---------------------------------------------------------------------------High Noon ? Tex Ritter---------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: maguriTuning: StandardTex RitterHigh Noon (1952)(Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington)Now on: "My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Movie and TV Soundtracks "A great Western song. The arrangement is special, too: sparse in an unusualway. Tex Ritter's voice is very dominant while a dampened drum beats out ahaunting rhythm pattern throughout (see below: "perc"). An accordion playsaccompanying chords or tracks the vocal line and sometimes there arestrummed guitar chords. As the chords are not always made explicit Isometimes "reconstructed" them from the vocal line or the chords that gobefore and follow afterwards.INTROperc |x-xxx-xxx-xxxxxx|x-xxx-xxx-xxxxxx|x-xxx-xxx-xxxxxx|x-xxx-xxx-xxxxxx|(no chord) C C Ce|----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|0---------------| B|----------------|----------------|1-----------1---|1---------------| G|----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|0---------------| D|----------------|----------------|2-----------2---|2---------------| A|----------------|----------------|3-----------3---|3---------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|Intro| (no chord) | (no chord) | C | C |CDo not forsake me, oh my darlingC *F C/E Dm *F 1-1-2-3-x-xOn this our wedd'n' day-----ay C/E x-1-0-2-x-xC Am Dm 1-3-2-0-x-xDo not forsake me, oh my darlingE GWait, wait alongCI do not know what fate awaits meC F AI only know I must be brave(Dm) C C7And I must face a man who hates meF C F COr lie a coward, a craven cowardF C Am F G COr lie a coward in my graveFOh, to be torn twixt love and dutyCS'pposin' I lose my fair haired beautyFLook at that big hand move alongC GNearin' high noonFHe made a vow while in state's prisonCSaid it would be my life or hisn'FmI'm not afraid of death but ohC Dm GWhat will I do if you leave me?CDo not forsake me, oh my darlingC F AYou made that promise as a bride(Dm) C C7Do not forsake me, oh my darlingF C F CAlthough you're grievin', I can't be leavin'F C Am F G CNow that I need you by my sideF CWait along, wait alongF CWait along, wait along---------------------------------------------------------------------------Movie versionThe version played over the opening credits of the movie is in a differentkey (capo 1 st fret: C# instead of C) and there are slightly differentchords in the middle 8 as well as in the final verse. The lyrics aredifferent, too. In order to make the song more accessible to people whodidn't watch the movie, the version released as a single is stripped of anydirect reference to the character "Frank Miller" and the explicit statementthat the singer has to "kill" someone is replaced by the confession that thesinger needs his wife to stand by him.Capo 1st fret(Chords as above except as indicated)Do not forsake me, oh my darlingOn this our wedd'n' dayDo not forsake me, oh my darlingWait, wait alongThe noon day (?) train will bring Frank MillerIf I'm a man I must be braveAnd I must face that deadly killerOr lie a coward, a craven cowardOr lie a coward in my graveOh, to be torn twixt love and dutyS'pposin' I lose my fair haired beautyLook at that big hand move alongC EmNearin' high noonHe made a vow while in state's prisonSaid it would be my life or hisn'I'm not afraid of death but ohWhat will I do if you leave me?Do not forsake me, oh my darlingYou made that promise when we wedDo not forsake me, oh my darlingF C F EmAlthough you're grievin', I can't be leavin'Until I shoot Frank Miller deadWait along, wait alongWait along, wait along
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