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Cathy · 07-06-2003, 02:08 PM

I kind of play a combination of what Gord and Terry plays, which works out pretty well if you're playing it solo. In concert, Gord just plays the GaddD all the way through the intro and between verses. Terry, or in the case of the UA recordings, Red does the riff we're all so familiar with. Here's how I do it. I start out playing four bars of GaddD, Travis picked, then I go into the riff playing the following chords.
F/G = 3X0011
C/G = 3X0010
D7/G = 3X0012
G = 3X0003

The whole idea is to play a G bass throughout the entire riff, while playing F, C, D7 and G chords on your 1st and 2nd strings and with leaving the 3rd and 4th strings open on each chord. Don't play the 5th string at all. You travis pick the entire riff, but each chord change starts out with a pinch of the 1st, 2nd and 6th strings. If you want to listen to how it sounds, go to my website at http://www.cathycowette.com. There are a couple versions: one with me solo, and one with Derek Kidd on lead.
Here's the picking pattern. Notations inside the bracket indicate the pinch, strings you play together:
[T6, M2, R1], T4, I3, T6, R1, T4
You use the above picking pattern for all four chords.
I also have tablature written out, but would have to scan it in. I'm at Val Magee's in NY right now and don't have access to a scanner, but we could get it to you tomorrow. Reply to vlmagee@mageenet.net if you want the tab, and she'll get it to you tomorrow.

Hope this makes a little bit of sense!
Cathy

[This message has been edited by Cathy (edited July 06, 2003)... because I was stupid and put Gadd9 instead of GaddD, which it's supposed to be...]

[This message has been edited by Cathy (edited July 06, 2003).]

07-06-2003, 02:08 PM	#5
Cathy Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 1,967	I kind of play a combination of what Gord and Terry plays, which works out pretty well if you're playing it solo. In concert, Gord just plays the GaddD all the way through the intro and between verses. Terry, or in the case of the UA recordings, Red does the riff we're all so familiar with. Here's how I do it. I start out playing four bars of GaddD, Travis picked, then I go into the riff playing the following chords. F/G = 3X0011 C/G = 3X0010 D7/G = 3X0012 G = 3X0003 The whole idea is to play a G bass throughout the entire riff, while playing F, C, D7 and G chords on your 1st and 2nd strings and with leaving the 3rd and 4th strings open on each chord. Don't play the 5th string at all. You travis pick the entire riff, but each chord change starts out with a pinch of the 1st, 2nd and 6th strings. If you want to listen to how it sounds, go to my website at http://www.cathycowette.com. There are a couple versions: one with me solo, and one with Derek Kidd on lead. Here's the picking pattern. Notations inside the bracket indicate the pinch, strings you play together: [T6, M2, R1], T4, I3, T6, R1, T4 You use the above picking pattern for all four chords. I also have tablature written out, but would have to scan it in. I'm at Val Magee's in NY right now and don't have access to a scanner, but we could get it to you tomorrow. Reply to vlmagee@mageenet.net if you want the tab, and she'll get it to you tomorrow. Hope this makes a little bit of sense! Cathy [This message has been edited by Cathy (edited July 06, 2003)... because I was stupid and put Gadd9 instead of GaddD, which it's supposed to be...] [This message has been edited by Cathy (edited July 06, 2003).]