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This is "Watching the Apples Grow" from Stan Rogers' really excellent
album Fogarty's Cove.  There's some very good backup guitar which I
would really appreciate someone tabbing. It's probably Curly Boy Stubbs
doing it, with Stan just playing rhythm, but I could be wrong.


Capo 2 frets up; the chords shown are just the chord shapes as if the
capo wasn't there, so the REAL chords (if you don't have a capo) would
be a whole step up, e.g. in the first verse: D,G,D,Bm,G,D

C (x32010@1)                                           FIt's (133211@1)early up, Ontario farm, chicken crow for day
              C (x32010@1)                               AmI (x02210@1)wish I grew Annapolis apples up above Fundy's Bay
F (133211@1)   COh (x32010@1)it seems so far away

C (x32010@1)                                                   FOn (133211@1)the ridge above Acadia's town to the valley down below
                   C (x32010@1)                                        AmThe (x02210@1)evening shadow falls upon the family listening to the radio
F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)watching the apples grow

Chorus:
F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)             CDown (x32010@1)on the farm, back among the family, away from Ontario
F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)                                       AmHear (x02210@1)the ladies singing to their men, dancing it heel and toe
F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)watching the apples grow


[There's a fiddle solo at this point.  If anyone would like to      ]
[transcribe it, that'd be really cool.  I mean transcribe it for    ]
[fiddle, I could probably get it for guitar, with a lot of trouble. ]

C (x32010@1)                                          FOntario, (133211@1)y'know I've seen a place I'd rather be
                      C (x32010@1)                                       AmYour (x02210@1)scummy lakes and city of Toronto don't do a damn thing for me
F (133211@1) CI'd (x32010@1)rather live by the sea

C (x32010@1)                                                     FI've (133211@1)watched the V's of geese go by, the foxfoot in the snow
                          C (x32010@1)                                     AmI've (x02210@1)climbed the ridge of Gaspereaux Mt., looking to the valley below
F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)watching the apples grow.


Chorus

Guitar Solo:
   C (x32010@1)  v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .   v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .
e----------3---3-3-----------------|-----3-------------------------0---|e
B-/5--------------3---1-------1-1-|/5------3---1-------1-1-1---------|B
G--------------------------2-------|-----------------2-----------------|G
D----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|D
A----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A
E----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|E

   F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)                               Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)  v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .   v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .
e--1---1-1-1-0-----0---0-0-0-------|-------------------------1---------|e
B--------------3-------------3-1---|-1---1-1-1-0-----------------------|B
G----------------------------------|-----------------2-----------------|G
D----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|D
A----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A
E----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|E


   C (x32010@1)  v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .
e--0-1-0----------------------------|e
B--------3-1-0---0-1----------------|B
G--------------2--------------------|G
D-----------------------------------|D
A-----------------------------------|A
E-----------------------------------|E


Repeat chorus twice, then wrap it up.

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Notes on the Solo:
If anyone knows who's playing this, please tell me!
It's played quick & snappy- keeps you on your toes!
When he slides from/to a note it's always started on a whole step (two
frets) above/below, whichever's appropriate.
The backup Am and F following it are single strums only (this goes for
the rest of the song, too).
There are probably some grace notes & stuff which I didn't get, 'cause
this is my first attempt at transcribing anything.  Nevertheless, I
think it's pretty good.


Notes on the Song:
Great song!
The rhythm is somewhat bluegrassy, a fast boom-chicka (bass note - strum
chord down/up).
The only  real trouble I had was figuring out where the chord switch was
on the last line of each verse.  There's a run from F to C which I play
something like this:
  F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1) v . . . v . . . v . . . v . . .
|-1---------------------------0---|
|-1---------------------------1---|
|-2---------------------------0---|
|-3-------3---2---0---2-------2---|
|-3-----------------------3---3---|
|---------------------------------|

So I'm not entirely sure where the actual switch is, but I think it's
right the way I finally put it.


Notes on the Tablature:
'v' is the beat.
'. . .' are the notes in-between, though the middle '.' could be
considered a lighter downbeat.
'/' is a slide up the note following.
'' is a slide down to the  note following.


Please send any comments, questions, queries, criticisms, about this
transcription to ME because Stan Rogers ain't around no more.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peter Keller  [p_keller@ids.net]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wakefield, Rhode Island~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!MORE BLUEGRASS!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~