Nickel Creek - Sweet Afton guitar tab
Tabbed by holladaylg
E E1 A C#m B F#m G#m
E ----0---0---0---0---0---0----0-
B ----0---0---3---2---0---0----0-
G ----1---9---3---1---4---0----0-
D ----2---9---3---2---4---4----6-
A ----2---7---0---0---2---4----6-
E ----0---0---0---X---0---2----4-
In the transition from verse to verse and chorus to verse play the transition (TRANS)
which is
E1 - B - A - Eand then C#m - B - A - E (one complete TRANS)
Listen to the song to figure out the strumming pattern, it's not that hard to pickup.
Verse1
E1 B A E
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
C#m B A E
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
E1 B A E
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
C#m B A E
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
TRANS 1x
Verse2
E1 B A E
Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen,
C#m B A E
Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
E1 B A E
Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forebear,
C#m B A E
I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair.
Chorus1
C#m B A E
How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills,
F#m F#m A B
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills,
G#m A G#m C#m B A E
There daily I wander as noon rises high, oooh,
F#m F#m A B
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
TRANS 2x
Verse3
E1 B A E
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
C#m B A E
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow;
E1 B A E
There oft as mild Ev'ning weeps over the lea
C#m B A E
The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Chorus2
C#m B A E
Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
F#m F#m A B
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides,
G#m A G#m C#m B
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
F#m F#m A B
As gathering sweet flow'rets she stems thy clear wave.
Verse4
E1 B A E
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
C#m B A E
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays,
E1 B A E
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
C#m B A B E
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
To the end the song, play the TRANS through 1x and end on either E or E1,
though E1 sounds a little better.
