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Old 09-25-2017, 08:20 AM
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Default "who will sing me lullabies" chords by Kate Rusby

I was watching a youtube video of Kate Rusby playing this song in a live performance and couldn't figure out what chords (fingering) she is playing. She has a capo on the 4th fret and I hope someone might be able to help me with this. Thanks!
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Old 09-25-2017, 08:46 AM
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If you mean this one -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSGl19n0f8
- she seems to be in DADGAD tuning. (That's DADGAD with no capo. The capo makes it F# C# F# B C# F#.)
You can tell this if you listen closely to how she's tuning before she starts.

The song is in G (ie. made concert B by the capo).
I can't quite tell all the chords in detail (not without spending a whole load of time on it!), but get into that tuning.

Here's a selection of possible chords she may or may not be using (first one is definite):

G = 5-x-0-4-x-0. or 5-5-0-4-x-0
Gadd9 = 5-x-0-4-0-0. or 5-5-0-4-0-0
D5 = 0-0-0-2-0-0
D = 0-5-4-x-0-0, 0-0-4-2-0-0, 0-0-0-2-0-4
C = x-3-2-0-x-x, x-3-2-0-3-2
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-0 (yep same shape as in EADGBE!)
C6/9 = x-3-2-0-0-0
Em7 = 2-2-0-0-2-0
D/F# = 4-x-0-2-0-0

If you haven't tried DADGAD before, you will LOVE these sounds....
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Old 09-25-2017, 10:38 AM
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Thank you so very much JonPR! I will give it a try.
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Old 10-04-2017, 07:08 AM
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Seen Kate many times. Kate's usual tuning is Double Drop-D (DADGBD). I'm fairly sure it's what she uses for Who Will Sing Me Lullabies.

Edit: Just checked, Kate is tuned Double Drop-D in the video, capo on 4, and playing in B. So the chords she uses are (fingerings relative to the capo position, and 6th string to 1st)...

B - 5-5-0-0-0-0
E - X-3-2-0-1-0 (3-finger 'C' shape, don't play the 6th string)
F# - 0-5-4-0-3-0 (i.e. The E Fingering slid up two frets, and play the 6th string)
Abm - 2-2-2-0-0-X (don't play the 1st string)

If the capo on 4 doesn't suit your voice, move it to a suitable fret and use the same fingerings relative to the capo position.
Hope that helps.
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How did you get on with Double Drop-D, phxguy?
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Seen Kate many times. Kate's usual tuning is Double Drop-D (DADGBD). I'm fairly sure it's what she uses for Who Will Sing Me Lullabies.
I'm sure you're right, I didn't think of that. It would definitely make better sense than DADGAD for key of G.
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