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 Rocky Top ) Homer and Jethro's "On Top Of Spaghetti"            e      c0   f0           e   C @= t@t  k    l    F                  C @= t@tI don't know very much about this tune except that it was originally recorded in the 1920's, Gene Autry recorded it in the early 1930's, and I have no idea as to how old it really is.

I first heard this while in Viet Nam in 1968.  It was so emotional and made me so homesick that I actually cried when I heard it.

Back to the Ole Smokey Mountains was transcribed from the RCA LP "Chet Atkins - Hometown Guitar".  Chet's recording starts in D (capoed on the 2nd fret and played as if in the key of C.)  Then he modulates to the key of F# or Gb (remember he's capoed and plays this as if it were in E).  The Anita Kerr Singers sing a chorus and then there's a 1/2 chorus by a mouth harp.  Chet does sort of an improvisation on the second 1/2.  Chet then plays the first 1/2 of the 4th chorus with more improvisation.  The AKS return for part of the second 1/2 and Chet ends it and then plays a variation of the Wildwood Flower as the ending.

I wanted to put together a version that I could say I had a hand in and also use some of Chet's gems.  Chet's first chorus in C of his recording is about as good as it gets and I didn't want to do too much to change it.  There's a full chorus of improv's that Chet plays in E if one reverses the order.  So I decided to use E as the starting key and I wrote a 1st chorus that is faithful to the melody.  The 2nd chorus is Chet's improv parts and then I modulate to the key of F for the third chorus, to force me to come up with a new variation.  F is a great key for this tune as it allows a number of different methods of harmonizing the melody.  The first 8 measures I use 4-note chords.  The second 8 measures, I use "thirds".  The third 8 measures I use artificial harmonics, and I end 8 measures of either 10ths or 6ths.  The last chorus I modulate to C and play Chet's original 1st chorus.  Instead of using the Wildwood Flower, I decided to use tunes closely associated with the Smokies, On Top of Old Smokey, Foggy Mountain Top, and Rocky Top, ending with a ubiquitous Lester Flatt C Run.

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