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Give The Fiddler A Dram by The Holy Modal Rounders

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Give the Fiddler a Dram

traditional
from Holy Modal Rounders album 1 & 2
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus (dumchusa@aol.com) 

played in Standard Tuning (E A D G B E from low to high)

Verse:

    G9          C9                       G9
E-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
B-|----3-----3-----1-----1-|----1---H-1-----3-----3-|
G-|-0-----0----------------|--H----0^3---0-----0----|
D-|-------------3-----3----|-0^3--------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

   G9                  C9
...I have a job sittin on the fence
                     G9
And I haven't seen a damn thing since...

Verse variations:

    G9          C9                       G9
E-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
B-|-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|
G-|-0-----0----------------|--H----0^3---0-----0----|
D-|-------------3-----3----|-0^3--------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

    G9          C9                       G9
E-|---3-3----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3----3-3----3-|
B-|---3-3----3-----1-----1-|----1---H-1----3-3----3-|
G-|-0-----0----------------|--H----0^3---0-----0----|
D-|-------------3-----3----|-0^3--------------------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

Interlude: (played between all verses)

E-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----2-----2-|
B-|----3-----3-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----3-----3-|
G-|-0----------------------|-------2--0--------0^2--|
D-|-------2-----------0^2--|-------------0----------|
A-|-------------3----------|-3----------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

E-|----2-----------3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
B-|----3-----------1-----1-|----1-----1-----3-----3-|
G-|------------------------|-------------0-----0----|
D-|-0-----0-----------0^2--|------------------------|
A-|----------2--3----------|-3-----2----------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

Ending: (let notes ring)

E-|----------3-------------|
B-|--------1---------------|
G-|------0-----------------|
D-|----2-------------------|
A-|--3---------------------|
E-|------------------------|