Poor Ditching Boy chords by Richard Thompson

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 7
A ..
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]