So Well Go No More A-Roving
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JOAN BAEZ - So Well Go No More A Roving
SO WE'LL GO NO MORE A ROVING (Lord Byron / Richard Dyer-Bennet)
from the album "Joan Baez 5" (US Vanguard VRS 9160)
NOTES on the record, Joan seems to be playing it with the guitar tuned
to Eb (a semitone lower than standard tuning)
Key : Em
Time : 6/8
Em D
1 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
intro
E -------0-----|-------------|-------2-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0-------|-----3---3---|-----3-------|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---2-------2-|---2-----0---|
D -2-----------|-2-----4---2-|-0-----------|-0-----2---0-|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
C Em
5 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----1---1---|-----1-------|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------0-----|-------------|-------------|
A -3-----------|-3---------3-|-2-----------|-3-----2-----|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Am G6
9 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----1---1---|-----1-------|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---2-------2-|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -0-----------|-0-----2---0-|-------------|-0-----------|
E -------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------3-----|
B7 Em
13 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------2-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---2-------2-|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -2-----------|-------2-----|-0-----------|-------------|
Em Am
17 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
verse 1
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----1---1---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-0-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
So, we'll go no more a
G A B B C D C
Em D
21 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----3---3---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
rov...........ing So late in..to the
B E F# G G A A
cIII........
G B7 Em Am
25 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------3-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----3---3---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----1---1---|
G ---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
E -3-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
night, Tho the heart be still as
B G A B B C D C
Em B7
29 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-2-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
loving, And the moon be still a..s
B E E F# G B A F# G
Em B7
33 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
chorus
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
bright. For the sword out.wears the
E E E F# F# F# E F#
Em D
37 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----3---3---|-----3-----3-|
G ---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---2-----2---|
D -------------|-2-----------|-0-----------|-4-----0-----|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
sheath, And the soul wears out the
G G G A A F# D
cIII...................... cII.......................
G F#
41 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------3-----|-------3-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|
G ---4-------4-|---4-------4-|---3-------2-|---3-------3-|
D -------------|-5-----------|-------------|-4-----------|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
breast, And the heart must pause to
B B B C# C# Bb F#
cII.......................
Bm A
45 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------2-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|
G ---4-------4-|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-4-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
breathe, And love it.self have
D D E E C# A
cII (1st-3rd strings only)............................
D
49 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
verse 3
E -------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----3---2---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|
G ---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
rest. Tho the
D G A
Em Am Em
53 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
night was made for lov...........ing, and the
B B C D C B E E F#
cIII........
Em D G B7
57 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------2-----|-------3-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
day re..turns too soon, Yet we'll
G G A A B G A
Em Am Em
61 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
go no more a rov...........ing By the light of the moon
Em B7 Em D C Em Am B7 Em
This poem was written by Lord Byron as part of a letter to Thomas
Moore in 1817, and refers to the Venetian carnival which had just
ended (tho also nostalgically to his former life in London)
on the record, Joan seems to be playing it with the guitar tuned
to Eb
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