Chords for Sitting alone in the moonlight- old bluesey bluegrass song on claw hammer banjo
Tempo:
94 bpm
Chords used:
B
Ab
E
Abm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
How's everybody doing out there?
Hope you're doing good.
J.R. Willis coming at you again.
I'm gonna try to do a little bluegrass song.
[N] I don't know who wrote it.
Probably Bill Monroe or something.
[B] Kind of got a bluesy sound to it.
A little bit slow.
I'm gonna try to do a little thing.
Kind of a
I guess they call it a tremolo.
I used to
have a
tape of Pete Seeger's show that showed him on there
doing that thing.
And I always thought it was real cool.
You don't see a lot of people doing it like that.
Just use your index finger and kind of
[Eb] wiggle it back and forth on there.
Get kind of sound like a mantel or something like that.
I always found it somewhat difficult to do so.
We'll see how it turns out.
If I mess it up, don't hold it against me.
[B] [Ab]
This old banjo, I just brought it out of the house.
So get a little bit out of whack on the tuning there.
It sounds pretty [B] close.
Might get out on before I'm done.
I don't know.
It's a pretty short song, so we'll see.
[Abm] Anyway, this thing's called Sitting Alone in the [B] Moonlight.
[Bb]
[B] [B]
[E] [Ab] [Gb]
[B]
[Bb]
[Db]
[E] [D]
[B]
Don't pay no mind to all that traffic.
It's arena night.
Sitting alone in [B] the moonlight
[Abm] Thinking about the [Db] days [B] gone by
Wondering [Bb] about [Abm] my darling
[B] I can [E] still hear her [Gb] saying [B] goodbye
Oh the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
Each little [Abm] star seems to whisper and say
Your sweetheart [B] has found another
Now [Gb]
[Ab] she is far, [B] far away
I love this.
[Bb] [B]
[Ab]
[D] [B]
[Abm]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Ab] [E]
[D] [B]
Sitting [D] alone [B] in the moonlight
[Ab] [Abm] Thinking about [B] the days gone by
Wondering [Bb] about [B] my darling
[Abm] [E] I can still hear [Ab] her saying [B] goodbye
Well [E] the moon [Dbm] grows pale [B] as I sit here
Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
Your [E] sweetheart [B] has found another
[E] And now [Ab] she is far, [B] far away
Well
[Bb] [Gb]
[E]
[D] [B]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Eb] [E]
[Ab] [B]
[Abm] [E] the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
[E] Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
[Abm] Your sweetheart [B] has found
[E] And now she is far, far away
[Ab] [Bb]
[B] [Ab]
[Em] [D]
[B]
[Ab]
[N]
Hope you're doing good.
J.R. Willis coming at you again.
I'm gonna try to do a little bluegrass song.
[N] I don't know who wrote it.
Probably Bill Monroe or something.
[B] Kind of got a bluesy sound to it.
A little bit slow.
I'm gonna try to do a little thing.
Kind of a
I guess they call it a tremolo.
I used to
have a
tape of Pete Seeger's show that showed him on there
doing that thing.
And I always thought it was real cool.
You don't see a lot of people doing it like that.
Just use your index finger and kind of
[Eb] wiggle it back and forth on there.
Get kind of sound like a mantel or something like that.
I always found it somewhat difficult to do so.
We'll see how it turns out.
If I mess it up, don't hold it against me.
[B] [Ab]
This old banjo, I just brought it out of the house.
So get a little bit out of whack on the tuning there.
It sounds pretty [B] close.
Might get out on before I'm done.
I don't know.
It's a pretty short song, so we'll see.
[Abm] Anyway, this thing's called Sitting Alone in the [B] Moonlight.
[Bb]
[B] [B]
[E] [Ab] [Gb]
[B]
[Bb]
[Db]
[E] [D]
[B]
Don't pay no mind to all that traffic.
It's arena night.
Sitting alone in [B] the moonlight
[Abm] Thinking about the [Db] days [B] gone by
Wondering [Bb] about [Abm] my darling
[B] I can [E] still hear her [Gb] saying [B] goodbye
Oh the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
Each little [Abm] star seems to whisper and say
Your sweetheart [B] has found another
Now [Gb]
[Ab] she is far, [B] far away
I love this.
[Bb] [B]
[Ab]
[D] [B]
[Abm]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Ab] [E]
[D] [B]
Sitting [D] alone [B] in the moonlight
[Ab] [Abm] Thinking about [B] the days gone by
Wondering [Bb] about [B] my darling
[Abm] [E] I can still hear [Ab] her saying [B] goodbye
Well [E] the moon [Dbm] grows pale [B] as I sit here
Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
Your [E] sweetheart [B] has found another
[E] And now [Ab] she is far, [B] far away
Well
[Bb] [Gb]
[E]
[D] [B]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Eb] [E]
[Ab] [B]
[Abm] [E] the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
[E] Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
[Abm] Your sweetheart [B] has found
[E] And now she is far, far away
[Ab] [Bb]
[B] [Ab]
[Em] [D]
[B]
[Ab]
[N]
Key:
B
Ab
E
Abm
Bb
B
Ab
E
_ _ _ How's everybody doing out there?
Hope you're doing good.
J.R. Willis coming at you again. _ _ _
_ I'm gonna try to do a little bluegrass song.
[N] I don't know who wrote it.
Probably Bill Monroe or something.
[B] Kind of got a bluesy sound to it.
A little bit slow.
I'm gonna try to do a little thing.
Kind of a_
I guess they call it a tremolo.
I used to
_ have a
tape of Pete Seeger's show that showed him on there
doing that thing.
And I always thought it was real cool.
You don't see a lot of people doing it like that.
Just use your index finger and kind of
[Eb] wiggle it back and forth on there.
Get kind of sound like a mantel or something like that.
I always found it somewhat difficult to do so.
_ We'll see how it turns out.
If I mess it up, don't hold it against me.
[B] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ This old banjo, I just brought it out of the house.
So get a little bit out of whack on the tuning there.
It sounds pretty [B] close.
Might get out on before I'm done.
I don't know.
It's a pretty short song, so we'll see.
_ [Abm] Anyway, this thing's called Sitting Alone in the [B] Moonlight. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _
Don't pay no mind to all that traffic.
It's arena night. _
_ _ Sitting _ alone in [B] the moonlight _
_ _ _ [Abm] Thinking about the [Db] days [B] gone by
_ _ _ Wondering _ [Bb] about [Abm] my darling _
_ [B] _ I can [E] still hear her [Gb] saying [B] goodbye _
_ _ Oh the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ _ Each little [Abm] star _ seems to whisper and say
_ _ Your sweetheart [B] has found another
Now _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ab] she is far, [B] far away
I love this. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ Sitting _ [D] alone [B] in the moonlight
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] Thinking about [B] the days gone by
_ _ _ Wondering [Bb] about _ [B] my darling
_ _ [Abm] _ [E] I can still hear [Ab] her saying [B] goodbye _
_ Well [E] the moon [Dbm] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
_ Your _ [E] sweetheart [B] has found another
_ _ _ [E] And now [Ab] she is far, [B] far away
_ Well _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ [E] the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ _ [E] Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
_ [Abm] Your sweetheart _ [B] has found _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] And now she is far, far _ away
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Hope you're doing good.
J.R. Willis coming at you again. _ _ _
_ I'm gonna try to do a little bluegrass song.
[N] I don't know who wrote it.
Probably Bill Monroe or something.
[B] Kind of got a bluesy sound to it.
A little bit slow.
I'm gonna try to do a little thing.
Kind of a_
I guess they call it a tremolo.
I used to
_ have a
tape of Pete Seeger's show that showed him on there
doing that thing.
And I always thought it was real cool.
You don't see a lot of people doing it like that.
Just use your index finger and kind of
[Eb] wiggle it back and forth on there.
Get kind of sound like a mantel or something like that.
I always found it somewhat difficult to do so.
_ We'll see how it turns out.
If I mess it up, don't hold it against me.
[B] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ This old banjo, I just brought it out of the house.
So get a little bit out of whack on the tuning there.
It sounds pretty [B] close.
Might get out on before I'm done.
I don't know.
It's a pretty short song, so we'll see.
_ [Abm] Anyway, this thing's called Sitting Alone in the [B] Moonlight. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _
Don't pay no mind to all that traffic.
It's arena night. _
_ _ Sitting _ alone in [B] the moonlight _
_ _ _ [Abm] Thinking about the [Db] days [B] gone by
_ _ _ Wondering _ [Bb] about [Abm] my darling _
_ [B] _ I can [E] still hear her [Gb] saying [B] goodbye _
_ _ Oh the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ _ Each little [Abm] star _ seems to whisper and say
_ _ Your sweetheart [B] has found another
Now _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ab] she is far, [B] far away
I love this. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ Sitting _ [D] alone [B] in the moonlight
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] Thinking about [B] the days gone by
_ _ _ Wondering [Bb] about _ [B] my darling
_ _ [Abm] _ [E] I can still hear [Ab] her saying [B] goodbye _
_ Well [E] the moon [Dbm] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
_ Your _ [E] sweetheart [B] has found another
_ _ _ [E] And now [Ab] she is far, [B] far away
_ Well _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ [E] the moon [Db] grows pale [B] as I sit here
_ _ [E] Each little star [Ab] seems to whisper [B] and say
_ [Abm] Your sweetheart _ [B] has found _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] And now she is far, far _ away
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _