Casey Jones by Mississippi john hurt, we're gonna start out playing a lick over the G chord. We're going from a G to a G seventh. my pinkie, what I'm doing is going from the third fret of the second string, open first string to the third fret of the first string, second third fret of the second string, open first string, third fret of the first string so it goes like this. That is a fast lick. And I think to really play that the way he does, you got to use your other finger, your second finger to pick the open first strengths like this. He's gonna go to a G seven.

So play around with that and you can even put a pic on that second finger if you want to, or you can just be really aggressive with that Bear Bear finger and get that to sound out g7 I'm gonna go to a C. Right here we're playing that C with a pinky on the third fret of the first string. Back to a G. Stay on the G we don't go to the g7 this time. We're gonna go to a long a. Take our pinky off the fifth fret of the first string. Which is a little weird, but that's what he's done to a D Let's play everything we have so far in Casey Jones. Just repeat that.

And then right here he's gonna play around in that G chord shape. So what I hear is he's bending up with his Pinkie on the third fret of the third string. Open second string, third fret of the second string. Open first string third fret of the first string open back to the second string third fret. So we got this and then open first, back to the third fret of the second string, bend up again on the third fret of the third string. Open second string, open third string, check the tab on this.

So we're playing that the whole time we're keeping the alternating bass going with our thumb so we got the that's really what he plays over and over again throughout the song and depending on which version, you know, some of the live versions he does something different. But that is just the basic. You know the basic song that I showed you right there. It's a great song for getting started playing in the key of G Developing the coordination you're going to need with that pinky in that chord shape. So let me play a couple verses, Mississippi, john hertz Casey Jones for you. I'll try to play it slowly.

There you have Casey Jones by Mississippi john hurt