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    Hey guys hopefully a simple one for you all. On ' The Mountain'
    Steve Earle & Del McCoury has anyone worked out the kick off to Graveyard shift that Ronnie plays, I know its simple but I cant get it to sound right! Can anyone help?

    Regards, Alister

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    Here, this might help. It's from the live version not "Mountain" but the licks are just as cool even if some are a little different. I can't make out every little note he's playing, but this is real close:
    <span style='font-family:COURIER'>"Graveyard Shift" kickoff, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin:

    &#124;-------------------&#124;---------------------&#124;-------------------&#124;------------------&#124;
    &#124;----------------2--&#124;-5-5-3-5-1--2----2-3-&#124;-5-3-5-1--2---1-2--&#124;------------------&#124;
    &#124;------------0-5----&#124;----------sl---5-----&#124;--------sl--5------&#124;-5-3-5-3-0--------&#124;
    &#124;-------------------&#124;---------------------&#124;-------------------&#124;----h-p----5-4-5--&#124;


    &#124;----3-3-3-1-1-1-&#124;-1-0--------1-&#124;-1-1-------------------&#124;-----------------&#124;
    &#124;----2-2-2-5-5-5-&#124;-5-3-1--2---5-&#124;-5-5-5-3-5-1--2---1-2--&#124;-----------------&#124;
    &#124;----0-0-0-------&#124;------sl--5---&#124;------------sl--5------&#124;-5-3-5-3-0--sl--5&#124;
    &#124;-0--0-0-0-------&#124;--------------&#124;-----------------------&#124;----h-p----3--4-0&#124;


    &#124;-------------5--&#124;-5-5-3-5-1--2---6-7&#124;-3-1--2-------------------&#124;-0-0----------0&#124; &#124;-------------0--&#124;-0--------sl--5----&#124;----sl--5-3-1--2-1--2----3&#124;-3-3-3-1--2---3&#124;
    &#124;-5-5-5----------&#124;-------------------&#124;-------------sl---sl---5--&#124;--------sl--5--&#124;
    &#124;-0-0-0----------&#124;-------------------&#124;--------------------------&#124;---------------&#124;


    &#124;-----------------&#124;
    &#124;-1--2------------&#124;
    &#124;--sl----5--------&#124;
    &#124;-----------------&#124;
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    Thanks jbmando! I'll give this a try later!

    Regards Alister

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    Well, how'd it work?
    "I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."~John Mellencamp

    "Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann

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    Hey jbmando, your ears are a lot better than mine!

    Sounds very close to Ronnie's version, the rest is down to me getting it right!

    Thanks again from an incredibly wet Scotland!

    Alister

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