#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] "Niel Gow's Apprentice" by Michael Marra Transcribed from MM's album "On Stolen Stationery". At the end of this file, I have included guitar TABs for two sections of the song: the 4-bar intro between verses and the fiddle solo during the instrumental verse. The fiddle solo is played mostly with a half-barre at fret 2, which might seem strange but it makes it easy to play it in another key, which you will have to unless you have a gravelly voice like MM. Chords in the verse are the same as the chorus. Comments/amendments etc. welcome. A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E E7 A D A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over A E E7 A D A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E with the ghost of Niel Gow next to me A E E7 A D A Listen Niel, the apprentice has begun. A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An old man looks at his ingle nook and he wonders His brother in a foreign land, he must remain. Deeved about the life they choose, they each would wear the other one's shoes, this mother-land is a source of constant pain. A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rumbling Brig, I heard your music calling In the outback still I heard your song Feeding from a foreign field with far more fish than the Braan could yield, this trip will be my last and it won't be long. A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TABS 4-bar intro: A E A A E---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B-2-----3-----2---|-0-----2-3---0---|-2-----3-2-------|-----------------| G-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------| D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------| A-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiddle solo, instrumental verse A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-2---------------| G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---4-2-----------| D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-2-------| A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2---------| B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-5---5---5-3-2---| G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---------------2-| D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D Bm E E-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-----------------| B-3---3-2-3---3-5-|-------5-------5-|-3---3-2---------|-2---------2-3---| G-----------------|-----------------|---------4---4-2-|---4-4-2-4-----4-| D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B-2---2-3-2-----2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2-------|-----------------| G-----------4-2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------4-2---|-----------------| D-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|-2---------------| A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ Malcolm Hannah ([email protected]) Dundee, Scotland
