May You Never Accompaniment by John Martyn, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

May You Never Accompaniment

Biography:

John Martyn OBE, born Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums.

He grew up in Glasgow and attended Shawlands Academy. John Martyn moved to London from Glasgow in the mid 1960s. He made his initial recorded impact in 1967, at the age of 19, with his debut album London Conversation. He then quickly became an integral part of the British music scene, incorporating Folk, Blues, and Jazz into his unique sound.

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MAY YOU NEVER (accompaniment) - John Martyn & Kathy Mattea

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Recording: Transatlantic Sessions

Tabbed by Robert Saunders

This tab is based on what Kathy Mattea played to accompany John Martyn (who plays in drop D with
capo on 1) in the Transatlantic Sessions recording, along with Danny Thompson and Jerry Douglas
(see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBPTuAl2Qyk).

NB It is not intended to be a tab of what John Martyn plays but you can use this if you want to
play the song in standard tuning instead of drop D.

I’ve only included the chords for most of it. For help with the right hand picking/slap pattern,
try the following tutorials (both in the original drop D tuning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Nf7e6GZKY (simplified version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e8n1SQY6lA (JM version)

Standard tuning with capo on 3.

Chords(relative to capo):

G1 355433 (This is a standard G major. It's only called G1 to differentiate it from the other G shape)
F/G 3X3211
C X32010
C/G 332010
F/A X03211
G 320003
Csus4 3X3010

G(1) F/G [play strings 6, 3, 2 & 1]
May You

C/G F/A
Never lay your head down

G C/G Csus4 C/G
Without a hand to hold

F/A G C/G Csus4 C/G F/A C
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

G C/G Csus4 C/G [play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2]
or G G G G
You're just like a great strong brother of mine

C/G F/A C/G
You know that I love you true

G C/G Csus4 C/G [play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2]
or G G G G
And you never talk dirty behind my back

C/G F/A C/G
And I know that there's those that do.

[When playing G below, play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2. You can also fret 2nd string on 3rd fret for variety]

G G G G
Oh please won't you, please won't you / Bear it in mind

[Either play the next line silent, play tab below, or improvise something similar]

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------1--------3p1------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|----2h3----3p2---------3p2------|
A|-0------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Love is a lesson to learn in our time

G C/G Csus4 C/G C F/A C
Now please won't you, please won't you / Bear it in mind for me.

G F/G [Alternatively, just play F on middle 4 strings]
And may you

C/G F/A
Never lay your head down

G C/G Csus4 C/G
Without a hand to hold

Etc.

End with:

C/G F/A C/G F/A C/G F/A etc.

Then either play the tab below, something similar, or end on C or C/G.

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1-1----|
G|-0------------------------------------0---------|
D|----3-2-3-0------------------------2------------|
A|-------------3-2-3--0-------3---3---------------|
E|----------------------3--1----------------------|