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MIKE'S

It’s spring! Bring on the
BACKYARD PICKIN’

Jam etiquette

It’s warmin’ up out there, so get out your banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar or bass. Invite your friends with instruments, and jam outside! But, players, remember these rules:

1. Don’t step on somebody’s solo.
2. If another player nods at you to take a solo, go ahead – or politely shake your head “no.”
3. When somebody sticks out a leg, it means the end of song is coming up.
4. Before the jam starts, it’s a good idea to clear it with neighbors.
5. If people start throwing things at you, you have three options:

A) Pause and ask the people what’s wrong.
B) Pause and put up chicken wire around the jammers,
C) Pick more softly or D) Move the jam to one of the other players’ houses and (E) Jam there until you have to move to another picker’s house.

Song o’ April
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms

I [G]ain't gonna work on the railroad
I ain't gonna work on the [D]farm
Gonna [G]lay 'round this shack till the [C]mail train comes back
And [D]roll in my sweet baby's [G]arms

Chorus:
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
Gonna lay 'round this shack till the mail train comes back
And roll in my sweet baby's arms

Where were you last Saturday night
While I was lying in jail
You were out walking the street with another man
Wouldn't even go my jail

Mama was a beauty operator
Sister could weave and spin
Daddy's got an interest in an old cotton mill
Watch that money roll in

I know your parents don't like me
They run me away from your door
If I had my life to live over again
I wouldn't go back there no more

BLUEGRASS LINKS

Banjo tablatures and bluegrass info www.bluegrassbanjo.org

West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association
www.wmbma.org

Bluegrass Attic
www.bluegrassattic.com

International Bluegrass Music Association www.ibma.org
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West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association
www.wmbma.org

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