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21 Nov 06 - 09:53 AM (#1889868) Subject: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST Can anyone give me the chords to this Stan Rogers song. This song does not seem to be represented on any of the tab pages on the internet. Have we ever discussed adding chords to songs in the digitrad collection? lyrics here |
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21 Nov 06 - 12:19 PM (#1889986) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Clinton Hammond Buy his song book, it's in there.... I think it's in DADGAD... capo'ed 3rd, but it's been a LONG time since I played it.... starts on an F/Eb if I recall... 034000.... (F/Eb)Harris my old friend good to (Bb)see your face a (F)gain More (Bb)welcome though yon trap and that old (C)mare For the (Bb)wife is in a swoon And I am all a(F)lone (Ab)Harris fetch thy (Gm)mare and take us (F)home F/Eb 034000 Bb 020000 F 000200 C 002002 Ab 330000 Gm 220000 Try that |
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21 Nov 06 - 01:54 PM (#1890057) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: breezy it is his songbook but best sung accapella surely |
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21 Nov 06 - 01:56 PM (#1890058) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Clinton Hammond Ug.... as an accapella, it's just way too boring. "The Jeannie C"... now THERE'S a great accapella song!! |
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21 Nov 06 - 04:06 PM (#1890166) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Marc Bernier I agree w/Clinton |
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21 Nov 06 - 04:10 PM (#1890172) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Clinton Hammond Careful Marc.... that way, madness lies... |
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21 Nov 06 - 04:27 PM (#1890188) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Marc Bernier It's got a nice harmonic progression, tastful accompanyment can be quite effective on this song. Thanks for the DADGAD chords I'll have to give that a try, 'though I don't do it often either. |
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21 Nov 06 - 05:04 PM (#1890221) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: breezy nah, The Jeanie C has beautiful chords that only enhance the song once the F#m7th is used to good effect the original source takes some beating I first heard Marilyn Middleton-Pollock deliver Harris acca, it was stunningly gripping and as there is no accompaniment there is no distraction from the narrative. Its on he r Doll's House album, sdaly she rarely is invited to perform these days, yet she's a cracking blues and jazz singer, originally from the Windy city but now in England |
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21 Nov 07 - 02:59 PM (#2199386) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Nick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PINOh356Pc Follow that link to see a Piano version of HatM If anyone could provide me with, if possible a piano tab for this.. i play both guitar and piano, and since Im just learning piano, i figure it would be a lot of fun to learn one of my favorite folk songs! |
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19 Sep 10 - 02:16 PM (#2989805) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST Stan was a lover of the sea shanty.. If these tunes were ment to be sung without the music they would have been.. I play these songs at least 3 - 4 times a week with my guitar tuned down in DADGAD. I finger pick these tunes and they sound awesome. Both these tunes are accompanied very well with the guitar.. And the intro for Harris and the Mare is a must. |
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19 Sep 10 - 05:51 PM (#2989915) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Tim Chesterton Isn't 'Harris and the Mare' an Archie Fisher song? |
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19 Sep 10 - 06:10 PM (#2989924) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Tootler Stan was a lover of the sea shanty.. If these tunes were ment to be sung without the music they would have been There is a contradiction here. Surely shanties were sung unaccompanied and a shanty lover would be aware of the virtues of unaccompanied singing. I know someone who sings this song unaccompanied and very effective it is too. Accompaniment is not essential to effective interpretation of the song. Personally I don't like this song very much. I am unhappy about some of the sentiments expressed. There is a contradiction at the heart of the song and, maybe, that is what it is about, but I still don't particularly like it. |
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30 Jan 12 - 06:31 AM (#3298889) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Doug Geeting I have been playing Harris and the Mare with a half capo on second fret, the GDA strings capoed, but I play it in DADGAD tuning as well and I think that is the way Stan Rogers played it. The half capo works when playing live and i don't have the time to re-tune. |
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30 Jan 12 - 10:51 AM (#3299084) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: breezy Some times the author's interpretation of their own work is not always the best You only have to look at early Bob Dylan songs to realise that maybe if PP and M hadnt taken Blowing/wind and Times/changing on board then his early days may have turned out different, or then again maybe not Eric Bogle's version of Lock-keeper is what drew me to look up S R. in the first instance. Still its always a matter of taste. I always thought the melody for H and the M was slightly more challenging than the average, so I left it alone. |
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30 Jan 12 - 07:10 PM (#3299346) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Gerry Harris and the Mare, unaccompanied? I'd love to, but I don't see how. There's that long silence between lines 2 and 3 of each verse (by which I mean, in the accompanied versions I've heard, there's that long stretch with no singing). It has always seemed to me that that puts the song out of bounds for a single unaccompanied singer. What am I overlooking? |
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31 Jan 12 - 04:35 PM (#3299869) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: breezy Overlook the long pause then Moses can do it , she's at Herga on Monday nights O k its no use if you live nowhere near Join up, and I'll give you a phone number to give you an idea Honest it can be done My original source for such an interpretation is Marilyn Mellor/ formerly Marilyn Middleton-Pollock and she is one hell of a performer originally from Chicago, last known of living in the Malvern Hills UK |
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31 Jan 12 - 05:29 PM (#3299897) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: GUEST,Gerry Thanks, breezy. I take it Herga is somewhere in the UK, with respect to which I'm antipodean. "Overlook the long pause," meaning, don't pause, just sing right through? Worth a try. Thanks again. |
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31 Jan 12 - 05:51 PM (#3299909) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: Tootler Harris and the Mare, unaccompanied? I'd love to, but I don't see how. There's that long silence between lines 2 and 3 of each verse (by which I mean, in the accompanied versions I've heard, there's that long stretch with no singing). It has always seemed to me that that puts the song out of bounds for a single unaccompanied singer. What am I overlooking? In answer to your question, that pauses can be very effective in unaccompanied singing, just don't do it every verse, but use them where you need to create tension or to provide a natural break in the story. Remember that as well as singing a song you are telling a story and you need to feel the flow of the story as much as the rhythm of the song's melody. |
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01 Feb 12 - 05:51 AM (#3300151) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Harris and the mare From: breezy Morning Gerry. Yep herga , harrow london UK est 1963 some original members still there !!!!! some are not We lost Johnny Collins 2 years back and now i cant get the ruddy song out of my head |