Church Street Blues Guitar Tabs

Tony Rice

Church Street Blues Guitar Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Church Street Blues is a tune penned by Norman Blake. It has become a cornerstone of the flatpicking world thanks to Tony Rice. It has a gorgeous melody and touching lyrics that standout because of their heartfelt simplicity.

For this tune and any other start by learning the Melody and some basic Backup. Learning how the melody connects to the chord changes and how the chord changes connect to the melody gives you a strong foundation and solid understanding of the song. From their you can build up the complexity by adding licks and variations.

When you are ready to start working on your lead check out the Bluegrass version of Church Street Blues. It's simple, straightforward and sounds great thanks to the use of alternate picking and double stops. If you want a more detailed melody, take a look at Playing the Syllables. This is a melody that closely matches how the song is usually sung. Each note is tied to a syllable in the lyrics. Playing this way boosts your musicality and memory, especially if you can say of sing the words in time. Getting more detailed deepens your understanding of phrasing in this tune.

If all these other things are easy for you, then by all means, check out the Tony Rice Style version of Church Street Blues. It's modeled after his playing and his unique approach to crosspicking and this tune.

Learn how to play Church Street Blues on Guitar with this selection of tablatures:

Melody
- Difficulty
- Key
  C
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  EADGBE
Here's a wonderfully simple version of the melody for Church Street Blues on guitar. It helps you get a basic understanding of the melodic arc and phrasing in this classic tune. It'...
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Playing the Syllables
- Difficulty
- Key
  C
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  EADGBE
In this melody for Church street Blues on guitar you'll learn to 'play the syllables'. This means each note in the melody is tied to each individual syllable in the lyrics, just as...
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Backup
- Difficulty
- Key
  C
- Tempo
  80 bpm
- Tuning
  EADGBE
This guitar tablature for Church Street Blues is completely blank! You can see the chord changes above the measures. When learning guitar rhythm it's best to know a few of the basic...
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Bluegrass
- Difficulty
- Key
  C
- Tempo
  80 bpm
- Tuning
  EADGBE
This basic version of Church Street Blues for guitar is a blast to play. It's simple, straightforward, honors the melody, and maintains that forward momentum and excitement through ...
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Tony Rice Style
- Difficulty
- Key
  C
- Tempo
  90 bpm
- Tuning
  EADGBE
This version of Church Street Blues is based on the playing of Tony Rice. Tony's unique approach to cross picking is on full display. The phrasing is very tricky and sort of follows...
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