Watching the Apples Grow Stan Rogers
This is "Watching the Apples Grow" from Stan Rogers' really excellent <br/> album Fogarty's Cove. There's some very good backup guitar which I <br/> would really appreciate someone tabbing. It's probably Curly Boy Stubbs <br/> doing it, with Stan just playing rhythm, but I could be wrong.<br/> <br/> <br/> Capo 2 frets up; the chords shown are just the chord shapes as if the <br/> capo wasn't there, so the REAL chords (if you don't have a capo) would <br/> be a whole step up, e.g. in the first verse: D,G,D,Bm,G,D<br/> <br/> C F<br/> It's early up, Ontario farm, chicken crow for day<br/> C Am<br/> I wish I grew Annapolis apples up above Fundy's Bay<br/> F C<br/> Oh it seems so far away<br/> <br/> C F<br/> On the ridge above Acadia's town to the valley down below<br/> C Am<br/> The evening shadow falls upon the family listening to the radio<br/> F C<br/> And watching the apples grow<br/> <br/> Chorus:<br/> F C F C<br/> Down on the farm, back among the family, away from Ontario<br/> F C Am<br/> Hear the ladies singing to their men, dancing it heel and toe<br/> F C<br/> And watching the apples grow<br/> <br/> <br/> [There's a fiddle solo at this point. If anyone would like to ] <br/> [transcribe it, that'd be really cool. I mean transcribe it for ] <br/> [fiddle, I could probably get it for guitar, with a lot of trouble. ]<br/> <br/> C F<br/> Ontario, y'know I've seen a place I'd rather be<br/> C Am<br/> Your scummy lakes and city of Toronto don't do a damn thing for me<br/> F C<br/> I'd rather live by the sea<br/> <br/> C F<br/> I've watched the V's of geese go by, the foxfoot in the snow<br/> C Am<br/> I've climbed the ridge of Gaspereaux Mt., looking to the valley below<br/> F C<br/> And watching the apples grow.<br/> <br/> <br/> Chorus<br/> <br/> Guitar Solo:<br/> C <br/> v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .<br/> e----------3---3-3-----------------|-----3-------------------------0--e<br/> B-/5--------------\3---1-------1-1-|/5------\3---1-------1-1-1--------B<br/> G--------------------------2-------|-----------------2----------------G<br/> D----------------------------------|----------------------------------D<br/> A----------------------------------|----------------------------------A<br/> E----------------------------------|----------------------------------E<br/> <br/> F C Am F<br/> v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .<br/> e--1---1-1-1-0-----0---0-0-0-------|-------------------------1--------e<br/> B--------------3-------------3-1---|-1---1-1-1-0----------------------B<br/> G----------------------------------|-----------------2----------------G<br/> D----------------------------------|----------------------------------D<br/> A----------------------------------|----------------------------------A<br/> E----------------------------------|----------------------------------E<br/> <br/> <br/> C<br/> v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . <br/> e--0-1-0---------------------------e<br/> B--------3-1-0---0-1---------------B<br/> G--------------2-------------------G<br/> D----------------------------------D<br/> A----------------------------------A<br/> E----------------------------------E<br/> <br/> <br/> Repeat chorus twice, then wrap it up.<br/> <br/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/> Notes on the Solo:<br/> If anyone knows who's playing this, please tell me!<br/> It's played quick & snappy- keeps you on your toes!<br/> When he slides from/to a note it's always started on a whole step (two <br/> frets) above/below, whichever's appropriate.<br/> The backup Am and F following it are single strums only (this goes for <br/> the rest of the song, too).<br/> There are probably some grace notes & stuff which I didn't get, 'cause <br/> this is my first attempt at transcribing anything. Nevertheless, I <br/> think it's pretty good.<br/> <br/> <br/> Notes on the Song:<br/> Great song!<br/> The rhythm is somewhat bluegrassy, a fast boom-chicka (bass note - strum <br/> chord down/up).<br/> The only real trouble I had was figuring out where the chord switch was <br/> on the last line of each verse. There's a run from F to C which I play <br/> something like this:<br/> F C<br/> v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . <br/> |-1---------------------------0---|<br/> |-1---------------------------1---|<br/> |-2---------------------------0---|<br/> |-3-------3---2---0---2-------2---|<br/> |-3-----------------------3---3---|<br/> |---------------------------------|<br/> <br/> So I'm not entirely sure where the actual switch is, but I think it's<br/> right the way I finally put it.<br/> <br/> <br/> Notes on the Tablature:<br/> 'v' is the beat. <br/> '. . .' are the notes in-between, though the middle '.' could be <br/> considered a lighter downbeat.<br/> '/' is a slide up the note following.<br/> '\' is a slide down to the note following.<br/> <br/> <br/> Please send any comments, questions, queries, criticisms, about this <br/> transcription to ME because Stan Rogers ain't around no more.<br/> <br/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peter Keller [p_keller@ids.net]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wakefield, Rhode Island~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!MORE BLUEGRASS!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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