GuitarTabsExplorer icon
GuitarTabsExplorer icon

Log in

Songbook

  • Log in to add and see bookmarks

Last visited songs

    No songs visited yet...

Fiddle And Bow chords by Natalie MacMaster

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse:

      Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD MajorD
O my name is William MacDonnell, I have come across the sea
   Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA augmentedA
I am no handsome man of wealth, nor do I plan to be
      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA
But I've a treasure fit for kings, and beggars all the same
     Chord diagramG+G                                                        Chord diagramB minorBm
And she comes with me wherever I go, sometimes she calls my name

 Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramB minorBm
My father worked his life away, diggin' for the coal
           Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
To the central lowlands every day, with shovel he would go
         Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And he left for me the only thing, he felt he had twas fine
           Chord diagramG+G                                          Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramA augmentedA
It is my pride and joy, it's yours now boy read the note he left behind
Chorus:

     Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramB minorBm                Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramD MajorD
No apple falls far from a tree, now I pass this fiddle down to thee
   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hold it near your heart and soul, and let your passions guide your bow
      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramB minorBm
And when the music sweet does play, know I'll be not far away
           Chord diagramC majorC                                  Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Though my body lies down with the coal, my spirit lies for you to hold
                  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the fiddle and bow


Verse:

          Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramB minorBm
So with fiddle strapped upon my back I set out to see new lands
        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
I have lived a wild and rovin' life, played to meek and grand
         Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA
And to all I played with all I had and I could not help believe
          Chord diagramG+G                                                     Chord diagramB minorBm   Chord diagramA augmentedA
When I'd draw the bow across the strings, somehow I'd set him free


Lead:
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA augmentedA


Chorus:

     Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramB minorBm                Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramD MajorD
No apple falls far from a tree, now I pass this fiddle down to thee
   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hold it near your heart and soul, and let your passions guide your bow
      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramB minorBm
And when the music sweet does play, know I'll be not far away
           Chord diagramC majorC                                  Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Though my body lies down with the coal, my spirit lies for you to hold
                  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD
In the fiddle and bow

[ Privacy | About us ]

Welcome to the guitar community

Why join and log in?
- Get songbook with favourite songs
- Get custom made front page
- Submit chords and tabs
- Submit guitar-cover videos
- Get a lot of thumbs up for your work

Songbook

Last visited songs

Site
Home
Search
Community
Submit chords
Submit video

Video

No video for this page. Check out how you can submit guitar-cover videos here

Search tabs and chords

Browse by artist

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #


Menu

Search

Video

Bookmark

Login