Niel Gows Apprentice

Michael Marra

key:

A     E     A     A

[Chorus]
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

[Interlude]
A     E     A     A

[Verse 1]
A                        E      E7         A         D A
An old man looks at his ingle nook and he wonders
A                          E       E7     A         D A
His brother in a foreign land, he must remain
  D               D
Deeved about the life they choose,
      Bm                  E
they each would wear the other one's shoes,
A                       E       E7         A         D A
this mother-land is a source of constant pain

[Chorus]
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

[Interlude]
A     E     A     A

[Verse 2]
A                  E      E7       A         D A
Rumbling Brig, I heard your music calling
A                E      E7         A         D A
In the outback still I heard your song
 D              D
Feeding from a foreign field
      Bm                    E
with far more fish than the Braan could yield,
A                     E         E7         A         D A
this trip will be my last and it won't be long

[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .


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Malcolm Hannah  (eermih@dct.ac.uk)                      Dundee, Scotland