Chord Req: Roger the miller and others

Subject: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Sabine
Date: 02 May 03 - 05:22 AM

Hi there,

I must give in that sometimes I'm really bad in finding chords :o(
I'm deeply impressed by some songs I heard from Karan Casey's CD "Songline"
Now I'm looking for the chords to

Roger the miller
and
The Digger's song

Can anyone help? Would be great

Thanks in advance

Sabine

CantaLibre - more than just folk

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Midchuck
Date: 02 May 03 - 08:34 AM

Roger the miller?

Wouldn't you get all covered with flour dust?

P.

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Giac
Date: 02 May 03 - 08:40 AM

Sing the second song and Digger way out?

By the way, the link doesn't work, but should like this:

CantaLibre

~;o) Mary

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Sabine
Date: 02 May 03 - 10:09 AM

*hmpf*

not having any problems in digging the flour if I could find that bl**** chords!


Thanks for the help with the link. This seems to be one of the days where I should have stayed in bed :o(

Sabine

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: michaelr
Date: 02 May 03 - 06:48 PM

Sabine -- I'm off to see Liz Carroll just now but I'll post chords for you this weekend.

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Sabine
Date: 03 May 03 - 05:33 AM

Thanks Michael,
that would be really great!

Kind regards

Sabine

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Sabine
Date: 05 May 03 - 10:04 AM

still no help in this case?


*snick*


Sabine

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: michaelr
Date: 05 May 03 - 10:47 PM

Sorry Sabine -- the thread dropped off my radar... Here's how I play "Roger the Miller":

C F C         Young Roger the Miller...
C Am F       To a farmer's fine daughter...
C Em F G    She had for her fortune...
C Em F G    Her father he gave her...
Am             She had also the fortune,
F C G C      She had also the fortune of 500 pounds.

This is my version; it doesn't match Karan Casey's version exactly. For starters, hers is in B (H to you), so you'll have to transpose... or tune all strings down half a step! ;-)

"The World Turned Upside Down" is dead simple. Again, her recording is in the key of B, and you can play the song with just B and F# (throw in a 7th here and there).

For what it's worth, I'm not too crazy about her take on this Leon Rosselson song. Better versions, IMO, have been recorded by The Black Family on "Time for Touching Home" (Dara, 1989) and by Mudcatter radriano with Out of the Rain on "A Common Treasury" (self-produced, 1985). If you PM radriano, he may still have one of those tapes lying around.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Roger the miller and others
From: Sabine
Date: 06 May 03 - 10:21 AM

Hi Michael,

thanks a million :o)))
I think this will help me a lot also to find out the minor part.

Will have a look on those other versions you suggested.

Kind regards

Sabine