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Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

5/17/2024

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Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Leaning On The Everlasting Arms' in the key of A.


Recordings
The Grascals - key of G 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsByGPoBBtQ

Don Rigsby - key of B
(1) Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - YouTube

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A (starts at 16:28)
Jason Homey and The Snake River Boys, IBA Open Mic, 2_24_20 - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
The chord progression that is used on the first recording of Leaning On The Everlasting Arms is:
1144
1115
1144
1151
On the second recording, the progression is: 
1144
11155
1144
11511 

On the third recording, and in the jam videos, and in how we have usually played the song at the jams, the progression is:
1144
1115
1144
11511

In the key of G: 1=G, 4=C, 5=D;
In the key of A: 1=A, 4=D, 5=E; 
In the key of B: 1=B, 4=E, 5=F#. 


Chorus Lyrics
Leaning, leaning, 
Safe and secure from all alarms; 
Leaning, leaning, 
Leaning on the everlasting arms.


Song List
17 songs were played at last night's jam: 12 from the main list, 3 from the additional songs list, and 2 that are on neither list:
Buffalo Gals - A
Cherokee Shuffle - A
Footprints In The Snow - C
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - G
In The Pines - E
In The Sweet By And By - G
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - G
Light At The River (played twice) - A & D
Little Birdie - Bb
Red Wing - G
Reuben - D
Wildwood Flower - D
Angeline The Baker - D
Clinch Mountain Backstep - A
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - F
Foggy Mountain Top - G
Mama Don't Allow - A
White Freight Liner - B

Happy Pickin'
Jason

Files:

Leaning - banjo tab
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Leaning - guitar tab
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Leaning - mandolin tab
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Leaning - melody in A
Download File

Leaning - lyric cheat sheet
Download File
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Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

9/22/2023

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Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Leaning On The Everlasting Arms' in the key of A.


Recordings
The Grascals - key of G 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsByGPoBBtQ

Don Rigsby - key of B
(1) Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - YouTube

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A (starts at 16:28)
Jason Homey and The Snake River Boys, IBA Open Mic, 2_24_20 - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
The chord progression that is used on the first recording of Leaning On The Everlasting Arms is:
1144
1115
1144
1151

On the second recording, the progression is: 
1144
11155
1144
11511 

On the third recording, and in the jam videos, and in how we have usually played the song at the jams, the progression is:
1144
1115
1144
11511

In the key of G: 1=G, 4=C, 5=D;
In the key of A: 1=A, 4=D, 5=E; 
In the key of B: 1=B, 4=E, 5=F#. 

Chorus Lyrics
Leaning, leaning, 
Safe and secure from all alarms; 
Leaning, leaning, 
Leaning on the everlasting arms.


Song List
16 songs were played at last night's jam: 9 from the main list, 3 from the additional songs list, and 4 that are on neither list:

Clinch Mountain Backstep - A
I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - G
I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling - G
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - A
Little Birdie - Bb
Lonesome Road Blues - G
A Memory Of You (played twice) - B & D
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - G
Nine Pound Hammer - A
Lonesome Feeling - G
Long Journey Home - G
Reuben - D
Boil The Cabbage Down - A
Faded Love - D
Soldier's Joy - D
Your Love Is Like A Flower - B

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Files:
Leaning - banjo tab
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Leaning - guitar tab
Download File

Leaning - mandolin tab
Download File

Leaning - melody in A
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Leaning - lyric cheat sheet
File Size: 306 kb
File Type: pdf
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      • Glen Garrett - The Golden Years
      • Sammie Bush - came to Weiser
      • Mark O’Connor - My History at Weiser
      • Barbara Lamb - Fiddler Extraordinaire
      • Charlie Simmons -The Idaho Bluegrass Association from 1975 to 1985
      • Idaho's 19th century Fiddlers
      • Weiser Fiddle Champions ​ 1950s & 1960s
      • ​Byron Berline
      • Dave Frisbee
      • Weiser Fiddle Champions from 1970s and 80s
      • Megan Lynch Chowning
      • Fiddle Champion ​in 1990s and 2000s
      • Tashina and Tristan Clarridge
    • Snap Shot - Videos from IBA members
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      • Jason's Intermediate Jam Blog 2019 - 2021
      • Jason's Beginner Jam Blog 2017 - 2018
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