Learn to Play the Banjo in the Banjo Academy

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Pay Me My Money Down The notes are easy to find but the rhythm is a bit tricky. Bruce Springsteen recorded this in G so you can jam along with that and find your way round it. Watch out though, he changes to B flat in the middle!

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