Chords with lyrics
Here's a song by Richard Thompson, "The Poor Ditching Boy," off _Starring as Henry the Human Fly_. fortunately, this album has been rereleased by Rykodisk. It's definitely worth the money. It's in open-g: dgdgbd (drop 6, 5, 1 one whole step--notice that this makes your guitar have the same shape as an a major open chord) You should embellish these chords as much as you feel confident to do and/or is tasteful. Richard certainly does. The nature of the alternate means that the open strings will never be dissonant with each other or notes in the g major scale, so if in doubt they will be ok. I'm not entirely sure what he does in this song as he has a violin player as well as his guitar. It works nicely with two guitarists, though. Best way to get a feel for this is to listen really carefully to the song. I don't think Richard plays the bits exactly the same way each time through.
Tab (notes given relative to open g tuning): g variant 1 x05035 g variant 2 x00000 a minor 7 x02012 a minor 7 sus 4 variant 1 x02010 b minor 7 minor 6 x04232 d 7 sus 4 x04010 a minor 7 sus 2 variant 2 x20010 The astute reader will note quickly that the a minor 7 doesn't have an a in it! Perhaps I should have called it a c major. :) The low d doesn't show up in these chords, but it does fit in the key, so you can use it too. I don't much like the sound, though. Lyrics and chord outline (verses are all the same as the first one): g 1 Has .. g1 (or g2) a min 7A augmentedA .. g 1 The ... g 1 (or g 2) a min 7 But ... I .. But ... I .. I ... [chorus]: amin7 amin7/2 bmin7 g2 With .., amin7 amin7/2 g2 She ... g2 The .., amin7 d76 g1 But ... I .. Beggin' .., But ... I've ... [chorus] It's .. He'll .. They .. Does .. [chorus] [repeat last line of chorus]
