Annotation:Smith's Breakdown
X:1 T:Smith's Breakdown N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy, based on the version by Fiddlin' N:Arthur Smith M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 1992; p. 38 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G "G"G,/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/G/ "D7"E/G/D/C/| "G"B,/C/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ G/B/d/c/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"G[GB]| "G"D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/G/ "D7"E/G/D/C/| "G"B,/C/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ G/B/d/c/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"G[GB]|| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/G/E/G/|gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/[dg] "D7"[d2g2]| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/GA/|B/G/A/G/ E/G/D/C/|"D7"B,/C/D/F/ "G"G[GB]| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/G/E/G/|gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/[dg] "D7"[d2g2]| "G"b/a/g/b/ a/g/e/f/|g/e/d/B/ A/GA/|B/G/A/G/ E/G/D/C/|"D7"B,/C/D/F/ "G"G[GB]||
SMITH'S BREAKDOWN. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Smith's Breakdown" was composed by Tennessee's wikipedia:Fiddlin'_Arthur_Smith (1898-1971) and recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1937, by the Arthur Smith Trio, consisting of Smith along with brothers Alton and Rabon accompanying on guitars.
