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    Hi y'all. First time poster, so hopefully I'm getting this right. Does anyone have a transcription of Ready For The Times To Get Better
    (Doc Watson, Billy Strings, etc) for the mando? I've been working on it by ear but it would be helpful if there was a tab floating around somewhere.

    Thanks all. Keep pickin!

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    Default Re: Ready For The Times To Get Better

    That tune should be the national anthem. The World Anthem.

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    Great Song! Does anyone know who played mando on the Crystal Gayle recording?


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    Default Re: Ready For The Times To Get Better

    Plenty of guitar transcriptions on-line. Usually played out of an A minor position, capo'd on guitar to suite the vocalist's vocal range. Here's one example in A minor:

    https://www.classic-country-song-lyr...icschords.html

    Billy Strings capos up to the third fret, so his version is in C minor & he uses a slightly different chord progression in the chorus, with a chromatically descending bass line producing Eb - D - Db - C. In first position on guitar the chords to the chorus are C - G/B - Gmin/Bb - D/A - F - E, where the note after the slash is the bass note.
    Hope this helps - have fun!

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    Default Re: Ready For The Times To Get Better

    Quote Originally Posted by John Soper View Post
    Plenty of guitar transcriptions on-line. Usually played out of an A minor position, capo'd on guitar to suite the vocalist's vocal range. Here's one example in A minor:

    https://www.classic-country-song-lyr...icschords.html

    Billy Strings capos up to the third fret, so his version is in C minor & he uses a slightly different chord progression in the chorus, with a chromatically descending bass line producing Eb - D - Db - C. In first position on guitar the chords to the chorus are C - G/B - Gmin/Bb - D/A - F - E, where the note after the slash is the bass note.
    Hope this helps - have fun!
    Thank you! This was very helpful. Appreciate it.

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    Default Re: Ready For The Times To Get Better

    I know this isn't what the OP asked for but is a version worth listening to.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4auTvTux28

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    My favorite version here. Bibey just kills those triplets

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    That's a really good song. I'd never heard it before.
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