (ALBERT HASH)

JONAH IN THE WINDSTORM

JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL

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LONDERRY HORNPIPE

LONESOME MOONLIGHT  WALTZ (Dm)

LONESOME MOONLIGHT WALTZ (Em)

LONESOME POLLY ANN

LOST BOY

LOST GANDER

LOST INDIAN (Paul David Smith)

LOVER'S WALTZ

LULWORTH MOON

MAGGIE GRAY

MAKE A LITTLE BOAT

MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW

MAPLE BLOSSOM

MARGARET'S WALTZ

MEADOWS OF DAN

MERIWETHER

MILLER'S REEL

M.I.S.I.P.

MISSING YOU ALL THE WAY HOME

MISSISSIPPI SAWYER (trad)

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ORPHAN TRAIN

OLD MOLLY HARE

OLD MOSE

OLD NUMBER THIRD

OLD PLANK ROAD

OLD RIP

OLD SHE-POSSUM SKATING ON THE ICE, THE

OLD SKEDADDALINK (open G)

OLD SKEDADDALINK (gDGDE)

OLD SLEDGE

OLD SMOKEY

OLD SPINNING WHEEL

OLD TOM OF OXFORD

OLD VIRGE (gDGCD)

OLD VIRGE (G)

OLD YELLER DOG CAME TROTTING    THROUGH THE MEETING HOUSE

ON CHRISTMAS EVE

ONION TOPS AND TURNIP GREENS

ORVETTA WALTZ

ORVETTA WALTZ (G)

OYSTER GIRL

OYSTER RIVER HORNPIPE

PEACE UNDER THE BRIDGE

PEARL BLAKE'S TUNE

PEEK-A-BOO WALTZ

PETER FRANCISCO

PETER STREET

PHOEBE ICE

PIEDMONT

PO BLACK SHEEP

POLECAT'S DEN

POLECAT'S BLUES

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON

POOR LITTLE NELL

POSSUM IN THE WELL

POSSUM ON THE RAIL

POSSUM UP A GUM STUMP (G)

PRETTY BOY FLOYD

PRETTY LITTLE CAT

PRETTY LITTLE DOG

PRETTY LITTLE SHOES

PRETTY LITTLE WIDOW

PRETTY POLLY

PROTECT THE INNOCENT (SHAVING A DEAD MAN)

PUNCHEON FLOOR

QUAIL IS A PRETTY BIRD

QUAKER GIRL

QUINCE DILLON'S HIGH D

RABBIT IN THE GRASS

RABBIT WHERE'S YOUR MAMMY?

RAGTIME ANNIE

RAILROADIN' AND GAMBLIN'

RAINBOW

RAMBLING HOBO (Doc Watson)

RAMBLING HOBO (Jont Blevins)

RAMBLING HOBO (Pete Steele)

RATTLESNAKE & THE TEXAS PONY

RATTLETRAP

REBELS RAID

RED LICK (Billy Stamper)

RED LICK (Lella Todd)

RED PRAIRIE DAWN (doub.C)

RED PRAIRIE DAWN (G)

RED STEER

REEL EUGENE

RICHMOND

RICKETTS HORNPIPE

RIDDLE SONG

RIVER BOAT'S GONE, A

ROCHESTER WALTZ

ROAD TO BOSTON

ROAD TO MALVERN

ROAD TO THE ISLES

ROCKING IN THE WEARY LAND

ROCKING THE BABIES TO SLEEP

ROCKY ROAD TO JORDAN

RODES' DIVISION

ROLLING RIVER

ROSE FOR POLLY, A

ROSE IN THE MOUNTAIN

ROSE OF SHARON WALTZ (AKA ROSEBUD OF ALLENVALE)

ROUND THE HORN

RUN DOWN BOOT

RUN MOUNTAIN

RYE STRAW

SADDLE OLD KATE

SAIL AWAY LADIES (LUTHER DAVIS)

SALLY COMMING THROUGH THE RYE

SAL'S GOT MUD BETWEEN HER TOES

SALLY ANN

SALLY ANN2

SALLY COMING THROUGH THE RYE

SALLY GOODIN

SALLY IN THE GARDEN

SALMON TAILS UP IN THE WATER

SALT SACK BEHIND THE DOOR

SALT SPRING

SAME OLD MAN LIVING AT THE MILs

SANDY BOYS

SANDY RIVER

SATAN, YOUR KINGDOM MUST COME DOWN

SENECA SQUARE DANCE (WAITING FOR THE FEDERALS)

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