Follow the Drinking Gourd

This is a great traditional song.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Follow
• the
• Drinking
• Gourd
• traditional
• guitar
• acoustic

[seohayami1]

Thank you, Jeff. I'm very much impressed by your way of singing. I will copy the chord you played, can I?

[jeffl56]

@seohayami1 Yes, the chords are listed below.....

[KananiChara]

this is the best one of this song I've seen yet, it's just the camera you used that's bugging me D:

[jeffl56]

@KananiChara Yes, the ISight camea on my Mac, an early vid.

[PocoZeph]

Beautiful... Really you're a good player and singer :)

Can i ask you wich chors you used ???

[jeffl56]

@PocoZeph

The verses are almost exclusively Em, with a D thrown in last line.

Chorus is

A - Em - A - Em

Follow the Drinking Gourd, Follow the Drinking Gourd.

G - D - Em - B7

(For) the old man is a-waitin’ for to carry you to freedom,

C - D - Em

Follow the Drinking Gourd.

Let me know if you do your own YouTube!

[DevinRobinson18]

Good Job, I love this song it showed my ancestors how to escape

[vanessa25522]

i sing this song at my school

[tBILLYtheKIDDt]

@jeffl56 thx for the chords man. ps: you have a good voice!

[brennabuckingham]

i love this song too, i went on the underground railroad, well part of it and we sang this song :D its awesome

[seohayami1]

Thank you, Jeff. I'm very much impressed by your way of singing.

[jeffl56]

@bebegreen99 Thanks BeBe....

[PuppyLuvsSoccer]

i have been waiting for a video. all the other ones are of bad choirs or something else. but this one is just as the one i remember my old music teacher showed us along with the book. nice :D

[Blazin500s]

the only one ive heard that is the actual ssong