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- Camptown Races
- Composed By Stephen
Foster -1850
| Verse: |
| C |
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G7 |
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| C |
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G7 |
C |
| Chorus: |
| C |
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F |
C |
| C |
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G7 |
C (repeat twice) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verses:
- Camptown ladies sing this
song, Doo dah, doo dah,
Camptown racetrack five miles long, Oh, doo dah day.
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- Oh, the long tailed filly
and the big black horse, Doo da, doo da,
Come to a mud hole and they all cut across, Oh, doo dah
day.
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- I went down there with my
hat caved in, Doo da, doo da,
I came back home with a pocket full of tin, Oh, doo dah
day.
Chorus:
Goin' to run all night, Goin to run all day!
Bet my money on the bobtail nag, Somebody bet on the bay.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to Jim play "Camptown
Races" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
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- Jim plays
"Camptown Races" in a plectrum banjo medley (youtube,
timestamp 1:13)
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- Listen
Buck Trent on the 5-string banjo play "Camptown Races"
with Homer and the Barnstormers (mp3)
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- Listen
to Eddie Adcock play "Camptown Races" on 5-string banjo
(youtube)
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- Listen to Dick Martin
play "Camptown Races" on plectrum banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the Banjo
Kings play "Camptown Races" (mp3)
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- Listen to
the Southern California Banjo Band play "Camptown Races"
(youtube, timestamp 5:43)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
- Click
here for a plectrum banjo lead-sheet
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com