Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

"Do Re Mi" was one of Woody Guthrie's first songs that reached a wide audience. In the late 1930s he had a radio show operating in Los Angeles that was heard across the country, and he was just beginning to air his own tunes. Lots of Okies in the West were experiencing what the song described. In 1940 Victor's Camden Records paid him $300 to record "Do Re Mi" and several other tunes - it was the first time he recorded his own material. This key-of-C fingerpicking version of the song has the Travis-style alternating thumb/bass, with a few bass runs thrown in to connect one chord to another. The backup and solo all take place in the first 3 frets...except for one note!