Long Journey Home

Building a Scruggs-style solo

Peghead Nation Bluegrass Banjo Tab by Bill Evans
pegheadnation.com www.billevansbanjo.com

Basic solo using forward-reverse rolls

G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0
0 2
0 0 0 0
s
t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m
Lost all my mon - ey but a two dol - lar bill,
C
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 1 1
2 4 2 0 0
2 2
0 0 0
s
t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m

Two dol - lar bill boys, Two dol - lar

G G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 2
0 2 0 2
0 0 0

t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m

bill, Lost all my mon - ey but a

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 2 0 0 2 4 0
0 0 0
s s
t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m

two dol - lar bill, I'm on my

D7 G
0 0 0 0 0 0
2
1 1
2 0
0
0 0

2
0 0

t i m t m i t m t i m t m i t m t

long jour - ney home.

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Long Journey Home, pg. 2
Peghead Nation Bluegrass Banjo

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4

C G
0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 2 3
2 3 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 0
0 2 2 2
s 0 p h 0 0 p 0 0
h s
t i m t m i t m t i m i t m t m t i m t i m i t i m i t m

two dol - lar Two dol - lar on my home.

Basic solo adding licks

Example 1
G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0
0 0 2
0 0 0 s 0 p 0 0

t t m i t m t
m t m t i m t m i t m t m t m
t t t t
Lost all my mo - ney but a two dol - lar bill,
Example 2
C G
0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
0 0 1
2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 2 0
0 p 0 0 h 0 0 0
s
t i m t m i t m t m t m t i m i t m t m t m
t t t t
Two dol - lar bill boys, Two dol - lar bill,

G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 2 3 3 2 0
0 0 2
0 0 0 s 0 p 0 0

t t m i t m t
m t m t i m t m i t m t m t m
t t t t
Lost all my mo - ney but a two dol - lar bill, I'm

Example 3 Example 4
D G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3
3 2 0
0
2 3
0
3 2 0 2 3 0 0 0

2
0 p 0 s 0 p 0 0
h s
t m t i m t i m t i m t m i t m i t i m i t m t m t
t
on my long jour - ney home.
 Long Journey Home pg. 3
Peghead Nation Bluegrass Banjo
Solo adding licks + forward rolls

Intro G Forward roll pattern 1 Forward roll pattern 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 0
2 0 0 2 2 5
0 s 0 s 0 p 0 0
s
t imi tm t t m i t m t t i m t i m t im tmi t m t t imt im

Lost all my mon- ey but a two dol - lar bill,

Lick roll Lick roll

C G
2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
0 0 1
2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 2 0 2
s 0 p 0 h 0 0

t i m t m i t m t t i m i t m t i t mm i t m t t i m i t m

Two dol - lar bill boys, Two dol - lar bill,

G
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0
0 0 2 2 5
0 s 0 s 0 p 0 0

t t m i t m t t i m t i m t i m t m i t m t t i m t m
i
Lost all my mon- ey but a two dol - lar bill, I'm

Example 5 Fill-in lick using lick roll

D G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 3 0 0
3 2 0 2 3 23 3 2 0 2 3 0 2 3 3 2
2
0 p 0 h h 0 p 0 0 s 0 p
h h
t m t i m t i m i m i m t i m t i m t i m i t m t i m t m i t m

on my long jour- ney home.

0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
2 5
s 0 0 0 0

t t i m t i m t i m t i m
t