ROGERS STAN - "sailors rest.num" Tablature

From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

SAILOR'S REST Time: 4/4 (sync) Tenor: G Bass: G
- Stan Rogers, 1982, on: Home in Halifax

INTRO: 1, 4, *, 1


1 5 1 4 *
It's acrimony down in the card-room, ...
5 * 4 5
For-gotten cards wait on the end ...
17 * 4 2??
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty.....
1 4 * 1
And tempers are flyin', down ...


1 5 1 4 *
Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still ...
5 * 4 5
And Zeroes in the sky, and the ....
17 * 4 2??
The spice in the wind off of Java, and the ...
1 4 * 1
But the deck is too steady, ....


CHORUS ONE:

5 * 17 4
And, oh____ how they talked of the ....
6m 4 2m 5
When after the years, all the storms and ...
5 * 17 4
And, oh____ how their lives were ...
6m 2m
>From the battered old seabags, ...
6m 27
And the keepsakes locked ...
1 4 * 1
That were stowed in the attic, ....


1 5 1 4 *
No rail on the messroom table, and you're ....
5 * 4 5
No grog allowed, no singin' too ...
17 * 4 2??
But there's always a fire in the card room, ....
1 4 * 1
And they'll end it together, ...

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO


NOTES:


SAILOR'S REST (PAGE TWO)


CHORUS TWO:

5 * 17 4
And, oh____ how they talked of ...
6m 4 2m 5
When after the years, all the storms and ....
5 * 17 4
And, oh____ how their lives were ...
6m 2m
>From the battered old seabags, ...
6m 27
/ And the keepsakes ....
1 4 * 1
That were sold at the auction, ...


1 5 1 4 *
So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with ....
5 * 4 5
For-gotten cards wait on the end of ...
17 * 4 2??
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, ....
1 4 * 1
But they'll end it together', down ....


ENDING (SLOWLY):

1 5 1
It's acrimony down ....

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)