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Sugar Hill Chords

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I've been practicing Sugar Hill diligently for weeks now.  It's been a great tune for me to apply the drop-thumb tips given here recently in another thread.  I think I've made some serious breakthroughs, and I thank all those who gave encouragement and advice.

So, now I'm playing along with the tracks on Old Time Jam.  I'm getting there,  BUT, the version used on OTJ has a G for the IV chord.  It just appears once in both the A and B parts.  But, I'm sure the notes I've learned to play in the melody make up Bm (I think).  I can hear something wrong there.  Every tab version I can find with the chords shown, show that G, but the melody seems to be pretty much the same as mine.

I can easily change my melody version to use the major (moving one finger from the second fret, first string, to the third fret.)  It sounds different, but not bad.  I could get used to it.  I live out in the sticks, and won't likely be playing with many other people, but I would like to know what other folks do here.

If it matters, I learned my version of SH from David Holt's video.


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