This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Intro
A E A A
Chorus
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
Interlude
A E A A
Verse 1
A E E7 A D A
An old man looks at his ingle nook and he wonders
A E E7 A D A
His brother in a foreign land, he must remain
D D
Deeved about the life they choose,
Bm E
they each would wear the other one's shoes,
A E E7 A D A
this mother-land is a source of constant pain
Chorus
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
Interlude
A E A A
Verse 2
A E E7 A D A
Rumbling Brig, I heard your music calling
A E E7 A D A
In the outback still I heard your song
D D
Feeding from a foreign field
Bm E
with far more fish than the Braan could yield,
A E E7 A D A
this trip will be my last and it won't be long
Chorus
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
Chorus
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
Outro
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---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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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
Comments
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