Watching the Apples Grow   Stan Rogers

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