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 lar
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Hey, all.

I'm trying to learn Dylan's rewrite of "A Man of Constant Sorrow." Actually, I''m trying to duplicate the more upbeat version which Jackson Browne plays when he covers this song...

Here's my problem. I can't decipher all the chord notation I have. Here it is:

/c /b D/a

G C
I am a man of constant sorrow
/b D G /c-b D/a
I've seen trouble all my days

I'm not sure what the notation with the back slash is trying to tell me. Am I supposed to modify the "C" chord with a flat note on the "I've seen" section? And what do I do on "days"?

Any help is appreciated.

Lar

all i want is a proper cup of coffee
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 lar
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yeah, that should have looked like this:

/c /b D/a
...........G......................C
I am a man of constant sorrow
/b...........D........G........ /c-b D/a
I've seen trouble all my days

all i want is a proper cup of coffee
made in a proper copper coffeepot


   
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A friend of mine worked this one out in an alternate tuning....all you needed to play it was a D, and bending the low E string at the 3rd and 5th fret.....it sounded really good....I can ask him to tab it out for you if you're interested...


   
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A friend of mine worked this one out in an alternate tuning....all you needed to play it was a D, and bending the low E string at the 3rd and 5th fret.....it sounded really good....I can ask him to tab it out for you if you're interested...
Please do! Thanks in advance!!!!!

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