The Bells Of Rhymney tab by The Byrds

This is how I play the song. After listening to it since 1965, it was a
revelation to me (once I started to try to pick it up) how much the
dropped-D tuning adds to the Byrds arrangement. Having the bass tuned
down to D too really puts a floor under the song! The tab, of course,
is not perfect. Corrections, additions, etc. always sought and welcome.
Peace.

Rick
rsambu@aol.com
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              THE BELLS OF RHYMNEY
            (Idris Davies & Pete Seeger)

as performed by The Byrds on their self-titled first LP
(Robyn Hitchcock does true-to-The-Byrds version)

- one guitar and bass drop low E to D (necessary)
- one 12-string (you know what brand) guitar would be great

opening riff:

e|--------0-2------|----3-2-0-------|--------0-2------|----3-2-0--------|
B|----3-------3----|----------3-----|----3-------3----|----------3------|
G|------2-------2--|------------2---|------2-------2--|-------------2---|
D|-----------------|--------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|--0--------------|--0-------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|

(verse 1):
  D              G  D/F#   E  D(w/opening riff)
Oh what will you give me say ...
                   C   Em    A
Is there hope for the future say ...
   D             C   Em    A
Who made the mine owner ...
   D              G  D/F#   E  D(w/opening riff)
And who killed the miner say ...

(opening riff)

(verse 2):
  D            G   D/F#  E  D(w/opening riff)
Put vandals in court say ....
             Bm      C   Em    A
All will be well if if if if if ...
    D        Bm     G        E
Why so worried sisters why say ...
   D              G  D/F#   E  D(w/opening riff)
And what will you give me ...

(break; also see note):
/  D  /  D  /  D  /  D  /  G  /  Em / Edim7 / Edim7 /

(opening riff)

(repeat first verse)

(end):
             | opening riff |
G  /  D  / E  / E / D / D / D / D /
oh.....oh.....oh..........oh.............
             | opening riff |
G  /  D  / A  / A / D / D / D / D /
oh.....oh.....oh..........oh.............

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note on break:

If someone wants to post accurate tab for the break, please do. Meanwhile,
what I do is improvise a bit around this. Most of it is strummed~~~~~~~~.
I think Pete Seeger would approve of (any) liberties I've taken; I hope
Roger McGuinn would, too.

  D         D         D        D
e|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-10~~~~~~~~~~~--|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---12-10------------|
G|-11~~~~~~~~~~~--|-11~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-11~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---------12--11-----|
D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~--|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~--|----------------12--|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|0---------------|0----------------|0----------------|0-------------------|

 G        Em        Edim7       Edim7
e|-7~~~~~~~~~~~--|--7~~~/12~~~~~~--|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
B|-8~~~~~~~~~~~--|--8~~~/12~~~~~~--|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
G|-7~~~~~~~~~~~--|--9~~~/12~~~~~~--|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
D|---------------|-------14~~~~~~--|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|

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some chords for the dropped-D guitar:

   D   G    E   D/F# Edim7   Em   C    A    Bm
e|----3------x-------0-------2------3-------0-------0-------0-------2-----|
B|----2------x-------0-------3------2-------0-------1-------2-------3-----|
G|----3------x-------1-------2------3-------0-------0-------2-------4-----|
D|----0------5-------2-------0------2-------2-------2-------2-------4-----|
A|----0------5-------2-------0------x-------2-------3-------0-------2-----|
D|----0------5-------2-------4------x-------2-------x-------x-------x-----|