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]It's early up, Ontario farm, chicken crow for [F]day
I wish I grew [C]Annapolis apples up above Fundy's [Am]Bay
[F]Oh it [C]seems so far away
[C]On the ridge above Acadia's town to the valley down be[F]low
The evening shadow [C]falls upon the family listening to the radi[Am]o
[F]And [C]watching the apples grow
Chorus:
[F]Down on the farm, [C]back among the family, [F]away from Ontari[C]o
[F]Hear the ladies [C]singing to their men, dancing it heel and [Am]toe
[F]And [C]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]Ontario, y'know I've seen a place I'd rather [F]be
Your scummy lakes and [C]city of Toronto don't do a damn thing for [Am]me
[F]I'd [C]rather live by the sea
[C]I've watched the V's of geese go by, the foxfoot in the [F]snow
I've climbed the ridge of [C]Gaspereaux Mt., looking to the valley be[Am]low
[F]And [C]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]v . . . v . . . [C]v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . . [Am]v . . . [F]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]v . . . [C]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!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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