"R, M, M-G-A" genre: Acoustic Blues
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	A little ditty written for the members of the Internet rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic newsgroup last year. Well, that's what folk music is, really. Stuff which relates to society. Newsgroups are society! Placed here for the benefit of those foolish enough to wish to download it.
	Credits: © David Kilpatrick 1999
	Story Behind the Song There was a bit of a thread about songs for or about RMMGA, the acoustic guitar newsgroup, in fall 1999. As a songwriter this was a challenge and as a guitarist, it called for a complete break with my normal legato-celtic style. Just a question of psyching up, writing the words, changing the way my fingers and brain worked for an hour or two and recording. It's a minidisk single mike live recording with no processing. What you hear is what I did, Allah-appeasing bum note in critical place and all! If you asked me to play this now I couldn't - I neither play nor sing like this normally. It is like acting. I had to change personality to do this. The whole process took about 3 hours start to finish. The guitar used was my self-built 0000. Lyrics RMMGA song. Played in drop D tuning, no capo. R, M, M-G-A Boys'n'girls come out to play Picking on an open string (let it ring!) Doing without delay (or echo!) R, M, M-G-A Boys and girls got tracks to lay Hammering the rails down Wearing all their nails down Plucking on the bass below At any time of night or day! R, M, M-G-A Boys'n'girls come out to play Pickin' on an ole guitar (you're a star!) Even if you don't get pay (or an audience!) R, M, M-G-A Everyone can have their say Lurking in the byways Of the superhighway Tappin' on the QWERTY keys At any time of night or day! (bridge) Forget the phaser Cut the chorus We're made of wood so don't ignore us Unplug the AC cord Throw away the jack Hold down a C chord And get the feeling back In the fingers which go dead Because your dreadnought's much too fat To ergonomically Hold like that! R, M, M-G-A You can be ten thousand miles away From Alaska to Australia We can mail yer Two hundred times a day (so be selective!) R, M, M-G-A Boys and girls come out to play Barring all our F-chords Barring all our F-words Bearing our souls and tapping our toes At any time of night or day! (first verse repeat)

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