Arthur McBride

Arthur McBride
Instruments: Guitar 
Key: G 
Guitar Tuning: Standard Tuning

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Album: ETH Live 

Random note: the verses are traditional, but Trevor wrote the chorus. 

The recording (and early live versions) has a capo on the 1st fret, so Craig could play his (later modified) bagpipes. 

Ginv x|2|0|0|3|0

Dinv 2|0|0|2|3|3

intro:

G Dinv Em D

G Dinv Em Em Em D

verse:

G         Dinv       Em       D

Me and me cousin one Arthur McBride

       C        Ginv        Am        D

He and I took a stroll down by the seaside

G                Dinv             Em      D

To seek for good fortune and what might betide

C           Ginv      Am  D

just as the day was a'dawning

    G          Dinv       Em          D

and then after restin' we both took a tramp

   C            Ginv       Am       D

we met Sergeant Harper and Corporal Cramp

  G             Dinv        Em          D

besides the wee drummer who beat up the camp

         C           D          G      G

with his row-dee-dow-dow in the morning

D        D           C           G

Count me out of your fortune and fame

D       D         C            G

I would rather be here than be slain

        Em    D    C

this is where I'll die

Em   D      C    D      G (to intro)

lost in the moss of the isles

fiddle solo = second half on an instrumental verse

G Dinv Em D

C G Am D

G Dinv Em D

C D G

and an instrumental chorus

D D C G

D D C G

Em D C

Em D C D

(to intro)

ending:

G Dinv Em D

G Dinv Em D

G

The Ocean by Scythian

The Ocean
Intro:  Dm Dsus4, repeat etc
Dm C Am G etc (I'm not sure the G here or below is correct)

Dm                 C       Am                G
When I was a boy, I wanted to go sailing
Dm                   C           Am                 G
Live out on the sea, with harpoon I'd go whaling
Dm            C          Am              G
Oh to get away, to sail the open waters
Dm                      C                        Am             G
The breakers and wind they would spell out my fate
Dm Dsus4 etc

Walk into my dream, I dreamt I was a captain
Searching for a place that had never been found
Sailed to distant shores, in all the ports and harbors
I'd find a place that reminds me of home

Now I am a man, and never have I wandered
Somehow I let my dreams slip away
But every now and then, I slip into a slumber
And find my way back to the ocean again

Sea of Crutches by Enter the Haggis

Sea of Crutches

Album: Gutter Anthems
Instruments: Guitar
Guitar tuning: DADGBD tuning

This is without any attempt at writing out timing (listen to the song!), writing out chords as:

D|A|D|G|B|D 

Intro: 

hammer on/pull off around D (you can also cheat and just do normal fingering+strategic strumming); listen for the rhythm: 

D—|-0-2-0-4-0-2-0-0-|
B—|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|
G—|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D—|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A—|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D—|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
repeat . . . 

(la de da . . .) 

Bflat Am7 D
Bflat Am7 D
Bflat Am7 D
F Bflat A7
D pattern
C 

Bflat x|1|3|3|3|x
Am7 x|0|2|0|1|0
F 3|3|3|2|1|0 or x|x|3|2|1|0
A7add? x|0|2|0|2|0
C x|3|2|0|1|0 

Verse: 

F Bflat F
F Bflat D
Bflat Am7 Gdim 

F Bflat F
F Bflat D
Bflat Am7 Gdim
A7 

Gdim 5|5|8|7|5|5 or 5|5|8|7|x|x 

Chorus:
D G D Asus4 A7
D G F9 G9
D
F9 G9 D 

G       x|2|0|0|3|0
Asus4 x|0|2|0|3|0
9th     3|3|5|5|x|x etc. 

Solo:
(listing first finger fret for octaves):
5 7-9
5-3 2 3 repeat many times 

octaves 0|5|x|7|x|0 etc. 

Bridge:
G C G C
D
G C G Asus4 A7 

C       X|3|0|0|3|0
Asus4 X|0|2|0|3|0

Long Way Home by Enter the Haggis

I seem to remember getting these chords from Trevor, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't directly so maybe he posted them on facebook or something?  This song is most definitely not a single-guitar song, but if you happen to have friends who can chime in with piano, bagpipe, bass, electric guitar, etc, it would be amazing.

Verse:

                      A
I feel like I've wandered
                         D
For most of my years
                    A
Taken some wrong turns
           E
They all brought me here
(repeat same chords)
If the road is a body
Then a home is the soul
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go

I've seen country and city
And I've made them both mine
Now the red lights are blurry
Between these white lines

Can't say I regret it
But it's taken its toll
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go

chorus:
                   D
It's a long way to go
                    A
It's a long way to go
                    D
It's a long way to go
                   F#m
It's a long way
         D     A  
It's a long long way to go
        E            D             A
It's a long long long way home

verse:
Now I stand on your front porch
Staring back at the rain
Guess I should have called first
But it's just not my way
This suitcase of memories
Is all I have to show
I think I can make it
But it's a long way to go

outro:
A A  E E   D D  A E etc

Suburban Plains by Enter the Haggis

This is not an attempt to transcribe what's actually played in the recorded version, at all.  I have no idea how to write out strum patterns, but I generally play the 5/4 parts with accents kind of based on the recorded percussion part, ( 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +), and the 6/8 parts with accents on 1 and 4 (except for the last measure of each bridge, which is just three straight quarter notes).   When I write out the chords below, I'll write out a chord per accent.  The bridge part is in 6/8, with the same tempo as the 5/4 part (so if it was in 3/4 it would be a perfect transition, but it's in 2, so it's nicely odd).  If anyone's interested in more detail, send me an e-mail and I can try to write it out more exactly.
To play it in the same key as the recording, put the capo on the 4th fret.  I like to sing it a bit lower, so I usually do capo 2 or 1.

(it can also kind of work with G C G D etc, or some combination of the two)
Play with the same chords as in Cameos, Lights and Cars, Devil's Son, etc:

G        3|2|0|0|3|3
Csus9 0|3|2|0|3|3
D(inv) x|0|0|2|3|2
Em      0|2|2|0|3|3


I'm not sure how to label these things since it doesn't nicely divide into verse/chorus, but you should get the idea.
Chorus 1:

         G          C    Em D D
Whenever the time is right
G      C     Em D D
I will think of you
G             C Em   D D
Whatever I might find
G      C      Em D D
I will think of you

Verse 1 (same as chorus 1)
Walking the black, steel rail across suburban plains
Watching the summer's hand bend the long, green blades
Hoping to stumble on the pieces of my youth
Cinnamon copper Queen, still so flat and smooth

Bridge 1 (6/8):
D          D            Em     Em    C       C           D    D
Pardon me, Your Majesty, for never stopping by
D      D             Em      Em  C      C         D D D
I can see you're lonely living life upon the line

Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1):
So let this be the end of everything that could
I'm so tired of all the things I'll never know

Verse 2 (same as chorus 1):
Stop on the trestle bridge, Sixteen Mile below
Whetting its appetite with the same old sticks and hopes
Are you happy upon your course, worn by centuries
Or searching beneath these stones for something else to be

Bridge 2 (same as bridge 1):
Would you take me with you on your cold and bumpy ride
If I hit the water then there's nothing to decide

Getaway Car by Enter the Haggis

capo on 2nd fret (or, played in the key of C with capo on the 4th fret) 

intro: F C G etc

verse:

    F              C             G

the getaway car in your backyard was your last resort

F            C                   G

hidden under vines and autumn leaves

F                 C                G

waiting there for you to come when it was just too hard

F                   C                G

sit there with your hands upon the wheel

F         C G

  you can run

verse:

the getaway car could take you there, any place you need

around the corner, up into the sky

somewhere on this highway you forgot that you could dream

forgot that you could break the speed of life

chorus:

G          F   C                  G

   you can run, but you won't get far

F             C                       G

   now you've locked your keys in the getaway car

verse:

drawn into the high-speed chase, fight for bottom line

sirens push the pedal to the floor

the getaway car looks rusty but you know that it can shine

fill 'er up again and let it roar

bridge:

Am                          F

everyone forgets about this place

    Am                            F

but we all need a little time and space

Love of the Century as played by ETH (Elders cover)

ETH played this during one of their hotel-room concerts a few years ago, apparently based on a version they had played in Ireland at some point.  This is based on what Trevor was playing, but I'm sure it's not exact.   ETH's version of this was rather quick and in 2/4 (or 4/4), so I was rather surprised when I actually heard the original Elders version . . .

capo on the 4th fret:

verse:

                   C                 Am               F                                G

If you could only see her face one time against the green blue sea

        C                        Am      F                        G

And hear the pipes at sunset I know you would believe

         C                           Am                          F                     G

They say she launched a thousand ships and a hundred billion tears

        C                Am                 F                 G

And in this leaky boat I’ve been nye on forty years

chorus:

C                         F                      C                              Am

I’ve seen the light in her eyes and drowned in her mystery

       C             F              Am             C

And I’ve seen those who gave up the ghost

            C                G      C

For the Love of the Century

etc