8th of January

This tune was popularized by the country hit, The Battle of New Orleans. I set out to do a pentatonic treatment of the tune. You can see the results in the fiddle tab chart.

Often this is played in the key of D. I like it in G. It’s easier to sing in that key.

[Here is an update on April 6, 2012. The previous chart and pdf had a dumb mistake. That was pointed out by a local student, and is now corrected.]

And here is the 8th of January pdf.