Tom Tiddlers Ground chords by Roy Harper

[Song: Roy Harper "Tom Tiddler's Ground"]
[Transcription by Gordon Walker ]

Another I'm not sure I've posted before (cos I hadn't quite finished
it??).

This transcription is *not* exactly as Roy plays it - but works for me!
He uses a dropped top E as well I think on normal tuning - or is it a
full open tuning in D? He also plays the second D (my D*) _up_ the neck
for the socond chord, but in my tuning it never seems to sound right
trying to do that to me (plus it's easier to hit the C/D afterwards
doing it my way!).

Gordon

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Tom Tiddlers Ground
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   I thought you had passed,    but ....
D/G                  D*     C/D                       D
   Where you know I ...
D/C                       D/B             D, Dsus2+4, D
   And now that you're here,    ...,
D/G                     D*   C/D                       D
   It's so clear on the ...
D/C         D/B                       D, Dsus2+4, D
   Where your smile starts to shine,    as ....
D/G                           D*     C/D                       D
   Of the spray on the ...
D/C                    D/B        D, Dsus2+4, D
   The same day we all go,       when ....,
D/G                    D*     C/D                         D
   What it is to be ....
D/C                 D/B        D, Dsus2+4, D

And there's a lovenest, on Tom ....
               A                         D
And there's a lovenest, ....
               A                         D
And there's a lovenest, ...
               A                         D
Long before Eden, ....
            G                   D     D/B  D/Bb  D,Dsus2+4,D

But you know you'll have to be .....

And there's a lovenest....

And you heard me say ......

And there's a lovenest....

I thought you had passed, but you .....

And there's a lovenest....

Chords and Notes
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The 5 below is just to indicate the 5th fret.

D A D G B E
===========   ===========  ===========  ===========
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_1_|_2   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_3_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_1
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|  5|_|_|_|_|_| 5|_|_|_|_|_1 5|_|_|_2_3_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_1_|_2  |_|_|_2_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
    D             G/D          D*           C/D

x=========x   x=========x  x=========x  ===========  x==========
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_1_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_1_|_|   |_1_|_2_|_|  |_|_|_2_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_2_3_4_|
|_2_|_|_3_|   |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
    D/C           D/B          D/Bb        Dsus4+2       A

(oops - I forgot G - but I'm sure you can survive without my little
pictures for that one (don't forget the bottom E dropped to D!).

Note for the end of the chorus and every other verse line:

The walk down at the end should be played stressing the bass notes on
the A string (ie pluck them on the beat), and then there is a little
pull off using the first finger to play the open A (either from the B
(in the verses) or the Bb (in the chorus)) followed by plucking the
bottom D normally and then strum. Best to listen to the record to see
what I mean (if I'm making sense of course)!