From Cara’s “The Redcastle Session” DVD.
This is a duet with the awesome John Smith, a stunning arrangement of a Carter Family
song 'Storms On The Ocean'.
John plays in an alternate tuning on the DVD (DADGAD, I think!) but I have attempted
this in standard tuning.
To play in the same key as Cara and John, slip your capo on at the 2nd fret.
The chord names are relative to capo, so play D as xx0232, but it’s actually an E!
Intro
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G D/F# Em Em
E -----------------------------------|
B ------------3-----3-------0-----0--|
G -----------0-----2-------0-----0---|
D ----------0-----0-------2-----2----|
A -----------------------------------|
E 0-h2--p0-3-----2------0-----0------|
Verse 1
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D G A7 D
Going a-way to a faraway land
G G/F# /E D
And I'm going away for a while
G A7 D Bm
I'll re-turn to you my love
E7 A7sus4 /A7
Though I'll go ten thousand miles
Refrain 1
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Verse 2
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G A7 D
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
G A7 D
Who's gonna glove your hand
G A7 D Bm
Who's gonna kiss your sweet ruby lips
E7 A7sus4 /A7
While I'm in a faraway land
Verse 3
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G A7 D
Father will shoe my pretty little feet
G A7 D
And my brother will glove my hand
G A7 D Bm
And you can kiss my sweet ruby lips
E7 A7sus4 /A7
When you return again
Refrain 2
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Verse 4
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G A7 D
And who's gonna brush your long yellow hair
G A7 D
Who's gonna pay your fees
G A7 D Bm
Who's gonna father those sweet little babes
E7 A7sus4 /A7
While I’m on the raging sea
Verse 5
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G A7 D
Mother will brush my long yellow hair
G A7 D
Daddy has paid my fees
G A7 D Bm
There wont be any sweet little babes
E7 A7sus4 /A7
While you're away from me
Refrain 3
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
E7 A7sus4 /A7
Yes if I prove false...
Instrumental break
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== Nb 1 bar for each chord below ==
G G A7 A7 Bm A7 G
G G G D D G A7 D
Bm E7 A7 D D
Verse 6
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D G A7 D
Night wind go tell my sailor man
G D
I'll be waiting in the day
G A7 D Bm
I long to feel his warm em-brace
E7 A7
In this cold and hardy year
Refrain 4
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Refrain 5
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
E7 A7 G D/F# E7 D
If I prove false to thee
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
[email protected]
