Song Name: | Fare Thee Well (Dinks song) chords & everything | By: | Dave Van Ronk and others |
Posted By: | harmusman | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | D | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2014-02-12 13:58:12 | Modified: | 2014-02-12 16:08:41 |
Song: | Fare thee well O Honey (Dink’s song) Diatonic tab from music notes in Key D ¾ time sig. with guitar chords of D,D7,G,A7 With the advent of the Coen brothers film “Inside Llewyn Davis” inspired by Dave Van Ronk’s memoir “The Mayor Of MacDougal Street” I give you this version from the collection of Traditional folk songs by Alan Lomax Also the Dave Van Ronk version for guitar He did this in 6/8 time Key of G. Lyrics for this song are varied DvR starts his with Lomax’s 6th verse
D---------------------- D7 4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6~~ 5 5 When I// wore my a-pron/low could-n’t/ G--------------------------------- 5 5~~~4 -4 5 -4~ 4 5 Keep you---from my/door Fare thee/ D-------------- A7---------D----- 7~~~~ -6 6 5 -4~~~ 4 4 Well----O/honey Fare thee/well /
V2 D------------------- D7-- when I wore my apron high ------- G---------------------- sca’sely ever seed you passin’ by
chorus. Fare the well etc
V3 When my apron come unpin Pass my door an’ you wouldn’ come in
V4 If I had a-lissened what mama said I’d been a-sleepin’ in mama’s bed
V5 One of these days an’it won’t be long You’ll call my name and I’ll be gone
V6 If I had wings like Noah’s Dove I’d fly up the river to the man I love (one)
Here is a version for guitar chords In key G, 3/4 time Intro chords G///-/// Em///-/// x 2 Em G C D If I had wings~~~~~ like Noahs~~~ dove~~~ D Em C D I’d fly up the river~~~ to the one I love~~
Chorus D G Em Fare thee well~~ Oh honey~~~~~ C D G Em/// ///G/// /// Fare~~~ thee~~~ well~~~~
Em G C G The woman I love~~~ is long and tall~~~ G Em C G She moves her body like a cannonball
Chorus as before
Fare thee well etc
Em G C G Early one morning~~ drizzlin’ rain~~~ G C D In my heart~~ I felt an aching pain
Chorus
Fare thee well etc
Em G C G One of these mornings~~~ it won’t be long G Em C D You’ll call my name~~ and I’ll be gone
Chorus
Fare thee well etc
Then return to v1 followed by chorus And finish with your intro chords |