Song: Weird Of Hermiston (1969)
Artist: Jack Bruce
Written: Jack Bruce & Pete Brown
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4atzvGSvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQUT-wf1LQI
Tempo: 2|4 alternating with 4|4 in the Choruses
Style: Melodic Eerie Rock
Tuning: Full Step Down
No Capo
Chords:
DGCFAd EADGBe(Standard Tuning) | DGCFAd :Optional Chord
F# 244322 = E 022100 | XX4322
A X02220 = G 320002 | 577655
C#m 446654 = Bm X24434 | 91111999
Em 022000 = Dm XX0231 | XX2000
D XX0232 = C X32010 | X57775
C X32010 = B X24442 | XX12111010
G 320003 = F 133211 | XX7655
D# XXX454 = C# X46664 | 3110XX
INTRO: (Piano over)
|F# A F# A |F# A C#m |
VERSE 1:
A Em
I'm going to a wedding,
F# Em
I'm going to a wedding dressed in black.
A Em
I'm going to a party,
F# Em
I'm going to party, won't be back.
D C
'Cause I'm not going with you,
F# G D
No!
CHORUS 1:
F# Em
Trees are no longer a comfort,
A D#
Messages sad in the wires.
F#
My hair is hung down,
Em D Em D
With the blackest of rain that I'm feeling.
VERSE 2:
A Em
I'm going to the river,
F# Em
I'm going to the river wash my tears.
A Em
I'm going to the mountains,
F# A
Going to the mountains cool my fears.
D C
That I'm not going with you,
F# G D
No!
CHORUS 2:
F# Em
Skies are no longer a comfort,
A D#
Leaves turning black in the autumn.
F#
The corn is hung down,
Em D Em D
With the heaviest rain I'm feeling.
VERSE 3:
A Em
I'm going to a funeral,
F# Em
I'm going to a funeral dressed in white.
A Em
I'm going to a nightclub,
F# A
I'm going to a nightclub sleep with night.
D C
And I'm not going with you,
F# G D
No!
CHORUS 3:
F# Em
Love is no longer a comfort,
A D#
Fantastic times are forgotten.
F#
My heart is hung down,
Em D Em D
With the saddest of rain that I'm feeling
CODA:(Fade)
|G D|G D|
[End]
NOTES:
1. There are various Demo versions from Cream, in 1967 of this then rejected song, on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7_QyNbeEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPkJot2ORYs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_a_Tailor
2. Weir of Hermiston (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Many have considered
it his masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death in 1894 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The novel is set in Edinburgh and the Lothians at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
3. This version, is different to it’s predecessors. It actually tackles the strange key, being a
Full Step Down and tries to best-fit the chord progressions. Opting for D minor, as opposed to Dm7,
as the additional 'D' note can be heard in the tune. I’ve also opted for capturing more of the
‘open chord’ sounds, which are less pronounced in standard tuning.
