HARPER ROY - "tom tiddlers ground" Tablature

[Song: Roy Harper "Tom Tiddler's Ground"]
[Transcription by Gordon Walker <scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk>]

Another I'm not sure I've posted before (cos I hadn't quite finished
it??).

This transcription is *not* exactly as Roy plays it - but works for me!
He uses a dropped top E as well I think on normal tuning - or is it a
full open tuning in D? He also plays the second D (my D*) _up_ the neck
for the socond chord, but in my tuning it never seems to sound right
trying to do that to me (plus it's easier to hit the C/D afterwards
doing it my way!).

Gordon

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Tom Tiddlers Ground
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I thought you had passed, but ....
D/G D* C/D D
Where you know I ...
D/C D/B D, Dsus2+4, D
And now that you're here, ...,
D/G D* C/D D
It's so clear on the ...
D/C D/B D, Dsus2+4, D
Where your smile starts to shine, as ....
D/G D* C/D D
Of the spray on the ...
D/C D/B D, Dsus2+4, D
The same day we all go, when ....,
D/G D* C/D D
What it is to be ....
D/C D/B D, Dsus2+4, D

And there's a lovenest, on Tom ....
A D
And there's a lovenest, ....
A D
And there's a lovenest, ...
A D
Long before Eden, ....
G D D/B D/Bb D,Dsus2+4,D

But you know you'll have to be .....

And there's a lovenest....

And you heard me say ......

And there's a lovenest....

I thought you had passed, but you .....

And there's a lovenest....

Chords and Notes
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The 5 below is just to indicate the 5th fret.

D A D G B E
=========== =========== =========== ===========
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_1
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| 5|_|_|_|_|_| 5|_|_|_|_|_1 5|_|_|_2_3_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_2_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
D G/D D* C/D

x=========x x=========x x=========x =========== x==========
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_1_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_1_|_| |_1_|_2_|_| |_|_|_2_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_2_3_4_|
|_2_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
D/C D/B D/Bb Dsus4+2 A

(oops - I forgot G - but I'm sure you can survive without my little
pictures for that one (don't forget the bottom E dropped to D!).

Note for the end of the chorus and every other verse line:

The walk down at the end should be played stressing the bass notes on
the A string (ie pluck them on the beat), and then there is a little
pull off using the first finger to play the open A (either from the B
(in the verses) or the Bb (in the chorus)) followed by plucking the
bottom D normally and then strum. Best to listen to the record to see
what I mean (if I'm making sense of course)!