CHD: G C G Em
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CHD: G C G
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|----------0h2-----3-------2p0----|---------------------------------|
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CHORDS AND LYRICS (Bass runs are shown in square brackets [C B A] and
{PLAY INTRODUCTION}
Midweek and we reached Scarlet town
SOL DO DO/SI LAmI was almost dying of thirst
SOL DO SOLWe parked the car in some old schoolyard
The windscreen caked in dirt
RE RE/DO RE/DOThere was no water in the engine
RE/SI LAm LAm/SI DO RELeft no tread upon the tyres
The electrics were broke 'cause you went mad
MIm/FA# SOL DO SOLYou ripped out all the wires
SOL DO SOL
G C G ,
Across the road, a small cafe
In the state of Disrepair
SOL DO SOLYou went for papers and a shave
SOL DO RE DO SI LASo I saved you a chair
I knew it wasn't the journey's end
LAm LAm/SI DO REAnd that your dream was incomplete
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImBut I just could not stand anymore
I was dead upon my feet
SOL DO RE DO SI LAI was dead upon my feet
There's nothing there in the market square
LAm LAm/SI DO REBut the ghost of the Scarlet town-crier
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImI was dead upon my feet
I sing the red rose and the briar
Am Am/B C D (G in intro)
I sing the red rose and the bri-ar
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}
The waitress told me her life story
SOL DO DO/SI LAmShe'd always meant to up and go
SOL DO SOLShe wiped her cup on her red pinafore
As we waited for you to show
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SIAnd I told her just a little of you
LAm LAm/SI DO REBut left the picture incomplete
You still weren't there to paint it in person
MIm/FA# SOL DO SOLSo I skipped out on the street
SOL DO SOLI skipped out on the street
SOL DO SOL
The newsagent grinned, he said that you'd been in
SOL DO LAmYou bought a local paper and some shaves
And the washroom attendant said that you'd freshened up
SOL DO RE DO SI LAThat you'd left but you hadn't payed
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SIAnd I couldn't figure out where you were
So I went back to look near the car
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImThere's nothing there where it should have been
MIm/FA# SOL DO SOLJust oil on dirt and tar
Just oil on dirt and tar
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SI
There's nothing there in the market square
But the ghost of the Scarlet town-crier
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImAnd there's nothing there where it should have been
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
I sing the red rose and the briar
Am C D [E F#] (G in intro)
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION}
SOL DO SOL
I saw it parked way down the street
SOL SOL/SI DO DO/SI LAmIn a garage off on the right
And a man said, "Get your hands off, son
SOL DO RE DO SI LAI just traded that wreck for a motorbike"
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SIThere was nothing left of mine inside
Not even the broken radio-o-o
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImAnd I couldn't figure out where that left me
SOL DO SOLSo I went back to look for Rose
G , C G
The Cafe Rouge was a lunchtime rush
SOL DO DO/SI LAmOf regulars yelling for food
And the service in there left a lot to be desired
SOL SOL/SI DO DO/SI RE DO SI LAAll the regulars were getting rude
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SII saw an apron thrown over a chair
A note said, "Hey John, we're gone, we're gone"
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImAnd I just smiled 'cause I loved you both
SOL DO SOLSo I put the apron on
I put the apron on
RE RE/DO RE/DO RE/SI
Still nothing there in the market square
But the ghost of the Scarlet town-crier
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImWell I just put the apron on
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
I sing the red rose and the briar
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
Am C D [E F#] (G in intro)
I sing the red rose and the briar
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}
SOL
In Scarlet town where I was born
DO SOLThere was a fair maid dwellin'
Oh, the colour of her hair was brown
LAmAnd her name......
DO LAmAnd her name was......
And her name was......
C D [E F#] (G in intro)
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION} G
NOTES
0. According to Stephen M. Webb
Barbara Allan as in the song "Barbara Allan" which takes place in
`Scarlet Town where I was born,' ends up with a rose and briar.
I don't have this song, so I didn't know this. I though it might have
been Helen from "I went to visit Helen by St. Helen's Park" (which is
in Hastings, where Wes used to live) from the song "Pound, Pound, Pound"
on the live & unaccompanied album "It Happened One Night".
1. Many thanks to Patrick Barnett
generosity and help in compiling this posting and Chris Inglesi
dwellin'" rather than "family dwellin'" which I had at first.
2. All the chords are pretty much the basic fingerings but Wes uses a
modified Em [0 2 2 0 0 3] and Em7 is [0 2 0 0 0 0]. For those of you
unfamiliar with CRD notation, the chords with a slash such as C/B denote
chords played with a different bass-note to usual. The part before the
slash is the chord and the note after it is the bass note. So C/B is a
basic C chord [0 3 2 0 1 0] but with the bass-note changed to B becoming
[x 2 2 0 1 0]. In fact you needn't worry too much about the 2nd fretted
D string. What is important to note is that the bass-note is played on
the most convenient string, not always on the bass-E string. In this
song, the bass-note doesn't actually have to be the lowest note played -
I've used this notation to denote the bass notes in the bass-strum
style.
CHD: G C
.. G Em
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..v ^ v ^ ^ v ^
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-|-2--|
CHD: G C
.. G
^ v ^ v ^ v ^
..v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
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|--------------------------------
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|--3-----------------------------
...
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-|-|------0---0---0---0-----------
-|-|------0---0---0---0-----------
-|-|------0---0---0h2-------------
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-|-|--3---------------------------
...
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CHORDS AND LYRICS (Bass runs
..are shown in square brackets [C
..B A] and
{PLAY INTRODUCTION}
SOL DO SOL
Midweek and we reached Scarlet
..town
SOL DO DO/SI LAmI was almost dying of thirst
SOL DO SOLWe parked the car in some old
..schoolyard
SOL DO RE DO SIThe windscreen caked in dirt
RE RE/DO RE/DO
There was no water in the engine
RE/SI LAm LAm/SI DO RELeft no tread upon the tyres
The electrics were broke 'cause
SOL SOL/FA# MIm..you went mad
MIm/FA# SOL DO SOLYou ripped out all the wires
SOL DO SOL
G C G ,
Across the road, a small cafe
SOL DO DO/SI LAmIn the state of Disrepair
SOL DO SOLYou went for papers and a shave
So I saved you a chair
RE RE/DO RE/SI MImI knew it wasn't the journey's end
LAmAnd that your dream was
.. incomplete
SOL DO SOLBut I just could not stand
SOL/FA# MIm.. anymore
I was dead upon my feet
SOL DO RE DO SI LAI was dead upon my feet
There's nothing there in the
RE/DO RE/SI..market square
LAm LAm/SIBut the ghost of the Scarlet
..town-crier
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImI was dead upon my feet
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
Am Am/B C D (G
..in intro)
I sing the red rose and the bri-ar
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}
SOL DO SOL
The waitress told me her life
..story
SOL DO DO/SI LAmShe'd always meant to up and go
SOL DO SOLShe wiped her cup on her red
..pinafore
SOL DO RE DO SIAs we waited for you to show
RE RE/DO RE/DO
And I told her just a little of
RE/SI..you
But left the picture incomplete
SOL DO SOLYou still weren't there to paint
SOL/FA# MIm..it in person
So I skipped out on the street
SOL DO SOLI skipped out on the street
The newsagent grinned, he said
SOL..that you'd been in
SOL DOYou bought a local paper and some
..shaves
SOL DOAnd the washroom attendant said
SOL..that you'd freshened up
That you'd left but you hadn't
RE DO SI LA..payed
RE RE/DO RE/DOAnd I couldn't figure out where
..you were
LAm LAm/SISo I went back to look near the
DO RE..car
There's nothing there where it
SOL SOL/FA# MIm..should have been
MIm/FA# SOL DO SOLJust oil on dirt and tar
Just oil on dirt and tar
RE RE/DO
There's nothing there in the
..market square
LAm LAm/SIBut the ghost of the Scarlet
DO RE..town-crier
And there's nothing there where it
SOL SOL/FA# MIm..should have been
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
I sing the red rose and the briar
Am C D [E F#] (G in
..intro)
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION}
I saw it parked way down the
..street
In a garage off on the right
SOL DO SOLAnd a man said, "Get your hands
..off, son
SOL DOI just traded that wreck for a
RE DO SI LA..motorbike"
There was nothing left of mine
RE/SI..inside
LAm LAm/SI DO RENot even the broken radio-o-o
And I couldn't figure out where
SOL SOL/FA# MIm..that left me
SOL DO SOLSo I went back to look for Rose
G , C G
The Cafe Rouge was a lunchtime
..rush
SOL DO DO/SI LAmOf regulars yelling for food
SOL DO SOLAnd the service in there left a
..lot to be desired
SOL SOL/SI DO DO/SI REAll the regulars were getting rude
RE RE/DO RE/DO
I saw an apron thrown over a
RE/SI..chair
A note said, "Hey John, we're
DO RE..gone, we're gone"
SOL DO SOLAnd I just smiled 'cause I loved
..you both
SOL DO SOLSo I put the apron on
SOL DO RE DO SI LAI put the apron on
RE RE/DO RE/DO
Still nothing there in the market
RE/SI..square
But the ghost of the Scarlet
DO RE..town-crier
SOL DO SOL SOL/FA# MImWell I just put the apron on
I sing the red rose and the briar
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
LAm DO REI sing the red rose and the briar
Am C D
..[E F#] (G in intro)
I sing the red rose and the briar
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION TWICE}
SOL
In Scarlet town where I was born
DO SOLThere was a fair maid dwellin'
Oh, the colour of her hair was
MIm7..brown
LAmAnd her name......
And her name was......
DO LAmAnd her name was......
.. ..- Note 0>
C D [E F#] (G in intro)
{REPEAT INTRODUCTION} G
NOTES
0. According to Stephen M. Webb
..
..name was..."
Barbara Allan as in the song
.."Barbara Allan" which takes
..place in
`Scarlet Town where I was
..born,' ends up with a rose
..and briar.
I don't have this song, so I
..didn't know this. I though it
..might have
been Helen from "I went to
..visit Helen by St. Helen's Park"
.. (which is
in Hastings, where Wes used to
..live) from the song "Pound,
..Pound, Pound"
on the live & unaccompanied
..album "It Happened One Night".
1. Many thanks to Patrick Barnett
..
generosity and help in
..compiling this posting and
..Chris Inglesi
..pointing out the fact that
..it's "fair maid
dwellin'" rather than "family
..dwellin'" which I had at first.
2. All the chords are pretty much
..the basic fingerings but Wes
.. uses a
modified Em [0 2 2 0 0 3] and
..Em7 is [0 2 0 0 0 0]. For
..those of you
unfamiliar with CRD notation,
..the chords with a slash such as
..C/B denote
chords played with a different
..bass-note to usual. The part
..before the
slash is the chord and the note
..after it is the bass note. So
..C/B is a
basic C chord [0 3 2 0 1 0] but
..with the bass-note changed to B
..becoming
[x 2 2 0 1 0]. In fact you
..needn't worry too much about the
..2nd fretted
D string. What is important to
..note is that the bass-note is
..played on
the most convenient string, not
..always on the bass-E string.
..In this
song, the bass-note doesn't
..actually have to be the lowest
..note played -
I've used this notation to
..denote the bass notes in
..the bass-strum
style.
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