I had my first encounter with an external ear infection this week and I have to say that it is not pleasant. I would rather have the much more common inner ear infection. It’s a very strange condition and I’m on three different kinds of antibiotics and steroids. My poor old ear swelled up to twice it’s size and it bruised every time I moved my ear.

I saw that Mandy and Tim over at BanjoBandits.com had made the song of the month, New River Train. Since I couldn’t record any videos, I thought I would re-mix my old New River Train video with the simple melody tabbed out. You can either play it the way in the video with the slide on the 2nd string or like the tab and just play the notes on the 1st string.

I hope to be back soon and I’ll keep you posted.

New River Train MP3

New River Train (PDF)

New River Train

Chorus:
I’m [G]riding on that new river train
Riding on that new river [D]train
[G]Same old train that [C]brought me here
Gonna [G]take me [D]away [G]again

Darling, you can’t love one
Darling, you can’t love one
You can’t love one and have any fun
Darling, you can’t love one

Chorus

Darling, you can’t love two
Darling, you can’t love two
You can’t love two and still be true
Darling, you can’t love two

Chorus