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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | I'm trying to find the chords to play Pete Seeger's "Get up and Go". "How do I know my youth is all spent? My get up and go has got up and went. But in spite of it all I'm able to grin, to think of the places my get up has been"... Of course he plays the banjo but I'm looking for the chords to play it on my guitar. I'm sure it is some very easy stuff but once again, I'm an inexperienced newbie looking for a little help. Thanks in advance... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | AFG,
I did some looking and came up zeroes! Do you have any recordings of it? I bet I could plot it out for you!
I did read where Pete Seeger enjoyed Drop D tuning. That may help you in your quest since the chording is most likely D or G based.
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Location: Oakton, VA | Here's how I recall the tune. I'm thinking key of G ...
GET UP AND GO
Chorus (and after each verse):
[C]How do I know my [G]youth is all spent?
My [D7]get up and go has [G]got up and went
But in [C]spite of it all I'm [G]able to grin
And [D7]think of the places my [C]get up [D7]has [G]been.
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Note: The chorus and each verse end with a walking bass line, framing three syllables as they resolve to the G chord. It sounds better than the underlying chord structure. Try it.
Instead of
my [C]get up [D7]has [G]been
Play the descending bass notes [c, b, a ]
my [c]get up [a]has [G]been
Same with verses.
...un[c]til I [a]wake [G]up.
...[c]what hap[a]pens [G]next, etc.
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[G]Old age is golden [D]so I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder as [G]I crawl into bed
With my [C]ears in a drawer, my [G]teeth in a cup
My [D7]eyes on the table un[C]til I [D7]wake [G]up.
As sleep dims my vision I [D]say to myself:
Is there anything else I should [G]lay on the shelf?
But though [C]nations are warring and [G]business is vexed
I'll stick around to see [C]what hap[D7]pens [G]next.
When I was young my slippers were red,
I could kick up my heels right over my head.
When I was older my slippers were blue,
But still I could dance the whole night thru.
Now I am older my slippers are black,
I huff to the store and I puff my way back.
But never you laugh; I don't mind at all,
I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.
Good Luck.
-Tom |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Tom-
That's it. Thank you for the help and time spent. Take care and "Think of the places your Get Up has been"! |
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Location: Omaha | The only thing I would add is that I've always played it in the key of C (for my limited vocal range, no doubt), and used to sing the line about "nations warring" this way:
"though nations are warring and ___________: insert name of President you don't like: when I first started singing it, it was, "though nations are warring and Carter is vexed, we'll still stick around to see what happens next."
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Pete Seeger "Get Up and Go"
