Daoiri Farrell - John O'Dreams

I really like Daoiri's version of this old song. He uses some nice chords here. I tried to tab the chords, which can only be very loose, because he plays very free. Capo on 2nd fret. Hope this might be helpful. Maybe I'll try to tab the intro one day, but it's a lot of work.

By the way, if someone of you has some tabs, helpers or anything to with with the irish bouzouki to offer which I can post on my blog, this would be very appreciated.

 

 

 

John O’Dreams

{t:John O'Dreams - Daoiri Farrell}

{c:Bill Caddick}

[G]When midnight [G/B]comes and people[C] homeward [G]tread,

[G]Seek out your [G/B]blankets and your [C]feathered[G] bed,

[G]Home [G/B]comes the [D]rover, his journey's[C]over

[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O[D]’Dreams

[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old[C] John O'[G]Dreams

[G]Across the [G/B]hill the sun has [C]gone a[G]stray

[G]Tomorrows [G/B]cares are many [C]dreams a[G]way

[G]The [G/B]stars are [D]flying, your candle's [C]dying

[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O’[D]Dreams

[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O'[G]Dreams

[G]Both man and [G/B]master in the [C]night are [G]one

[G]All things are [G/B]equal when the [C]day is [G]done

The [G]prince [G/B]and the [D]ploughman, the slave and the [C]free man

[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O’[D]Dreams

[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O'[G]Dreams

[G]When sleep it [G/B]comes the dreams come [C]running [G]clear

[G]The hawks of [G/B]morning cannot [C]reach you [G]here

[G]Sleep [G/B]is a [D]river, flow on for [C]ever

[G]And for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O’[D]Dreams

[G]Yes for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O'[G]Dreams

The words are by Bill Caddick, who took the tune from Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6, Pathetique) who in turn borrowed it from a southern Italian lullaby entitled Piva Piva.

Steve Knightley - The Mandocello (GDAD Chords)

 Steve Knightley from Show of Hands shows some nice Chords and shows how to use them.

Tijn Berends - Concert 2015

Tijn is a fantastic bouzouki player from the Netherlands. Here's a concert filmed in 2015.

 

Ye Vagabonds - Lowlands of Holland

Ye Vagabonds and their lovely version of the classic Song "Lowlands of Holland". I tried to tab the intro because it is so beautiful. Capo 2nd fret. The bouzouki is stringed in octaves, so it sounds different if your bouzouki is stringed in unisons. 

If you find any mistakes please let me know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want the whole tab in pdf click here.

If you download please leave a comment or if you like you can buy me a beer.

 

{t:Lowlands of Holland}
{st:Ye Vagabonds}

The [D]love that I have cho[G]sen I there[D]with be con[Bm]tent

The [D]salt sea shall be fro[G]zen be[D]fore that [A] re[D]pent

Re[D]pent it shall I [G]ne[D]ver un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die

But the [G]lowlands of [D]Holl[G]and has [D]twined my [A]love and I[D].

My [D]love lies in the salt [G]sea and [D] I am on the [Bm]side

en[D]ough to break a young thing's [G]heart that [D]lately [A]was a [D]bride.

But [D]lately was a [G]bonny [D]bride and [G]pleasure [D]in her [Bm]eye.

For the [G]lowlands of [D]Hol[G]land has [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.

My [D]love he built a bonny [G]ship and [D]set her on the [Bm]sea

With [D]seven score good mari[G]ners to [D]bear her [A]compa[D]ny.

But the [D]weary wind be[G]gan to [D]rise, the [G]sea be[D]gan to [Bm]rout

And my [G]love then and his [D]bonny [G]ship turned [D]with the [A]shins a[D]bout.

There [D]shall nae a quaff come on my [G]head nor [D]comb come through my [Bm]hair

There shall [D]neither coal nor candlel[G]ight shine [D]in my [A]bower [D]mair.

Nor [D]will I marry a[G]nother [D]one, un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die

For the [G]high winds and [D]stormy [G]seas have [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.

Oh [D]hold your tongue my daughter [G]dear, be [D]still and [A]be con[Bm]tent.

There's [D]men enough in Gallo[G]way, you [D]need not [A]sore la[D]ment.

Oh there's [D]men enough in [G]Gallo[D]way, a[G]las there's [D]none for [Bm]me

For I [G]never had a [D]love but [G]one and he's [D]drownded [A]in the [D]sea.

Lyrics of Dubliner's version:

The night that I was married and in my married bed
Up comes the bold sea captain and stands at my bed head
Saying 'arise, arise, young wedded man and come along with me
To the Lowlands of Holland for to fight the enemy'

Oh, Holland is a lovely land and in it grows fine grain
It is a place of residence for soldiers to remain
Where the sugar cane grows plentiful and the tea grows on each tree
I never had but the one sweetheart and she's far away from me

Says the mother to the daughter 'leave off your sore lament
There's men enough in Galway to be your heart's content'
'There's men enough in Galway, but alas there's none for me
Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and me'

'i'll wear no stays around my waist, no combs all in my hair
No handkerchief around my neck, to shade my beauty fair
And neither will I marry until the day I die
Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and I'.

This song is not about Holland, but about Dutch Guyana (Surinam)

2021 Tionol Colin Farrell, Shane Farrell, Alan Murray

 A short concert for Tionol 2021.

 

Daoiri Farrell - Sweet Portadown - Chords and Intro

 

A wonderful love song from Daoiri's latest album.


 

You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD 

 Intro:

 

{t:Sweet Portadown}

{st:Daoiri Farrell}

{c:}

As [Dm]I went out [C]walkin' one [Gm]morning in [Am]June,

I [Bb]spied a fair [Am]damsel in the [Bb]sweet summer [C]bloom,

Her [Dm]cheeks they were [Am]rosy, her [Gm]hair it hung [Am]down

And she [Gm]came from Black[Am]water near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.

I [Dm]stood in a[C]mazement as the [Gm]breezes did [Am]blow,

And the [Bb]blood in my [Am]veins like a [Bb]river did [C]flow

I [Dm]thought her the [Am]fairest in all [Gm]Ireland was [Am]found,

The [Gm]day when I [Am]met her, near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown

Says [Dm]I my we [C]lassie, I [Gm]don’t know your [Am]name,

She [Bb]answered me [Am]shyly, I’m a[Bb]fflicted the [C]same,

Says [Dm]I mine's O’[Am]Connor, a [Gm]name of re[Am]nown,

She [Gm]says mine's O’[Am]Driscoll from [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown,

I ex[Dm]cused myself [C]kindly, I [Gm]said if you [Am]please,

We will [Bb]both take a [Am]ramble in the [Bb]Blackwater [C]breeze

I’m [Dm]sorry she [Am]said, but I [Gm]can’t go to[Am]day, 

For I’m [Gm]searching for [Am]young lambs, that [Bb]have gone a[Dm]stray.

Then [Dm]I will go [C]with you, in [Gm]search of your [Am]flock,

And the [Bb]sun it did [Am]dazzle on her [Bb]dark amber [C]locks,

We [Dm]searched the [Am]whole day, till the [Gm]sun it went [Am]down,

And at [Gm]length we lo[Am]cated them near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

As we [Dm]made our way [C]homeward, we [Gm]sat down to [Am]rest,

And we [Bb]watched the rock [Am]thrush on the [Bb]Blackwater [C]cress,

I t[Dm]old her I [Am]loved her, as the [Gm]sun went [Am]down,

Be[Gm]hind the [Am]green hills near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

She [Dm]said if you [C]love me, you [Gm]must be ex[Am]cused

For [Bb]I am a [Am]poor girl, so you [Bb]must be re[C]fused,

I [Dm]work hard for a [Am]living, the [Gm]whole year a[Am]round,

And be[Gm]sides I would [Am]never, leave [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

I won’t [Dm]ask you to [C]leave it, the [Gm]place of your [Am]birth,

For [Bb]I know it’s the [Am]grandest and [Bb]fairest on [C]earth,

But if [Dm]you’ll con[Am]sent for to [Gm]be my own [Am]bride,

It’s [Gm]married we’ll [Am]be by the [Bb]Blackwater [Dm]side,

We [Dm]went to her [C]parents, they [Gm]considered a[Am]while,

Her [Bb]mother looked [Am]on me, and at [Bb]length she did [C]smile,

If [Dm]Flora con[Am]sents, so [Gm]we’ll consent [Am]to

And it’s [Gm]married we [Am]were on the [Bb]18th of [Dm]June

Come [Dm]all ye fair [C]maidens, as[Gm]semble to[Am]night,

And [Bb]marry your [Am]first love, even [Bb]though at first [C]sight,

Don’t [Dm]marry for [Am]riches or [Gm]fame or re[Am]nown,

For [Gm]we living [Am]happy near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.

Dm: 7000
C: 5500 or 5530 or sometimes 0230
Gm: 0010 or 0550
Am: 2202 (A5) or 2230
Bb: 3010 or 3013

Matt Heaton - Accompanying Slides

 Just found the time to make a little tab for this tutorial by Matt Heaton. In this series he talks about accompanying slides. He takes the DUDUDU - Jig Rhythm as basis and omits some parts. He ends up with D_DU_U|D_DU_U| etc.

This is how it looks in Tab:

The last bar is a little variation for endings.

 

A groovy Jig Rhythm pattern

 

This is a groovy Jig Rhythm pattern. Found it on the CD Wooden Flute Obsession 2 Disk 2 on the tune Fly on the porter. Sorry, key signature is wrong, has to be G for D Mixolydian.

Link to the tune on thesession.org:

https://thesession.org/tunes/4225

A nice Jig Rhythm pattern

 

   I like this little Jig rhythm pattern a lot.

Darren Lynch - Spancil Hill - Lyrics, Chords

 Darren Lynch presents the classic song Spancil Hill on a Six String Bouzouki. 

 

{t:Spancil Hill - Darren Lynch}
{st:Darren Lynch}
Capo 4th fret

Last[Gm] night as I lay [F]dreaming, of pleasant days gone [Gm]by,
Me [Gm]mind being bent on rambling,to [F]Ireland I did [C]fly,
I [Gm]stepped on board a vision,and [F]followed with a [C]will,
Till the [Gm]first I came to [F]anchor at the cross at Spancil [Gm]Hill,


T’was [Gm]on the twenty [F]third of June,the day before the [Gm]fair,
When [Gm]Ireland’s sons and daughters,and [F]friends assembled [C]there,
The [Gm]young the old the brave the bold, their [F]duty to full [C]fill,
At the [Gm]parish Church near [F]Clooney,a mile from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]went to see me [F]neighbors to see what they might [Gm]say,
The [Gm]old one’s were all dead and gone,the [F]young one’s turning [C]grey,
I [Gm]met with tailor Quigley, he’s as [F]bold as ever [C]still,
Sure he [Gm]used to make me [F]britches when I lived in [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]paid a flying vi[F]sit to my first and only [Gm]love,
She’s as [Gm]fair as any lilly as [F]gently as a [C]dove,
She [Gm]threw her arms around me saying [F]Johnny I love ye [C]still,
She was [Gm]Meg the farmer’s [F]daughter,the pride of [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.

I [Gm]dreamed I held and [F]kissed her as in the days of [Gm]yore
Ah [Gm]Johnny, you're only jokin', as [F]many's the time be[C]fore
Then the [Gm]cock, he crew in the morning, he [F]crew both loud and [C]shrill
I a[Gm]woke in Cali[F]fornia, many miles from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill

Chords:

Gm:  x 5 1 0
F:      x 3 3 0
C:     x 2 3 0
Dm:  x 0 0 3

 

Here's a tab for the Intro and the first two lines. Accompanyment of line 3 is the same as line 2 and then the first line repeats.

 

Daoiri Farrell about accompanying Jigs

 A nice workshop by Daoiri Farrell about playing Jigs on the bouzouki.

Right hand pattern he shows:

 

 

 

 

The other right hand pattern:

 

The Foggy Dew - By Ye Vagabonds - Tutorial by Jasper Kaye

Jasper Kaye uploaded a tutorial video to the song The Foggy Dew as played by Ye Vagabonds. This is not the well known Song!

 

First the song, sung and played by Jasper 

And here's his tutorial video:

 

Here's a solo version by Brian Mac Gloinn of Ye Vagabonds where you can hear the
bouzouki very well:

Here are the lyrics with some chords I figured out, don't know, if they are exactly the same as Ye Vagabond's. They differ a bit from Jasper's chords. There is always more than one way to accompany a song ;-)

When [D]I was [G/A]a [D/F#]bachelor [D]young [G/A]and [D/F#]bold
I [Bm]followed the [G]roving [D]tra[A]de
The [D5]only [A/E]thing that I [D/F#]ever done [G5]wrong {soh}(Basslauf!){eoh}
I [Bm]courted a hand[G]some [D]maid

I wooed her all the summertime
And part of the winter too
The only thing I ever done wrong
Was to keep off the foggy dew

'Twas on one night about twelve o'clock
As I lay fast asleep
There came this maid to my bedside
And bitterly she did weep

She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair
And she cried "what shall I do?"
So I rolled her into bed
And covered up her head
For to keep off the foggy dew

Well all the first part all that night
And we did sport and play
And all the latter part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay
 
And when the broad daylight appeared
She cried "I am undone!"
Well hold your tongue
My pretty young girl
For the foggy dew has gone

Well I never told nobody her name
And its damned be if I do
But it's often times that i think on that night
That I kept off the foggy dew

Chords could be:

D: 2,0,0,0
G/A: 2,5,0,0
D/F#: 2,4,0,0
Bm: 4,4,0,0
G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0
A: 2,2,0,2 or 2,2,0,0
D5: x,0,0,0
A/E: x,2,0,2
D/F#: x,4,0,0
G5: x,5,5,0
Bm: 4,4,0,0
G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0
D: 2,4,0,0 or 7,0,0,0

New Bodhran Metronome on Youtube

 Santiago Molina uploaded some Bodhran Metronome tracks on youtube. Each track lasts for around 10 minutes. Up to now he uploaded metronome tracks for polka and jigs in various speeds.

This is the link to his channel, where you can find lots of interesting videos:
https://www.youtube.com/c/gaitero/videos

Here is one example for polka (140 BPM) and one example for jig (110 BPM).

Matt & Shannon Heaton - Inis Here in D - Capo 7th fret

Here's "Inis Here" to be played with Capo on 7th fret. Now you can use D-Chordshapes. 

In this video Shannon first teaches the melody and after that Matt shows the chords on his Guitar. The waltz is in A, Matt uses Capo 2nd fret on his guitar to play in G. He is in standard tuning.

 

So this is my attempt to transfer the arrangement for bouzouki with capo on 7th fret with D-chords.

 

 

 

Matt & Shannon Heaton - Inis Here

 A beautiful new tune by Shannon Heaton. In this video she first teaches the melody and after that Matt shows the chords on his Guitar. The waltz is in A, Matt uses Capo 2nd fret, so do I on bouzouki.

 

Now I tried to transcribe the Guitar part to the bouzouki. Because of the tuning GDAD I had to change a few of the bass notes.