Dueling Banjos Chords
Dueling Banjos by Flatt & Scruggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Flatt and Scruggs
"Banjo tabs until breakdown"
Key of A
Note: This is just the banjo portion of this song, the guitar
is not included. I allowed 5 empty spaces in between the banjo
portion that represents the guitar part.
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/ = slide up
b = bend (up)
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D---1/2-----b2---------7-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----
B---1/2-----b2-------2-------2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----
G---1/2-----b2-----2---------2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----
D----------------------------2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----
G----------------------------x-x-x--7-x-----x-x-x--7-x-----x-x-x--7-x-----x-x-x--7-x-----
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--2-3-5-2-3---2----------2-3-5-2-3---2------------------2---------------2-3-5-3-2-------
G------------4---2-4----------------4---2-4--------2-2-4---2-----2-2-2-4-----------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
B----------2-3-5-3-2-------------7-8-10-8-7-----
G--2-2-2-4---------------7-7-7-9----------------
D-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
B----------2-3-5-3-2-------------9-10-12-10-9---
G--2-2-2-4---------------9-9-9-11---------------
D-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
(while guitar plays)
D--2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2------------------------------------------------------------
B--2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2-----2-3-5-2-3---2-------------------------2-3-5-2-3---2----
G--2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2---------------4---2-4------2---2--------------------4---2-4
D--2-2-2--7-2-----2-2-2--7-2------------------------------2---2-------------------------
G--x-x-x--7-x-----x-x-x--7-x------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
B----------2---2----------2-------------
G--2-2-2-4---2---4--2-2-2---2-----1-----BREAKDOWN
D-----------------------------2-4-------
G---------------------------------------