- Mike Meldrum
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- Rock Creek Rag
- Music by Mike
Meldrum - 2000, Words by Jim Bottorff - 2022
| Part
1:: |
| C |
- |
F |
C |
| - |
- |
D7 |
G7 |
| C |
- |
F |
E7 |
| F
Cdim |
C A7 |
D7 G7 |
C (repeat
part 1) |
| Part
2: |
| F |
- |
C7 |
F C7 |
| F |
- |
G7 |
C7 |
| F |
- |
C7 |
F F7 |
| Bb Bbm |
F D7 |
G7 C7 |
F
G7 |
| Part
1:: |
| C |
- |
F |
C |
| - |
- |
D7 |
G7 |
| C |
- |
F |
E7 |
| F
Cdim |
C A7 |
D7 G7 |
C C7 |
| Ending:: |
| F Cdim |
C A7 |
D7 G7 |
C (End) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Play: Parts 1, 1, 2, 1, Ending
- _______
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- Part 1:
- Hike along, sing a song,
won't be long, goin' to Rock Creek.
- Humm a tune, be there soon,
see the moon, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.
- Honey bees, in the trees,
feel the breeze, camping at Rock Creek.
- Take a mate, fill your plate,
don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.
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- Ride a bike, take a hike,
look for Mike, goin' to Rock Creek.
- Read a book, bait a hook,
learn to cook, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.
- Jump a log, feed a frog,
in the fog, camping at Rock Creek.
- Take a mate, fill your plate,
don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.
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- Part 2:
- Banjos strummin', people
hummin' a tune that's filling the air.
- There's lots of clappin',
lots of laughin' plus plinky plunkin' and plunky plinkin'.
- The campfire's burnin',
people learnin' to keep their treats in a bag.
- The nightlife is hummin',
and the banjos are strummin', playing Rock Creek Rag.
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- Part 1:
- Drive your Jeep, hills are
steep, beep beep beep, goin' to Rock Creek.
- Swim the lake, find a snake,
bake a cake, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.
- Young and old, look for
gold, in the cold, camping at Rock Creek.
- Take a mate, fill your plate,
don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.
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- Ending:
- Take a mate, fill your plate,
don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.
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- _______
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- Watch
Mike Meldrum and Dick Martin perform "Rock Creek Rag"
(Youtube)
- _______
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- Mike Meldrum composed "Rock
Creek Rag" while camping in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
in California.
- Because of hand and other
injuries in the military, he developed the tune as a finger exercise
for playing his tenor banjo.
- Mike was awarded two Purple
Hearts plus other decorations for his service in the Vietnam
War.
- _______
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com