Guitar: Arkansas Traveler (Including lyrics and chords)

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According to YouTube, this is my 3,000 th upload, though I think it is slightly more than that as some of my videos appear to have been removed for some unknown reason).

Arkansas Traveler was originally written as a fiddle tune by Colonel Sandford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner in the middle of the 19th century. Lyrics were added in 1947 in preparation for its naming as the state song.
The song is traditionally known to have had several versions of lyrics, which are much older than the copyrighted song. The official lyrics as the state historical song of Arkansas are copyrighted and can be found on the website of the Arkansas Secretary of State.
The lyrics I am singing are not the official State Song lyrics, but Peter Pan record lyrics.

I have always wanted to be able to play this tune on the banjo, but I am finding that I am in too much pain, due to a condition called polymyalgia, when I try to play that instrument, so have settled for trying it out on the guitar. I am not a particularly good instrumentalist, so this has been quite a challenge and is by no means perfect, but here goes anyway.