GreigChisholminquires:
>DoesanybodyhavethetabforMeetontheLedgebyFairportConventionand
>couldtheypostitore-mailit.Thanksinadvance.
Goodnessme,it'sawhilesinceIplayedthatone.Notab,buthere'sthe
wordsandchordsasbestasIcanrememberthem.(Anycorrectionsmost
gratefullyaccepted).
MeetOnTheLedge-FairportConvention
AF#m*AEm*AF#mEmEm7
Weusedtosaythat,cometheday,we'dallbemakingsongs
GDGDA
Orfindingbetterwords.Theseideasneverlastedlong.
F#m*AEm*AF#mEmEm7
Thewayisupalongtheroad.Theairisgrowingthin.
GDGDA
Toomanyfriendswhotriedwereblownoffthismountainwiththewind.
AEm
Meetontheledge;we'regonnameetontheledge.
GD
WhenmytimeisupI'mgonnaseeallmyfriends.
AEm
Meetontheledge;we'regonnameetontheledge.
GD
Ifyoureallymeanit,itallcomesroundagain.
AF#m*AEm*AF#mEmEm7
NowIseeI'mallalone.Butthat'stheonlywaytobe.
GDGDA
You'llhaveyourchanceagain;thenyoucandotheworkforme.
Meeton...etc.
NB:theF#mandEmmarkedwitha'*'-I'malmostsurethatIusedto
playaBmforthesetwochords,buttheF#mandEmsoundbetterjust
now.(Ihaveaguitarwithme,butnottherecord).Youmightliketo
stickBminthereifitsoundsbetterforyou.
M.
--
MartinMcCarthy-mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk
Date:Mon,27Jun199402:58:48GMT
Newsgroups:rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject:Re:CRD:MEETONTHELEDGE
MartinMcCarthy(mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk)postschordstoFairport
Convention's"MeetontheLedge."Hesays,
>NB:theF#mandEmmarkedwitha'*'-I'malmostsurethatIusedto
>playaBmforthesetwochords,buttheF#mandEmsoundbetterjust
>now.(Ihaveaguitarwithme,butnottherecord).Youmightliketo
>stickBminthereifitsoundsbetterforyou.
IfyouareplayingthesonginA,themarkedchordsshouldindeedbeBm.
Actually,though,onthealbum,thesongisplayedinB-flat.
(Someone'splayingapianoonthetrack,soit'sreallynottoo
surprising.)
Herearethechordsofthesong,inBb:
MEETONTHELEDGE-FairportConvention
(RichardThompson,IslandMusic[BMI])
BbCmBbCmBbGmFmFm7
Weusedtosaythat,cometheday,we'dallbemakingsongs
AbEbAbEbBb
Orfindingbetterwords.Theseideasneverlastedlong.
CmBbCmBbGmFmFm7
Thewayisupalongtheroad.Theairisgrowingthin.
AbEbBbEbBb
Toomanyfriendswhotriedblownoffthismountainwiththewind.
(ShortbridgeinFmajor,withguitarfigureindescendingparallelsixths)
BbFm
Meetontheledge;we'regonnameetontheledge.
AbEb
WhenmytimeisupI'mgonnaseeallmyfriends.
BbFm
Meetontheledge;we'regonnameetontheledge.
AbEb
Ifyoureallymeanit,itallcomesroundagain.
BbCmBbCmBbGmFmFm7
NowIseeI'mallalone.Butthat'stheonlywaytobe.
AbEbAbEbBb
You'llhaveyourchanceagain;thenyoucandotheworkforme.
Meeton...etc.
Betweenthechorusandthenextverseisaguitarfigurebackedbythe
pianoplayinginF:
|-----13-----------11----------10---------8|
|------------------------------------------|
|12/14--------10/12--------8/10--------6/8-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
WhichresolvestoBbatthestartoftheverse.
--AlanBostick
abostick@netcom.com
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