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I have transcribed a version of the simple melody below, included are just the pickup notes and the first 8 measures. Merle travis nine pound hammer acoustic guitar sheet music. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Nov, 2014 this lesson comes with over 30 minutes of video, pdf tabs and four audio backing tracks.
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