Chords for The Special Consensus "Monroe"
Tempo:
121.2 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
G#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] [B]
He came down from old Rosie, [E] with a song in the [B] mandolin,
[Bm] [B] Filling the ground and planting seeds, [E] where no one [B] had ever been.
[E] He brought it down [B] to Nashville, [F#] and they all knew [B] his name,
[E] He played the grand [B] old opery, and it never [G#m] was the same.
[B] But here down on that fiddle, [F#] son, [B] [E] when you play that [B] old mule skinner,
All you got and then some, [E] and I'll jump in [B] on the tenor,
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G [G#m] run,
You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E]
[Bm] [F#] [B]
[E] [B] [G#m]
[B] All
[F#]
[B]
the years he [F#] traveled, [B]
down [E] them rough and [B] rocky roads,
Singing high and lonesome, [E] with his body [B] and soul,
[E] Well Monroe was [B] a wheel horse, [F#] it's a [B] bluegrass way,
[E] Every time [B] he'd kick it off, I thought I'd hear [G#m] him say,
But [B] here down on that fiddle, son, [E] when you play that [B] old mule skinner,
All you got and then some, [E] and I'll jump [B] in on the tenor,
[E] Thinking oh [F#] here it comes, Lester [G#m] and his old G run,
[E] You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too hard [B] to nothing.
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m]
[Bm] [B]
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G run,
[E] You can't [B] do it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E] [D] [C#m]
[G] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [F#] [G#m] [E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[G]
He came down from old Rosie, [E] with a song in the [B] mandolin,
[Bm] [B] Filling the ground and planting seeds, [E] where no one [B] had ever been.
[E] He brought it down [B] to Nashville, [F#] and they all knew [B] his name,
[E] He played the grand [B] old opery, and it never [G#m] was the same.
[B] But here down on that fiddle, [F#] son, [B] [E] when you play that [B] old mule skinner,
All you got and then some, [E] and I'll jump in [B] on the tenor,
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G [G#m] run,
You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E]
[Bm] [F#] [B]
[E] [B] [G#m]
[B] All
[F#]
[B]
the years he [F#] traveled, [B]
down [E] them rough and [B] rocky roads,
Singing high and lonesome, [E] with his body [B] and soul,
[E] Well Monroe was [B] a wheel horse, [F#] it's a [B] bluegrass way,
[E] Every time [B] he'd kick it off, I thought I'd hear [G#m] him say,
But [B] here down on that fiddle, son, [E] when you play that [B] old mule skinner,
All you got and then some, [E] and I'll jump [B] in on the tenor,
[E] Thinking oh [F#] here it comes, Lester [G#m] and his old G run,
[E] You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too hard [B] to nothing.
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m]
[Bm] [B]
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G run,
[E] You can't [B] do it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E] [D] [C#m]
[G] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [F#] [G#m] [E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[G]
Key:
B
E
F#
G#m
Bm
B
E
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He came down from old Rosie, _ _ _ _ [E] with a song in the [B] mandolin,
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Filling the ground and planting seeds, _ _ [E] where no one [B] had ever been.
_ _ [E] He brought it down [B] to Nashville, [F#] and they all knew [B] his name,
[E] He played the grand [B] old opery, and it never [G#m] was the same. _
_ _ _ [B] But here down on that fiddle, [F#] son, _ [B] _ _ [E] when you play that [B] old mule _ _ skinner, _ _ _
All you got and then some, _ [E] and I'll jump in [B] on the tenor,
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G [G#m] run,
You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine, _
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] All _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the years he [F#] traveled, [B] _
down [E] them rough and [B] rocky _ roads, _
_ _ _ Singing high and lonesome, _ _ [E] with his body [B] and soul, _
_ [E] Well Monroe was [B] a wheel horse, [F#] it's a [B] bluegrass way,
[E] Every time [B] he'd kick it off, I thought I'd hear [G#m] him say,
_ But _ [B] here down on that fiddle, son, _ _ _ [E] when you play that [B] old mule _ skinner, _
_ _ _ All you got and then some, _ [E] and I'll jump [B] in on the tenor,
[E] Thinking oh [F#] here it comes, Lester [G#m] and his old G run,
[E] You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
_ _ _ He played too hard [B] to nothing.
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G run,
[E] You can't [B] do it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
_ _ _ _ He played too [B] hard to nothing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He came down from old Rosie, _ _ _ _ [E] with a song in the [B] mandolin,
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Filling the ground and planting seeds, _ _ [E] where no one [B] had ever been.
_ _ [E] He brought it down [B] to Nashville, [F#] and they all knew [B] his name,
[E] He played the grand [B] old opery, and it never [G#m] was the same. _
_ _ _ [B] But here down on that fiddle, [F#] son, _ [B] _ _ [E] when you play that [B] old mule _ _ skinner, _ _ _
All you got and then some, _ [E] and I'll jump in [B] on the tenor,
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G [G#m] run,
You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine, _
He played too [B] hard to nothing.
[E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] All _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the years he [F#] traveled, [B] _
down [E] them rough and [B] rocky _ roads, _
_ _ _ Singing high and lonesome, _ _ [E] with his body [B] and soul, _
_ [E] Well Monroe was [B] a wheel horse, [F#] it's a [B] bluegrass way,
[E] Every time [B] he'd kick it off, I thought I'd hear [G#m] him say,
_ But _ [B] here down on that fiddle, son, _ _ _ [E] when you play that [B] old mule _ skinner, _
_ _ _ All you got and then some, _ [E] and I'll jump [B] in on the tenor,
[E] Thinking oh [F#] here it comes, Lester [G#m] and his old G run,
[E] You can't do [B] it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
_ _ _ He played too hard [B] to nothing.
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Thinking [B] oh here it comes, Lester and his old G run,
[E] You can't [B] do it that way son, according to [E] Monroe's doctrine,
_ _ _ _ He played too [B] hard to nothing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _