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John Hartford - Shoot That Turkey Buzzard (Chord)
Album: Hamilton Ironworks (2001)
Submitter: bluerabbit10 (110) on 1/22/10
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Shoot That Turkey Buzzard
John Hartford
Hamilton Ironworks
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key C

Video is of David Holt and Wade Mainer. First 50 seconds plays this song and discusses it.(VG)
  Mr Mainer appears to be playing banjo in key of G

Various renditions, sometimes called Engine on Mogul, High Up the 

Monkey Climbs...Ceolas Old Time Fiddle Tunes

             
  C          F      C               F           C
Shoot that turkey buzzard,Shoot that turkey buzzard
            F        C              G           C
Shoot that turkey buzzard, flyin' round the mountain.
                           (just to hear him holler)

** C               F          C
Old hen cackle and chickens flew,
                      G7     C
Rooster swore that he'd go, too.

**           F     C             F      C
Shoot old Davy Dugger, shoot old Davy Dugger,
              F    C                G7      C
Shoot old Davy Dugger, catch his wife an' hug 'er. 

(Rosenbaum/Chancey)
**
Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Blam!, blam!, caw!, caw! (Kuntz/Any Old Time)
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These are verses on Hartford's track:

Shoot that turkey buzzard, Shoot that turkey buzzard, 
Shoot that turkey buzzard, yeah, as he waddles down the holler


Shoot that turkey buzzard,Shoot that turkey buzzard, 
Shoot that turkey buzzard, sitting on the bank old guitar 
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