Level: 3
Tuning: Dropped D

This is truly a tour de force piece for the Gary Davis lover. No one is quite sure where this piece originates, beyond the fact that it is a hymn. Many people think it's a derivative of the song "We Shall Overcome", which was discovered in a miner's journal publication from 1909, and was described as an "interracial unionism" song to be sung together at the beginning of meetings by white and black miners. Many artists have recorded this piece... Jorma Kaukonen, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary come to mind, but my favorite, and I believe the most powerful version is Gary Davis's. This arrangement is challenging and showcases right-hand techniques, the lexicon of four finger chord shapes and choir-like voicings that hallmark the Rev's sound.