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Neil Gows Apprentice

Michael Marra

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From: eermih@dct.ac.uk

"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
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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
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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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .


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Malcolm Hannah  (eermih@dct.ac.uk)                      Dundee, Scotland