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    Banjo Song of the South tab

    Melody

    Tom T. Hall

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    Learn to play the melody for Song of the South! In this arrangement you'll learn to "play the syllables". If you know the words and can sing along with the song you'll be a step ahead when learning this tune. Try out some licks after you get the basic melody down. It's always fun to embellish a tune with different picking techniques.

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  • Banjo Song of the South tab

    Scruggs

    Tom T. Hall

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      85 bpm
    • Tuning
      gCGBD

    Made famous by the band Alabama, made crunchy and even more awesome by the banjo playing of Mr. Earl Scruggs!

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  • Banjo Song of the South tab

    Backup

    Tom T. Hall

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      85 bpm
    • Tuning
      gCGBD

    Drop that D string down to C and have a ball with this classic tune.

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More about Song of the South

Use the Tunefox Lick Switcher to explore improvisation and creativity inside the Song of the South tablatures. The Lick Switcher will allow you to create your own arrangement using pre-built licks that are handmade by professional musicians. To use the Lick Switcher, click on the text above specific measures that says "Original Measure" and select between a variety of new licks for that measure. You'll find that there are different style licks such as Scruggs, Melodic, Jazz, and more. At the bottom of your page you'll also find a button that says "Shuffle Licks." Click this button and watch the licks randomly shuffle throughout the song.

Be sure to check out all of the great learning tools that Tunefox has to offer such as "Hide Notes", "Memory Train", and "Speed Up". These tools can be found in the "Tools" menu at the bottom right of your screen. Want to learn some of Song of the South by ear? Use "Hide Notes" to hide some or all of the notes in the tablature. Once you’re finished learning with the tab use the "Memory Train" tool to commit the song to memory. Then practice with "Speed Up" to improve your technique and speed in no time.

Using backing tracks for practice should be an essential part of every musician’s routine. With Tunefox, you can practice Song of the South as fast or as slow as you want and mix the volume of the tracks with the instrument to your liking. There’s also a metronome so you can always feel the pulse of the song with or without the band track playing along.

Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.

Song of the South lyrics

Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind There ain't nobody lookin' back again Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch We all picked the cotton but we never got rich Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat They ought to get a rich man to vote ...he wind There ain't nobody lookin' back again Well somebody told us Wall Street fell But we were so poor that we couldn't tell Cotton was short and the weeds were tall But Mr. Roosevelt's a gonna save us all Well momma got sick and daddy got down The county got the farm and they moved to town Papa got a job with the TVA He bought a washin' machine and then a Chevrolet Sing it Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind There ain't nobody lookin' back again Play it Sing it Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind There ain't nobody lookin' back again Song, song of the south Gone, gone with the wind Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind Ain't nobody lookin' back again Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind Ain't nobody lookin' back again Song, song of the south Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth