Marra, Michael

Marra, Michael - Neil Gows Apprentice guitar tab

"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 (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland

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