Song: The sun's comin' over the hill
Artist: Karine Polwart
Composer: Karine Polwart
Album: Faultlines
Tabbed by: DJ
30th July 2013
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)
[N.B. The way Karine plays this is in DADGAD open tuning,
with her capo at the 7th fret]
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320033 Em7 = 022030 C/D = xx0xxx
Dsus4 = xx0233 D/F# = 20023x D/A = x0xxxx
Cadd9 = x32033 C/B = x2xxxx D/B = x2xxxx
G/D = xx0033 C/A = x0xxxx D/C = x3xxxx
C = x32013 G/F# = 2xxxxx C/G = 3xxxxx
D = xx0232 G/B = x20033
The passing notes are played by the double bass,
but are included here to add interest.
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[Intro]
G Dsus4 Cadd9
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[Verse 1]
G G/D Cadd9 G
Six rain ridden summers, and he still had an eye for me,
Cadd9 G Dsus4
He kissed me each evening, and told me he'd die for me,
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
And then he... ran off the road, full of whisky and irony,
G Dsus4 C Cadd9
He always meant what he said------! | / / / |
[Verse 2]
G G/D Cadd9 G
So I took to whisky, so I could re - call...
Cadd9 G Dsus4
...The taste of his mouth ...on my mouth, that's all,
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
And I tried the same trick with a truck, but it stalled,
G Dsus4 D C C/B C/A G G/F#
The engine was better off dead! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long------,
Cadd9 G D D/A D/B D/C
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long------,
G G/A G/B Dsus4 D C C/B C/A
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!
[Break]
G Dsus4 Cadd9 C C/B C/G
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[Verse 3]
G G/D Cadd9 G
The taste never left me, and I don't think it will,
Cadd9 G G G/A G/B Dsus4
And it caused me to supplement whisk - y with pills,
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
But there was something in - side. ..that I couldn't kill,
G Dsus4 D C
Be - lieve me, I really did ...try!
[Verse 4]
G G/D
And there's some say, 'You get what you deserve',
Cadd9 G
But they're wrong,
Cadd9 G G G/A G/B Dsus4
Sometimes, you get what you're given, and then it's all gone,
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
And you are lucky, if you are ...suff - iciently strong-----,
G Dsus4 D C C/B C/A G G/F#
To daily de - cide not to die! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Cadd9 G D D/A D/B D/C
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
G G/A G/B Dsus4 D C C/B C/A G
But the sun's com - in' over the hill! | / / / |
[Verse 5]
G G/D Cadd9 G
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Cadd9 G G G/A G/B Dsus4 D
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
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G Dsus4 D
| / / / | / / / |
[Break]
G Dsus4 Cadd9
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[Verse 6]
G G/D Cadd9 G
I can't say there's many things I wouldn't change,
Cadd9 G Dsus4
There are better days gone than those that remain,
Em7 D/F# G Cadd9 G
But I can find joy in the sound of the rain,
G Dsus4 D Cadd9 C C/B C/A
You have to find joy where you can! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Cadd9 G D D/A D/B D/C
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
G G/A G/B Dsus4 D C C/B C/A G G/F#
But the sun's com - in' over the hill! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Cadd9 G D D/A D/B D/C
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 Gmaj7/B Cadd9 G
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
G G/A G/B Dsus4 D C
But the sun's com - in' over the hill...
[Coda]
C Dsus4 D G
...The sun's comin' over the hill!
Dsus4 Cadd9
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G Dsus4 Cadd9
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