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It has been a little hectic this month and I have only just had chance to listen to this month's songs. There are some great covers this month. Rickyjack's use of the harmonica, Peatle Jville's unique style of performing it, Jim's personalised verse (which I also used so he would get mentioned in it ), Amy's Axl Rose impression with the Back Yard Gathering, Mojo's and Joe's offerings are all impressive, Great job by everyone.

Roger

'Tom Dooley' is a song that I often use as a  first guitar lesson song as it is only two chords (of course I remember the Lonnie Donegan version) so here it is in 'G' for you. G and D7 are the first two chords I teach, then a student can go home after his/her first lesson and have a song to play, I also use 'He's Got The Whole World in His Hands' which is another two chord song.

Tom Dooley
Misc. Traditional

G    D7    G    D7

G                                            G
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
G                                          D7                               
Hang down your head and cry,
D7                                          D7
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
D7                                       G
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

G                          G                                           
I met her on the mountain,
G                          D7 
There I took her life,
D7                        D7                                                                                             
I met her on the mountain,
D7                                         G
And I stabbed her with my knife.

G                                            G
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
G                                          D7                               
Hang down your head and cry,
D7                                          D7
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
D7                                       G
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

G                       G
‘Bout this time tomorrow,
G                           D7     
Reckon where I'll be,
D7                                     D7
Down in some lonesome valley
D7                                      G
Hangin' from a white-oak tree.

G                                            G
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
G                                          D7                               
Hang down your head and cry,
D7                                          D7
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
D7                                       G
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

G                                            G
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
G                                          D7                               
Hang down your head and cry,
D7                                          D7
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
D7                                       G         G          G…
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

Dino, it is not a competition, and no one is going to put you down if your singing is not perfect but, if you really do not want to sing, I see no reason why you cannot play the song and get a friend or family member to sing for (or with) you. It is all for a bit of fun and to see how different people interpret a song.

It would be a pleasure to hear something from you but no one would take umbrage if you do not.

Roger

If you reported spam by writing to a Moderator, the chances are it would have been dealt with by the time they received the message. If you use the 'Report' tag at the bottom right of the post then the post is flagged for all Moderators to see, then any one of us can ban the scumbag to prevent him posting any more garbage, but it has to wait for the section Moderator to be on line to remove the message. We try to have section Moderators in different time zones to get the best coverage but all of us are volunteers and we do have other commitments, so we cannot have 24/7 coverage.

Roger

If Katie had not already got a wonderful granddad I would apply for the job myself. She is a little charmer (must take after her mum )

Roger

He is a grand fellow, that Doug!!

I do not know this song Jim, so I have to learn it first and I hope to submit it in the next couple of weeks.

Roger

I didn't cheat! I did drop a couple of hints, but that is all.................

As I was chosen for August I will stand down for September, so do not include me please.

Roger

I e-mailed NELA a little while ago but got no reply.

Roger

Great to hear from you. Please give Dondra a big hug from me.

Roger

I have no idea what this is about Ads!! I never see any on mine, but I protect my laptop so, as far as I am concerned, anyone seeing ads need to look at their own set up and not blame Chordie that does not have a problem.

Roger