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Song
Here is Sweet Afton. I was fortunate enough to talk
with Sean and Chris after a show and ask them about
this song. They said it is tuned to DADGAD and capoed
on the 2nd fret. So here goes...........
Capo 2 "SWEET AFTON"
{easier fingerings, version}
D|--0---0---0---0----0-----0-------|--0--0--0---0---0--------------| A|--0---0---0---0----0-----0-------|--0--0--0---0---0--------------| G|--2---6---4---7----0-----2-------|--2--2--0---4---2--------------| D|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--2--0---4---4--------------| A|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--0--5---2---4--------------| D|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--x--5---x---x--------------|
Verse 1
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Instrumental
Verse 2
Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen,
All Ye wild whistly blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear,
O'I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair.
Chorus
O'How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills,
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills;
There daily I wander as noon rises high,... oooh,
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
Instrumental
Verse 3
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
Where, wild in the woodlands, the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild evening sweeps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Chorus
O'Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stems thy clear wave.
Verse 4
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
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