Hopalong Peter Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays485

Hopalong Peter by Jerry Garcia And David Grisman is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D 
Old Uncle Peter, he got tight 
                         A 
Started up to heaven one stormy night 
    D                    G 
The road being rough and him not well 
   A 
He lost, his way and he went to ... 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante