Sligo Fair by Jonathan Kelly
Tuning: EADGBE
Like the other tabs I?ve done (although they?re not technically tabs of course) this
chord names as they would be without a capo. But for this and The Ballad or Cursed Anna,
capo second fret on the original LP/CD. Enjoy.
Intro: Am7, Em7, Am7, Em7, Am7,
Am7, Em7
AFmaj7
She goes down to meet her Mam(?), returning from the fields.
AFmaj7
A wicker basket on her arm and a spaniel at her heels.
GAmBAEm
And as she picks wild flowers she wonders should she go or stay.
AEAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just a week away.
Am7, Em7, Am7, Em7
AFmaj7
Her mind is on the back seat of the traveller?s caravan
Amaj7
Headed for the city and to a new life she could plan.
GAmAEm
With no more days of waiting for her man to name the day.
AEAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just a week away.
(bridge)
EEmaj7
Hard to be a woman in the country life.
AEE
She don?t wanna be a milkmaid, she don?t wanna be a milkmaid.
BAD7j7
She wants to be a wife...
Em7...
AFmaj7
Way above the Northern coast, the seagulls circle high.
AFmaj7
As to the West the sinking sun spills gold across the sky.
GAmBAEm
And homeward wends the Friesian herd to the ending of their day.
AEAAm
And Sligo Fair is just a week away.
(bridge)
EEmaj7
Hard to be a woman in the country life.
AEE
She don?t wanna be a milkmaid, she don?t wanna be a milkmaid.
BAD7j7
She wants to be a wife...
Em7...
AFmaj7
She goes down to meet her Mam, returning from the fields.
AFmaj7
A wicker basket on her arm and a spaniel at her heels.
GAmBAEm
And as she picks wild flowers she wonders should she go or stay.
AEAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just
AEAm
Sligo Fair is just
AEAFmaj7
Sligo Fair is just a week away.
Am7 Em7 etc. to fade