Tabs
The Red Rose And The Briar
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by John Wesley Harding
written by David Lewis & John Wesley Harding
from the album "Here Comes The Groom"
INTRODUCTION
In the tablature for the introduction, the symbols "^" and "v" denote
down-strums and up-strums. The C-chords are played using the {310230}
fingering by Wes, but the {010230} fingering isn't very different. It
sounds pretty good if you change the pattern slightly, too - either by
doing only single downstrums (no upstrums) in most of the intro, or by
playing with fingers, using the thumb to play the bass run and the
index, middle and ring fingers to play the treble chords. Wes plays
with a pick, and I've found my usual favourite (a 0.60 mm John Dunlop
nylon type) too stiff to comfortably do the double strums at the right
speed. My only thinner pick was a 0.38 mm Jim Dunlop nylon pick which
makes the double strums easy but is a bit too pliable to let me
emphasise the bass runs, so I got a 0.46 mm JD which is the best for
my acoustic guitar but the optimum depends on you and your guitar.
CHD:G+G
C majorC
G+G
E minorEm ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ |------3-------3-------3-------3--|------3---------------0----------| |------0-------0-------1-------1--|------0---------------0----------| |------0-------0-------0-------0--|------0---------------0----------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------0h2-----3-------2p0----|---------------------------------| |--3------------------------------|--3-----------2-p-0-----------2--| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . CHD:
G+G
C majorC
G+G ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ |------3-------3-------3-------3--|------3---3---3---3--------------| |------0-------0-------1-------1--|------0---0---0---0--------------| |------0-------0-------0-------0--|------0---0---0---0--------------| |---------------------------------|------0---0---0h2----------------| |----------0h2-----3-------2p0----|---------------------------------| |--3------------------------------|--3------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . CHORDS AND LYRICS (Bass runs are shown in square brackets [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] and instructions in curly backets {PLAY INTRODUCTION}.) {PLAY INTRODUCTION}
G+G
C majorC
G+G Midweek and we ...
G+G
C majorC
C/BC/B
A minorAm I was almost dying ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G We parked the car ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] The windscreen ...
D MajorD D/C D/C There was no water in ... D/B
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD Left no tread ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm The electrics were broke.. Em/F#
G+G
C majorC
G+G You ripped out all ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G
G+G
C majorC
G+G , Across the road, ...
G+G
C majorC
C/BC/B
A minorAm In the state of ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G You went for papers ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] So I saved you...
D MajorD D/C D/B
E minorEm I knew it wasn't ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD And that your ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm But I just could not ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G I was dead ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] I was dead .... .
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B There's nothing there ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD But the ghost of the..
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm I was dead ....
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD (
G+G in intro) I sing the red rose ...
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}G+G
C majorC
G+G The waitress told ...
G+G
C majorC
C/BC/B
A minorAm She'd always meant ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G She wiped her cup on ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] As we waited for yo..
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B And I told her ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD But left the ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm You still weren't there ... Em/F#
G+G
C majorC
G+G So I skipped ou...
G+G
C majorC
G+G I skipped out on the ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G The newsagent grinned, he ...
G+G
C majorC
A minorAm You bought a local paper ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G And the washroom attendant ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] That you'd left but ...
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B And I couldn't figure ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD So I went back to look ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm There's nothing there where ... Em/F#
G+G
C majorC
G+G Just oil on ...
G+G
G/BG/B
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] Just oil on dirt a....
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B There's nothing there in ..
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD But the ghost of the ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm And there's nothing there ...
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red rose ...
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red rose ...
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD [
E MajorE
F#F#] (
G+G in intro) {REPEAT INTRODUCTION}
G+G
C majorC
G+G I saw it parked ...
G+G
G/BG/B
C majorC
C/BC/B
A minorAm In a garage off ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G And a man said, "...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] I just traded that wreck ...
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B There was nothing left ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD Not even the ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm And I couldn't figure ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G So I went back to ...
G+G ,
C majorC
G+G The Cafe Rouge was ...
G+G
C majorC
C/BC/B
A minorAm Of regulars ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G And the service in there left ...
G+G
G/BG/B
C majorC
C/BC/B
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] All the regulars were ...
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B I saw an apron ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD
A augmentedA note said, "Hey John, ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm And I just smiled ...
G+G
C majorC
G+G So I put the ...
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD [
C majorC
BB
A augmentedA] I put the ..
D MajorD D/C D/C D/B Still nothing there in ...
A minorAm Am/B
C majorC
D MajorD But the ghost of the ..
G+G
C majorC
G+G G/F#
E minorEm Well I just put the ...
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red rose ...
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red rose ..
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD I sing the red rose and..
A minorAm
C majorC
D MajorD [
E MajorE
F#F#] (
G+G in intro) I sing the red ..... {REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}
G+G In Scarlet town ...
C majorC
G+G There was a ...
G+G G/F#
E minorEm
E minor 7Em7 Oh, the colour of her ....
A minorAm And her name......
C majorC
A minorAm And her name was......
C majorC
A minorAm And her name was...... <Barbara Allan, apparently - Note 0>
C majorC
D MajorD [
E MajorE
F#F#] (
G+G in intro) {REPEAT INTRODUCTION}
G+G =============== THE END ================ NOTES ===== 0. According to Stephen M. Webb <[email protected]>, "her name was..." Barbara Allan as in the song "Barbara Allan" which takes place in `Scarlet Town where I was born,' ends up with a rose and briar. I don't have this song, so I didn't know this. I though it might have been Helen from "I went to visit Helen by St. Helen's Park" (which is in Hastings, where Wes used to live) from the song "Pound, Pound, Pound" on the live & unaccompanied album "It Happened One Night". 1. Many thanks to Patrick Barnett <[email protected]> for his generosity and help in compiling this posting and Chris Inglesi <[email protected]> for pointing out the fact that it's "fair maid dwellin'" rather than "family dwellin'" which I had at first. 2. All the chords are pretty much the basic fingerings but Wes uses a modified
E minorEm [0 2 2 0 0 3] and
E minor 7Em7 is [0 2 0 0 0 0]. For those of you unfamiliar with CRD notation, the chords with a slash such as
C/BC/B denote chords played with a different bass-note to usual. The part before the slash is the chord and the note after it is the bass note. So
C/BC/B is a basic
C majorC chord [0 3 2 0 1 0] but with the bass-note changed to
BB becoming [x 2 2 0 1 0]. In fact you needn't worry too much about the 2nd fretted
D MajorD string. What is important to note is that the bass-note is played on the most convenient string, not always on the bass-E string. In this song, the bass-note doesn't actually have to be the lowest note played - I've used this notation to denote the bass notes in the bass-strum style. 3. Feel free to email me with any comments (see header for email address) or to request tabs for songs. If you have a favourite JWH song you'd like me to have a go at, let me know. I now have the four full albums, "The Name Above The Title", "It Happened One Night", "Why We Fight" and "Here Comes The Groom". If I haven't got the songs, I could only do them if you send me an audio tape with them on. If you could work out the lyrics, that would be a great help. The songs I've tabbed/chorded so far are: From "The Name Above The Title": I Can Tell (When You're Telling Lies) Save
A augmentedA Little Room For Me The People's Drug The Person You Are Long Dead Gone } lyrics supplied by Backing Out } Alan Pulliam - thanks from "It Happened One Night": Roy Orbison Knows (The Best Man's Song) - thanks to Will Vaughan & "Sen" Kiss/Lovers' Society {coming shortly} and from "Here Comes The Groom" The Red Rose And The Briar } thanks to Patrick Barnett and coming soon, the version not from "Here Comes The Groom" of When The Sun Comes Out } thanks to Patrick again These are archived on the guitar tab archives, ftp.nevada.edu and its mirror sites such as ftp.uwp.edu - you can find local mirror sites by using a program such as "archie". Cal Woods & Jim Carson, the new maintainers of the Nevada archive have kindly placed in it a file to aid archie searches. It is called "Nevada.Guitar.Archive". You can find the guitar directory of any nearby mirror sites using: unix% archie -m5 -N Nevada.Guitar.Archive Host unix.hensa.ac.uk Location: /pub/uunet/doc/music/guitar FILE -r--r--r-- 80 Jun 16 09:21 Nevada.Guitar.Archive Wes's tabs are archived under ? /guitar/h/john_wesley_harding 4. The FTP archive at Trinity College Dublin (ftp.maths.tcd.ie) has also uploaded a lot of Wes songs in the directory: /pub/music/guitar/h/john_wesley_harding In addition to the songs I've worked out, there is a copy of Crystal Blue Persuasion, originally by Tommy James and the Chandelles (sp ) which appears on "The Name Above The Title". There doesn't appear to be a mirror site to Trinity College Dublin. 5. Enjoy! Regards, Ryan Kingsley Harding (no relation at all to Wes, aka. Wesley Harding Stace) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Harding Applied Optics Group, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Now no-one's sitting on the fence, whose garden will we end up sitting in " - John Wesley Harding, "The Person You Are" from "The Name Above The Title" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'The Red Rose And The Briar' by, formed in 2000