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Sunflower River Blues

1st September 2018 by Adrian Woodward

by John Fahey

In this lesson we’re going to be learning a great fingerstyle piece by American folk guitarist John Fahey. Check out the original recording (1967 version, at least I think it is):

Here’s my video. You’ll need to tune to open C which is C G C G C E from low to high.

Music and tab

I’ve written it out below. There are four parts: Intro,  A, B and C and I’ve also included the little variation he sometimes throws into the B section. Listen to the recording to piece it all together. A printable PDF of the tab is available on my Patreon page.

More fingerstyle?

A few other fingerstyle lessons you might enjoy:

Anji by Davey Graham

Freight Train by Elisabeth Cotten

Back to the Old House by The Smiths

And if you’re feeling Christmassy then here’s the other Fahey lesson I did a while back: Joy to the World

 

Filed Under: Advanced, Intermediate Tagged With: Blues, Folk

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