I'll Fly Away Guitar Tabs

Are you looking to find I'll Fly Away guitar tabs by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch? A popular song by a rising artist, the song was featured on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack from the 2000 motion picture. Since then, the song has become more popular due to it's simple but stunning guitar sounds.

About The Artist

Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois. At a young age, she became interested in music and began playing the violin. She also began entering talent competitions and event championships. Her musical style in her youth was a combination of bluegrass and pop.

Different Strokes, Krauss' first album in 1985, featured her brother as a performer. She moved on to sign to Rounder Records. She also started to work with back up band, Union Station. The group soon helped Krauss create her next album, Two Highways. The album stylistically mixed an older bluegrass sound with Krauss' own contemporary interpretation. The album also brought her first Grammy Award for Steel Rails.

In 1992, she released Everytime You Say Goodbye. The album drew a larger audience and won her a Grammy Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year. Her next album, 1994's I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, was released in 1994. Her 1997 album, So Long So Wrong, was lauded as the album that might change the world's mind about bluegrass music as a whole. The album took the bluegrass genre in a new direction and included the track It Doesn't Matter which was featured on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack. The album also won her another Grammy Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year. By the time 1999's album Forget About It was released, Krauss was an established bluegrass star.

Other albums by Alison Krauss include New Favorite, Lonely Runs Both Ways and Raising Sand. She has also appeared on numerous television specials and events and was featured in a duet on Brad Paisley's Mud On The Tire album. However, Krauss is still best known for the track I'll Fly Away appearing on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.

Sources for I'll Fly Away Guitar Tabs

Online Tabs

If you have been looking for I'll Fly Away guitar tabs, there are several places to find them:

• All Country Tabs features the chords to the song laid out in an easy to play manner. The track is simple (mostly a combination of D and A chords) and you can get started easily.
• Cowboy Lyrics is another great website for all tabs and lyrics related to country music. I'll Fly Away is again presented in chord format.
• Chordie is a great site for anyone who wants to find the tabs they are looking for because the site lists the chords to each song on the side of the page. This makes it easy for the beginning player to begin playing a song because there is no need to reference a chord chart to see how to play a particular chord. Instead, the side bar shows you exactly how to finger and play each chord.
• Ultimate Guitar is another great site for anyone looking for songs. For I'll Fly Away, the song is laid out in a simple and straight forward manner.

Tab Books

While the Internet is a great place to find guitar tabs, there are still many books that provide this information. Some even show you how to read tabs.

• The book of tabs for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou (pictured right) features the tabs for I'll Fly Away.
• If you find yourself interested in other songs by Alison Krauss, you can always pick up a book for tab for her bluegrass albums like So Long, So Wrong or a book of similar hit songs.

Final Thoughts

While tabs can be a great way to learn, one of the easiest ways to learn a song such a I'll Fly Away is to play along to the original track a few times.

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