CHORDS FOR FIDDLE TUNES

How to read this: These chords are written as for a standard guitar accompaniment. For each appearance of a chord letter, hit a bass note, then follow with a strum. This would occupy two beats of a metronome, or a long stroke and two short strokes of the fiddle part.

Old Virginia Reel:

A: DADG DADD DADG DADD

B: DDGG DDAA DDGG DADD

Soldier's Joy:

A: DDDD DDAA DDGG DADD

B: DDGG DDAA DDGG DADD

Sugar Hill:

A: DDDD DDBmBm DDDD AADD

B: DDDD DDBmBm DDDD AADD

Tes Parents Veulent Plus Me Voir:

A: DDDD DDDD DDAA AADD

B: DDDD DDDD DDDD DDDD

 

Waiting For The Federals:

A: GGGG GGCC GGGG DDGG

B: GGGG EmEmCC GGGG DDGG

 

Big Scioty:

A: GGGG GDDG GGCC GDDG

B: GGDD DDEmEm EmEmCC GDDG

 

Nail That Catfish to a Tree:

A: GGGG DDDD GGGG DDGG

B: CCCC DDDD CCCC DDGG

Swallowtail Jig:

A:  EmEmEmEm DDDD

     EmEmEmEm DDEmEm

B: EmEmEmEm EmEmEmD

     EmEmEmEm DDEmEm

June Apple:

A: AAAA GGGG AAAA EEAA

B: AAAA GGDD AAAA GGAA

Sourwood Mt:

A: AADD AAEA

B: AADD AAEA

Jack of Diamonds:

A: AAAA AADA

B: ADAA ADEA ADAA AADA

C: AAAA AADA

D: AAADA AAADA

Cluck Old Hen:

A: AmAmAmG AmAmEAm

B: AmAmAmG AmAmEAm

Cold Frosty Morning:

A: AmAmAmAm GGGG AmAmAmAm AmGAmAm

B: AAAA GGGG AmAmAmAm AmGAmAm

 

Black Eyed Susie:

A: CCCG CCGG

B: GGGD GGGG

C: GGGD GGDD

D: DDDA DDDD