The Suns Comin Over The Hill chords by Karine Polwart

Artist: Karine Polwart
Song: The sun's comin' over the hill
Tabbed by: DJ
30th July 2013

Tuning: Standard

Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)

CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)

Chord shapes are relative to capo position:

G     = 320033    Em7    = 022030    (C/D) = xx0xxx
D4    = xx0233    D/F#   = 20023x    (C/B) = x2xxxx
Cadd9 = x32033    (C/B)  = x2xxxx    (D/A) = x0xxxx
G/D   = xx0033    (C/A)  = x0xxxx    (D/B) = x2xxxx
C     = x32013    (G/F#) = 2xxxxx    (D/C) = x3xxxx
D     = xx0232     G/B   = x20033    (C/G) = 3xxxxx

The passing notes are played by the double bass,
and are included to add interest.

[N.B. Karine plays this song in D with capo at 7th fret]

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G           D4        Cadd9
||:  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  / :|| (Twice)

G          G/D              C              G
Six rain ridden summers, and he still had an eye---- for me,
      C             G                       D4
He kissed me each evening, and told me he'd die for me,
      D      Em7     D/F#     G              C          G
And then he...   ran off the road, full of whisky and irony,
G           D                     C          Cadd9
He always meant what he said!  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |

G          G/D       C             G
So I took to whisky, so I could re - call...
         C            G                       D4
...The taste of his mouth on my mouth, that's all,
    D  Em7      D/F#   G            C             G
And I tried the same trick with a truck, but it stalled,
      G          D4    D    C  (C/B)(C/A)  G     (G/F#)
The engine was better off dead!         |  /   /   /  |

Em7     G/B     Cadd9            (C/D)  G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
       Cadd9      G     D      (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still,  |  /    /    /  |
Em7     G/B     Cadd9           (C/D) G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
        (G)  (G/A)(G/B)  D4   D   C     (C/B)(C/A)
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!

G           D4        Cadd9        (C)(C/B)(C/G)
|  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /___/    /   /  |

G                   G/D         C            (C/D)  G
The taste never left me,      and I don't think it will,
         C             G             (G/A) (G/B)  D4
And it caused me to supplement whisk - y   with pills,
      D          Em7   D/F#   G        C                 G
But there was something in - side that I couldn't kill,
       G           D4          D       C         Cadd9
Be - lieve me, I really did.. try!  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |

G             G/D                   C              (C/D)   G
And there's some say...you get what you deserve,    but they're wrong,
                C                G            (G/A)(G/B) D4
Sometimes, you get what you're given, and then it's all gone,
     D       Em7   D/F# G                C             G
And you are lucky,  if you are suff - iciently strong,
               D4   D      C  (C/B)(C/A)   G   (G/F#)
To daily de - cide not to die!          |  /  /   /  |

Em7     G/B     Cadd9            (C/D)  G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
       Cadd9      G     D      (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still,  |  /    /    /  |
Em7     G/B     Cadd9           (C/D) G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
        (G)  (G/A)(G/B)  D4   D   C    (C/B)(C/A) G
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!

G           G/D          C    (C/D)   G
|  /  /  /   |  /  /  /  |  /  /   /  |  /  /  / |

C            G          (G) (G/A)(G/B)   D4    D
|  /  /  /   |  /  /  /  |  /    /    /  |  /  /  /  |

Em7    D/F#   G           C           G
|  /  /   /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  / |

G           D4    D
|  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |

G           D4        Cadd9
||:  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  :||(Twice)

G                G/D         C                   G
I can't say there's many things I wouldn't change,
             C         G                            D4
There are better days gone than those that remain,
 D  Em7    D/F#  G           C                 G
But  I can find joy in the sound of the rain,
     G           D4   D       Cadd9   (C) (C/B)(C/A)
You have to find joy where you can!  |  /   /   /  |

Em7     G/B     Cadd9            (C/D)  G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
       Cadd9      G     D      (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still,  |  /    /    /  |
Em7     G/B     Cadd9           (C/D) G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
        (G)  (G/A)(G/B)  D4   D   C   (C/B)(C/A)    G    (G/F#)
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!           |  /  /   /   |

Em7     G/B     Cadd9            (C/D)  G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
       Cadd9      G     D      (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still,  |  /    /    /  |
Em7     G/B     Cadd9           (C/D) G
    Oh, how the nights are long,
        (G)  (G/A)(G/B)  D4   D   C    Cadd9
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!

C           D4   D    G     D4          Cadd9
The sun's comin' over the hill!  | /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |

G          D4          Cadd9
|  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  ||