The Old Mill
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
This tab is based on the choral arrangement found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-_Km7Jp0Xo
[Intro]
F#m D E C#m D
[Verse 1]
F#m D
Here from the brow of the hill I look,
E C#m D
Through a lattice of boughs and leaves,
F#m D
On the old gray mill with its gambrel roof,
E C#m D
And the moss on its rotting eaves.
[First Chorus]
A E
I hear the clatter that jars its walls,
F#m E D
And the rushing water’s sound,
A E
And I see the black floats rise and fall
Dadd2 Eadd4 F#m
As the wheel goes slowly round.
[Instrumental Break]
D E C#m D
[Verse 2]
F#m D
I rode there often when I was young,
E C#m D
With my grist on the horse before,
F#m D
And talked with Nelly, the miller’s girl,
E C#m D
As I waited my turn at the door;
[Second Chorus]
A E
And while she tossed her ringlets brown,
F#m E D
And flirted and chatted so free
A E
The wheel might stop or the wheel might go,
D E F#m D
It was all the same to me.
[Bridge]
F#m E A
’Tis twenty years since last I stood
D A Esus4 E
On the spot where I stand to-day,
D Eadd4
And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead,
Dadd2 Eadd4 F#m
And the mill and I are gray.
E C#m D
The mill and I are grey
[Third Chorus]
A E
But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck,
F#m E D
To our fortune of toil are bound;
A Esus4 E
And the man goes, and the stream flows,
Dadd2 Eadd4 F#m D
And the wheel moves slowly round, round and round
E C#m F#m
the wheel moves slowly round
How to play The Old Mill
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.