Acoustic Guitar Magazine | 6 years ago
“The Wreck of the Old 97” is a country standard that’s been interpreted by everyone from Johnny Cash to Hank Snow. In this demonstration, Guitarist Jody Stecher plays the song in F major, a key he finds has a sonic atmosphere all its own. He keeps things easy on his fretting hand by mixing up positions when it comes to the I chord (F)—playing it sometimes just on the top four strings, other times with his thumb on string 6, and occasionally as a full barre chord at the first fret. For the IV chord (Bb), instead of a barre chord he plays notes on the low strings. See the complete notation/tablature and performance notes at acousticguitar.com/the-wreck-of-the-old-97-learn-to-play-this-classic-railway-ballad/
