What this stuff means
- The | lines are bar lines. Seeing one of those means there's a new bar.
- If you see a "...", that means to hold the chord out a little bit longer. sometimes she holds it a full bar longer, sometimes half a bar, sometimes just a beat, sometimes not at all! it's up to you.
- All of the chords are at the end. Some of them you probably won't know because she uses 3 or 4 different kinds of "D" chords, but they're all pretty similar.
The two most common chords
A2:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
D6-9/A:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 0
A 0
E x
(To make this chord just a D6-9 without the /A part, just don't play the A string)
Notice they're almost the same chord: To play the D6-9/A chord, just take your finger off of the D string
To get a cool effect, flip the G string from 2 to 1 every now and then, or the b string from 0 to 2
The Song
Intro
| A2 | D6-9/A | A2 | A2 E7 |
Verse
Fare thee well
| A2 | D6-9/A |
My own true love
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
Fare well for a while
| A2 | D6-9/A |
I'm goin away
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
But I'll be back
| A2 | D6-9/A |
Oh I'll go 10000 miles
| D2/A | D2/A |
10000 miles
| A2 | D6-9/A |
My own true love
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
10000 miles or more
| A2 | D6-9/A |
The rocks may (melt?)
| A2 | D6-9/A |
And the seas may burn
| A2 | D6-9/F# |
If I should not return
| D6-9 | D6-9 | A2 | D6-9/A |
Verse 2
Oh don't you see
| A2 | D6-9/A |
That lonesome (something)
| A2 | D6-9/A |
Sitting on an ivy tree
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
She's weepin for
| A2 | D6-9/F# |
Her own true love
| A2 | Dmaj9... |
As I shall weep for mine
| F#m/C# | Dmaj9 | F#m7... | Esus... | E... |
| D | E/D | D | E/D | A | D2/A | A | D2/A |
Verse 3
Oh come ye back
| A2 | D6-9/A |
My own true love
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
And stay a while with me
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
If I had a friend
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
(something) on this earth
| A2 | D6-9/A... |
You've been a friend to me
| Dmaj9 | E | Dmaj9 | E |
| Dmaj9 | E | Dmaj9 | E |
(Sax solo)
| F#m7 | Dmaj9 | F#m7 | Dmaj9... |
| A2 | (repeat A2 for a while and then end)
And if you want to end on a cool sounding chord, try this one:
Amaj9
e 4
b 0
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
or
Amaj9
e 4
b 2
G 4
D 2
A 0
E x
(whichever one you like better/is easier to play)
Chords
(aka "Mike Battaglia, what the FUCK")
D6-9/A:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 0
A 0
E x
To make this chord just a D2 without the /A part, just don't play the A string
D2/A:
e 0
b 3
G 2
D 4
A 0
E x
Dmaj9:
e 0
b 2
G 2
D 0
A x
E x
D6-9/F#:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 0
A x
E 2
D:
e 2
b 3
G 2
D 0
A x
E x
E/D: (the same exact thing as D, but move your fingers 2 spaces over to the right)
e 4
b 5
G 4
D 0
A x
E x
E:
e 0
b 0
G 1
D 2
A 2
E 0
Esus:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 2
A 2
E 0
F#m/C#:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 4
A 4
E x
F#m7:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 2
A x
E 2
(just sort of mute the A string with the finger fretting on the E string. But if it rings out a little it's not that big a deal)
A2:
e 0
b 0
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
A:
e 0
b 2
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
Amaj9:
e 4
b 0
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
or
e 4
b 2
G 4
D 2
A 0
E x