Cookie-Tin Banjo Chords - Benjamin Scheuer

Intro

(Spoken) D Bm7 D Gmaj7 A7 My father has an old guitar and he plays me folk songs D Bm7 Gmaj7 D

Verse

G D Em7 G Bm7 D My father has an old guitar and he plays me folk songs D Gm D There is nothing I want more than to play like him D Gmaj7 D Em7 He goes to the basement and builds me a cookie-tin banjo Em7 D A D He builds me a cookie-tin banjo D Bm The strings are made of rubber bands Gmaj7 D The strap is an old red neck tie G D D6 Bm D G D The body is the big round lid of a metal cookie-tin D G D G When he plays his old guitar I play my cookie-tin banjo D I play my cookie-tin banjo right along with him

Interlude

D Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F E D

{tab: e|---5---5---4----3---1---0---2--|}

{tab: B|---7---6---5----4---1---0---3--|}

{tab: G|---7---5---4----3---2---1---2--|}

{tab: D|---7---7---6----5---3---2---0--|}

{tab: A|-------------------------------|}

{tab: E|-------------------------------|}

Verse

G D D6 G D The more we play together the more I fall in love with music D G D And I realize that my banjo is a toy that I've outgrown D G D I want strings of steel and something new and something real D Bm A So he gets me a guitar to call my own Dm7 Dbm7

{tab: e|--5----------------------------4---|}

{tab: B|--6----------------------------5---|}

{tab: G|--5----------------------------4---|}

{tab: D|--7----------------------------6---|}

{tab: A|-----------------------------------|}

{tab: E|-----------------------------------|}

Then dad says to me on this fine afternoon Cm7 F F#m7 D

{tab: e|----3--------------------1--------2------2--|}

{tab: B|----4--------------------1--------2------3--|}

{tab: G|----3--------------------2--------2------2--|}

{tab: D|----5--------------------3--------2------0--|}

{tab: A|--------------------------------------------|}

{tab: E|--------------------------------------------|}

Let's sit on the stairs, I'll teach you a tune Dm7 Dbm7

{tab: e|--5--------------------4---|}

{tab: B|--6--------------------5---|}

{tab: G|--5--------------------4---|}

{tab: D|--7--------------------6---|}

{tab: A|---------------------------|}

{tab: E|---------------------------|}

He hands me a pick, one that's little and black Cm7 F D6

{tab: e|---3-------------------1------------------2--|}

{tab: B|---4-------------------1------------------0--|}

{tab: G|---3-------------------2------------------2--|}

{tab: D|---5-------------------3------------------0--|}

{tab: A|---------------------------------------------|}

{tab: E|---------------------------------------------|}

He shows me the g chord, I've never looked back

Outro

D6 D Bm Now buried somewhere in a closet is my cookie-tin banjo G Bm D In my arms is my guitar, my greatest source of joy G D6 Em7 Bm7 For the life that I have now I'm grateful to my father Bm7 Em7 He gave the gift of music to his boy Em7 D It started with a simple homemade toy