ALARM - "a new south wales" Tablature

From: "Glyn Hunt" <glynhunt@hotmail.com>
Subject: a/alarm/a_new_south_wales.crd
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 19:29:47 +0000

Written by: Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
Artist: The Alarm
Album: Change (LP record, EIRSAX 1020)
Record Label: I.R.S. Records (1989)
Transcriber: Glyn Hunt <glynhunt@hotmail.com>

All my own work!

This is the last song on the Alarm's Album "Change",
different from the rest of album's tracks by it's "chapel
song" feel. The recording itself has the Morriston Orpheus
Male Voice Choir and members of the Welsh Symphony
Orchestra singing/playing alongside the band. I haven't
been able to create tabs yet for the orchestral part yet,
but anyone else please feel free to contribute as this is
my first time at writing chords/tabs.
As it stands, the song can be played as a slow guitar
ballad. It tells the story of life for people from the
valley communities of South Wales following the closure of
their mining industries. It should be sung thus as a sad
song, lifting towards the end. Otherwise, it's one of my
favourites, so enjoy!

A New South Wales by The Alarm

Chord String
name EADGBE

Am X02210
Fm XX3211
G5 355XXX
Gm 355333
Am/G X02010
F 244322
C 032010
Cmaj7 032000
E 022100
G 320003
DSus2/C XX0555
Am/F XX2211
A X03330

Intro:
Am Fm G5
Gm Am/G Am

Verse 1:
Am
Pit Shaft...
Fm G5
in the...
Gm
The Davey...
Am/G Am
there's no...
Am
As the...
Fm G5
from the...
Gm
A man...
Am/G Am
past a...

Bridge 1:
F
Throughout...
C Cmaj7 C
fought, he...
G5 Gm
In tears...
Am E Am
"Cwm Rhondda...

Chorus 1:
G
Great...
DSus/C Am
fair country.
Fm E
To Botany...
C Am
deportation...
G
Great...
DSus/C Am
fair...
Fm E
Great...
C Am Am/F Am
for a...

Verse 2:
Am
The Slack...
Fm G5
It keeps...
Gm
The stale...
Am/G Am
Their...
Am
A choir...
Fm G5
"where's the...
Gm
The question...
NO CHORDS
- all eyes...

Bridge 2:
F
In another...
C Cmaj7 C
hard...
G5 Gm
For the...
Am E Am
"Cwm Rhondda...

Chorus 2:
G
Great...
DSus2/C Am
fair...
Fm E
the future...
C Am
South...
G
Say, say...
DSus2/C Am
fair...
Fm E
great...
C Am Am/F Am
for...

- Orchestral Link -

Chorus 3:
G
Great...
DSus2/C Am
fair...
Fm E
the future...
C Am
South...
G
Say, say...
DSus2/C Am
fair...
Fm E
great...
C Am Am/F Am
for a...

Outro:
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Oooooh, someone...
Cmaj7 Fm C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Oooooh, someone...
Cmaj7 Fm C Fm Am/G
Oooooh, someone...
Cmaj7 Fm C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Oooooh, someone...
Am Am/F E E A
for a...