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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
