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I do "My Back Pages" in C w/ no capo. The lower key is good for a first set opener. It was "The Bells of Rhymney" that made me want to play a 12-string.

Forgot to mention; also do "He Was a Friend of Mine", but not very often. They liked it in Ireland, but JFK is practically a saint over in 'the ould sod'.

1. Bells of Rhymney
2. Feel a Whole lot Better
3. She Don't Care About Time
4. Old John Robertson
5. My Back Pages
6. He Was a Friend of Mine
7. Eight Miles High
8. This Wheel's on Fire
9. Lady Friend
10. CTA 102

A picture worth far more than any thousand words.

....drool....

Two basses, eh? Shades of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.

I'm seriously thinking of having a new nut with wider spacing installed on my 360/12. That's my only complaint on an otherwise perfect guitar.

Fisherman's Friend or Riccola.
Or, better yet, 2 fingers of Th' Auld Quare, aka Bushmill's. I usually have a pint of Guinness nearby too.
The more Guinness, the better I sing.
The more you drink, the better I sound.
Really.

PS: The correct pronunciation of Rhymney is "Rummney", according to some Welsh folks I know. Although I often sing "Roomney"(rhymes w/ shook) when I'm pretending to be from Liverpool. I do a lot of Merseybeat songs as well, y'see.

My Byrds' set to date:
My Back Pages
Chimes of Freedom
Goin' Back
Old John Robertson
Mr. Tambourine Man
This Wheel's on Fire
Bells of Rhymney- play somewhat of a combo version: Byrds and the Alarm.
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
She Don't Care About Time
Feel a Whole Lot Better
Also play RM's King of the ...

It's off-season up here now. Still doing my regular Friday set at the Sitzmark. There's a guy who tips well for Byrds' tunes and I need to decide on which one(s) to learn next.
Suggestions?
Tx, murph

Thanks again, all. David does a version of "Eight Miles High" on an Ovation acoustic 12 that's nearly better than the original! The man's got some chops, so 'e does.

Thanks Karl. That's basically what I've been doing, using a D major figure at the A and E positions. It sounds pretty good with some delay, and at least, gets the idea of what RM did.

Does anyone have, or know of, a good tab for the solo in this song? I've been doing it at gigs for a while now, and I can get a similar sound, but I'd like to do better.
Many thanks, Murph.

Check out some of The Byrdbrains vids on youtube. Iain has a custom-made 9-string. Don't know why he doesn't just use a Ric 12, but he says he likes that guitar.

Haven't looked all the way through this thread, so I don't know if they've already been mentioned. How's about The Liverbirds?
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