Acoustic Fingerpicking Step-by-Step, Level 1B
Description
In this lesson, you will learn to play the song, Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor. This will give you a chance to work with the syncopated fingerpicking pattern in a specific musical context.
See if you can play this song along with me. With some practice, you should be able to do it all on your own. Even if this particular song is not your favorite thing in the world, learning to play it all the way through, up to speed, with good clarity and steady rhythm, is a great way to develop your skills. You can then easily apply those skills to songs of your own choosing.
MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR
(F) Make me a (F) pallet on your (C) floor (C)
(F) Make me a (F) pallet on your (C) floor (C)
(C) Make me a (E7)pallet (Am) soft and (F) low
When I'm (C) broken and I (G) got no where to (C) go (C)
Been hangin' around with good time friends of mine
Hangin' around with good time friends of mine
Oh, they treat me very nice and kind
When I've got a dollar and a dime
We're in blues everywhere I see
We're in blues everywhere I see
We're in blues, honey, everywhere I see
No one ever had the blues like me
Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired
Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied
If I can catch that fast train and ride
So, make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet soft and low
Babe, I'm broken, I got no where to go
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Lesson Info
Tutorial Lessons
- Let's Ramp it up! Full-Measure Variation #1
- Build Your Speed: 3-Chord Practice Drill
- Build Your Speed: 4-Chord Practice Drill
- Thyme (song to play!)
- Let's Syncopate Full-Measure Variation #1
- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (song to play!)
- What is Travis Picking?
- Full-Measure Variation #1, with a Twist
- Full-Measure Variation #2
- Variation #2, Playalong Practice Drill
- FIngerpick it with a Groove! (variation #2)
- Blow Ye Winds of the Morning (song to play!)
