Niel Gow's Apprentice

A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E E7 A D A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over A E E7 A D A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E with the ghost of Niel Gow next to me A E E7 A D A Listen Niel, the apprentice has begun. A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An old man looks at his ingle nook and he wonders His brother in a foreign land, he must remain. Deeved about the life they choose, they each would wear the other one's shoes, this mother-land is a source of constant pain. <Chorus> A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <Instrumental verse: see TAB at end> Rumbling Brig, I heard your music calling In the outback still I heard your song Feeding from a foreign field with far more fish than the Braan could yield, this trip will be my last and it won't be long. <Chorus> <Chorus> A E A A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TABS 4-bar intro: A E A A E---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- B-2-----3-----2---|-0-----2-3---0---|-2-----3-2-------|----------------- G-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|----------------- D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2--------------- A-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|----------------- E-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiddle solo, instrumental verse A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-2--------------- G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---4-2----------- D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-2------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2--------- B---------------2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2---2-3-|-5---5---5-3-2--- G-------------2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------------|---------------2- D-2---2---2-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D Bm E E-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|----------------- B-3---3-2-3---3-5-|-------5-------5-|-3---3-2---------|-2---------2-3--- G-----------------|-----------------|---------4---4-2-|---4-4-2-4-----4- D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A E A A E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- B-2---2-3-2-----2-|-----------2-3---|-2---2-3-2-------|----------------- G-----------4-2---|-4---4-2-4-----4-|-----------4-2---|----------------- D-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|-2--------------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland