#
From: eermih@dct.ac.uk
"Niel Gow's Apprentice" by Michael Marra
Transcribed from MM's album "On Stolen Stationery".
At the end of this file, I have included guitar TABs for
two sections of the song: the 4-bar intro between verses and
the fiddle solo during the instrumental verse. The fiddle solo
is played mostly with a half-barre at fret 2, which might seem
strange but it makes it easy to play it in another key, which you
will have to unless you have a gravelly voice like MM.
Chords in the verse are the same as the chorus.
Comments/amendments etc. welcome.
A E A A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A E E7 A D A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
A E E7 A D A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
D D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
Bm E
with the ghost of Niel Gow next to me
A E E7 A D A
Listen Niel, the apprentice has begun.
A E A A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An old man looks at his ingle nook and he wonders
His brother in a foreign land, he must remain.
Deeved about the life they choose,
they each would wear the other one's shoes,
this mother-land is a source of constant pain.
A E A A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rumbling Brig, I heard your music calling
In the outback still I heard your song
Feeding from a foreign field
with far more fish than the Braan could yield,
this trip will be my last and it won't be long.
A E A A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABS
4-bar intro:
A E A A
E---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
B-2-----3-----2---|-0-----2-3---0---|-2-----3-2-------|-----------------
G-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------
A-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiddle solo, instrumental verse
A E A A
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-2---------------
G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---4-2-----------
D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-2-------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A E A A
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2---------
B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-5---5---5-3-2---
G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---------------2-
D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D D Bm E
E-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-----------------
B-3---3-2-3---3-5-|-------5-------5-|-3---3-2---------|-2---------2-3---
G-----------------|-----------------|---------4---4-2-|---4-4-2-4-----4-
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A E A A
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
B-2---2-3-2-----2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2-------|-----------------
G-----------4-2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------4-2---|-----------------
D-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|-2---------------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
________________________________________________________________________
Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland
PRIVACY POLICY OF TABLATURES.TK
Guitar tablatures at www.tablatures.tk are not intended to be accurate nor official tabs for the artist,
but are only transcriptions. These tabs are to be used only for study, skill development and scholarship.
The goal of www.tablatures.tk is to provide a valuable resource for musicians who want to improve their
instrument skills. We do not seek to violate copyrights and we encourage that you purchase the artist's
album and official sheet music whenever available. If you see any tab where its content is violating copyright
infringement, please contact us and the tab will be removed
from the archive immediately. You can also contact us with any question regarding this.