Charleston Girl

Tyler Childers is often described as a “neotraditional” country artist. His soulful, Appalachian sound blends elements of bluegrass, folk, and even R&B. Childers’ lyrics often explore themes of rural life, and the human experience.

While I love nearly all of his music, “Charleston Girl,” featured on his acclaimed album Live at Red Barn Radio I & II, is my absolute favorite. The song has some pretty raw storytelling — as he paints a vivid picture of a woman struggling with addiction and heartbreak.

I messed around with this arrangement for a week or so, and settled on an abbreviated version. It captures all of the main sections, and presents as singular fingerstyle piece — rather than a sing-along instrumental.

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How to play Charleston Girl | fingerstyle guitar

The guitar tab for this piece is beautifully written across 2 pages. I definitely recommend this for intermediate guitar players and up. Enjoy! The guitar tab is available below:

My song structure looks like this, in accordance with the guitar tab:

Intro, Verse 2x, To Chorus

Chorus 2x, Chorus End, Intro

End

**Tyler Childers: Charleston Girl | fingerstyle guitar

This song is played in standard tuning with a capo on the 1st fret.