Song: The sun s comin over the hill
Artist: Karine Polwart
Composer: Karine Polwart
Album: Faultlines
Tabbed by: DJ
30th July 2013
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of A)
[N.B. The way Karine plays this is in DADGAD open tuning,
with her capo at the 7th fret]
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
= 320033 = 022030 = xx0xxx
= xx0233 = 20023x = x0xxxx
= x32033 = x2xxxx = x2xxxx
= xx0033 = x0xxxx = x3xxxx
= x32013 = 2xxxxx = 3xxxxx
= xx0232 = x20033
The passing notes are played by the double bass,
but are included here to add interest.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Six rain ridden summers, and he still had an eye for me,
He kissed me each evening, and told me he d die for me,
And then he... ran off the road, full of whisky and irony,
He always meant what he said------! | / / / |
[Verse 2]
So I took to whisky, so I could re - call...
...The taste of his mouth ...on my mouth, that s all,
And I tried the same trick with a truck, but it stalled,
The engine was better off dead! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Oh, how the nights are long------,
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Oh, how the nights are long------,
But the sun s com - in over the hill!
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
The taste never left me, and I don t think it will,
And it caused me to supplement whisk - y with pills,
But there was something in - side. ..that I couldn t kill,
Be - lieve me, I really did ...try!
[Verse 4]
And there s some say, You get what you deserve ,
But they re wrong,
Sometimes, you get what you re given, and then it s all gone,
And you are lucky, if you are ...suff - iciently strong-----,
To daily de - cide not to die! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
But the sun s com - in over the hill! | / / / |
[Verse 5]
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[Break]
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[Verse 6]
I can t say there s many things I wouldn t change,
There are better days gone than those that remain,
But I can find joy in the sound of the rain,
You have to find joy where you can! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
But the sun s com - in over the hill! | / / / |
[Chorus]
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Oh, how the nights are long-------,
But the sun s com - in over the hill...
[Coda]
...The sun s comin over the hill!
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