Short and Sweet Roy Harper
[Song: Roy Harper "Short And Sweet"]<br/> [Transcription by Gordon Walker ]<br/> <br/> Right, as promised (at last!) here's my transcription of Short and Sweet.<br/> This only has the few words I can remember with it. If you want the full<br/> words maybe someone else knows them, or you can work them out yourself<br/> (kind of me I know!). If desparate I could go and get them myself I<br/> suppose, but I think I've done enough here!<br/> You really need the music to play along with to get an idea of what's<br/> going on. If you're unfamiliar with these types of chords then best to<br/> have a mess around with them before hand to get the feel. It's all<br/> really quite easy once you get the hang of it. My version of Tom<br/> Tidder's Ground uses the same principle and types of chords - quite a<br/> common thing for Roy to do.<br/> I haven't fully road-tested this so if anyone has any comments<br/> or corrections, please post them.<br/> <br/> Gordon<br/> <br/> ------<br/> <br/> Short and Sweet (Harper/Gilmour)<br/> <br/> <br/> Tuning: Standard with dropped bottom E to D<br/> <br/> With the chords below, play either all six strings with one big<br/> downward strum, or just the highest three with the bottom strings<br/> ringing (as drones) (v. important that!). Or else give the bottom strings<br/> little strums inbetween playing the main tune on the high strings.<br/> Listen (or watch if you have chance - sorry non-uk readers!) to what Roy<br/> does and you'll see what I mean (except in the trashy bit - see note<br/> below).<br/> <br/> <br/> (If you're clever or called Richard Thompson you can play the bass line from<br/> the 2nd verse onwards on them whilst playing the top chords. On the<br/> other hand you may have a talented friend or a son called Nick who could<br/> play the bass line and then solo in the middle thrashy part).<br/> <br/> Here's the naming scheme I've used (all chords should strictly be G/D etc but<br/> that seems unnecessary and longwinded)(note: my numbering doesn't signify<br/> anything else - just for for my convenience to show its not a normal<br/> chord - except for Dmj7 of course):<br/> <br/> 6th fret |_|_|_|_|_| 6th<br/> : |_|_|_|_|_1 :<br/> :....|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_2_|_|..:<br/> |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| <br/> |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_1 |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_2_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> <br/> G1 A1 Bm1 Dmj7<br/> (playing hint: use the 3rd finger as a sort of "anchor" to slide up and<br/> down on, swapping your 1st and 2nd fingers behind it)<br/> <br/> =========== =========== =========== <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_4 |_|_|_|_|_1 <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_3_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> <br/> D Ds Em2<br/> <br/> <br/> (x x x) (x x x) (x x x) (x x x) <br/> =========== =========== =========== =========== <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| 1_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| 1_2_3_|_|_| <br/> |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| <br/> 1_2_3_|_|_|<br/> D Em1 B1 A2<br/> <br/> (these 4 are the "thrashy" bit's chords. The 3 high strings aren't<br/> really played directly, just occasionally inbetween sliding up and down<br/> the bottom 3 strings for the main "tune" (in true Harper style!). This<br/> is where you also bring in a bit of overlaid distortion with chorus and<br/> echo if you have a couple of Quadraverbs handy!) <br/> <br/> Intro : D D Ds Ds Ds D D-----<br/> (D)D D Ds Ds Ds Ds DS1 D D------<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7-------<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7 Em2 D------<br/> <br/> <br/> Verse1: <br/> You ask, what is the qua-li-ty <br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1<br/> <br/> Of life, seeking to jus-ti-fy the part you play<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj Dmj7..........<br/> <br/> etc<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1<br/> <br/> ....an-y more or less than short and sweet<br/> G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7 Em2 D<br/> <br/> <br/> Verse 2 as above ending:<br/> (picked accentuating the bass line)<br/> <br/> ..in your garden<br/> C C/B C/A C/G C/F# C/E D<br/> (this involves a bit of stretching for the G on the low D so you have to<br/> cheat a bit with the notes above - in fact Roy abandons the C altogether<br/> and just steps down on the low D strumming whatever he happens to hit at<br/> the top end)<br/> <br/> then intro and back to 2 more verses<br/> <br/> then into the trashy bit:<br/> (picked:) C C/B C/A C/G C/F# D1<br/> <br/> (strummed madly:) Em D1-Em D1-Em D1-Em A2 B1 <br/> (repeated a number of times)<br/> <br/> and then into the intro again to finish.<br/> <br/> Or something like that anyway!<br/> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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