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Here is an arrangement of "The Easy Winners" by Scott Joplin. There's an opening section to the tune which isn't included yet, but this is the main section. Most of the time you're going to be in 5th position, but you jump to the 10th every time it goes to the D. As with any of these fingerstyle types of tunes where your thumb is playing the alternating bass line and you're grabbing chords above it, plunk through at a slow tempo, and then gradually play it faster until it cooks.

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