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Keith Hilton

 

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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
Post  Posted 3 Nov 2015 8:26 pm    
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Does anyone have simple E9th melody tab to "Midnight In Amarillo"?
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John Swain


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Winchester, Va
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 2:28 pm    
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Buddy Emmons has it on the tab for his "Swinging" albums.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 3:30 pm    
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I've got some E9th tab here:


http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab4.html
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Keith Hilton

 

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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 5:23 pm    
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Greg, in your tablature Key of E, the first chord is E and the second chord is A7. I don't think that is correct. As I have heard the song played, the first chord is followed by it's minor. Meaning E followed by Eminor. So why didn't you list the E minor?
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 5:27 pm    
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Long time ago that I played that but it's loosely modeled after Pete Drake's world class version. Seems like an A7th to me but then you could be right!
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Keith Hilton

 

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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 6:00 pm    
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At the dance I played lastnight, the fiddle player started playing Midnight In Amarillo. I had never played the tune, although I had heard it played many times. After I listened to the fiddle player, then the guitar player, I played around the chord progression I heard. It wasn't melody, but it worked. The band was doing it in key of D, and the first two chords were D to D minor. All the steel players I have heard playing this song use the open drone strings. I am wanting to play the exact melody without using any drone strings. I never heard Pete Drake's version.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2015 6:42 pm    
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Pete Drake's version:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Samples/24%2024%20Track%2024.wma


The D minor could well sound like or be an G9th chord, which has many of the same notes!

Another plug for Pete Drake, this time singing!!!!:


http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Samples/18%2018%20Track%2018.wma
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Keith Hilton

 

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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
Post  Posted 5 Nov 2015 8:34 am    
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I agree that a Dm has many of the same notes as a G9th. I can see how you could have thought it was a 9th instead of a minor. Personally, I hear a minor as the second chord. Pete Drake singing, interesting.
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John Swain


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Winchester, Va
Post  Posted 5 Nov 2015 1:54 pm    
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Keith, I looked up Buddy's tab. He played it in E and called the A7.
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Keith Hilton

 

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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
Post  Posted 5 Nov 2015 2:43 pm    
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Interesting, I must be losing my mind, I hear a minor as the second chord.
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Ernie Renn


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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
Post  Posted 6 Nov 2015 12:38 am    
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Buddy's tab says E to A7.

For playing it out; What direction the chord change goes to will depend on what root note the bass player plays... Winking
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