Biography:
Ralph McTell is an English singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk scene since the 1960s.
Ralph McTell is probably best known for the song Streets of London which has been covered by over a hundred artists around the world. From Clare to Here has proved almost as popular, during a long and continuing recording and performing career.
McTell's guitar style has been influenced by many of the USA's country blues 'Piedmont- style' guitar players of the early 20th century
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Other songs:
- Streets Of London
- Around The Wild Cape Horn
- Barges
- Clare To Here
- Clown
- Easter Lilies
- England
- First Song
- From Clare To Here
- Girl From The Hiring Fair
- Impala Song
- In The Dreamtime
- Jesus Wept
- Last Train And Ride
- London Apprentice
- Maginot Waltz
- Mr Connaughton
- Nannas Song
- Somewhere Down The Road
- Summer Girl
- The Wind In The Willows
- Weather The Storm
- Zimmerman Blues
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This is from the album Easy and without tab software I am restricted to simply
posting the chords, so you will need to listen closely to get the picking right.
The main thing is use a clear waltz rhythmn in the bass,picking strings 6/4/4 each
bar for the first two lines. The bass moves betwen 5/3/3 and 5/4/4 as the chords
change.
I have tabbed it in G but I think (from memory as I have long since lost the
album) that Ralph uses a capo on the 1st fret.
G#9 F#aug
All off to Brighton in a charabanc
G#9 F#aug
Albert played his banjo and how we sang.
C C(2) G
The beer was expensive but the laughter was free
A D (D run)
Oh how we do love to all be beside the sea.
G#9 F#aug
Albert had a cousin named Marjorie
G#9 F#aug
And I had been noticing that she had noticed me.
C Eb7 G (Gmaj7) E
I quickly decided if she didn't mind
A D G (G run)
I would spend the day in her gay company.
We shared a plate of whelks strolling side by side.
I said she weren't too old to take a donkey ride
But I didn't mind when she laughed and said no
So we paused for a while and listened to the minstrel show.
There was a notice at the Palace Pier
It said there was to be a dance that night and it wasn't dear.
I explained of course that I could only waltz
And so we waltzed to every tune they played.
Instrumental break
C | C(2) | G | G |
D | D) | G | G7 |
C | Eb7 | G (Gmaj7) | E |
A | D | G |(G run)
Nine o'clock come round we had to take the charabanc
Albert was too drunk to play the banjo but still we sang
All except Marjorie, I could tell at a glance
Because me and Albert was leaving for France.
I said "We'll both be home in a week or two
Me and Albert and Lord Kitchener will teach the Hun a thing or two.
I'm sure to return, after me do not yearn
And we will waltz together all our lives through."
G#9 3x030x
F#aug 2x0332
C x32010
C(2) x32013
Eb7 xx1323
D run 2 0 - - - - - - - -|
3 - 3 2 1 - 0 1 2 3|
2 - - - - 2 - - - -|
0 - - - - - - - - -|
- - - - - - - - - -|
- - - - - - - - - -|
G run - - - - 0 3|
- - 0 3 - -|
0 3 - - - -|
0 - - - - -|
- - - - - -|
3 - - - - 3|
posting the chords, so you will need to listen closely to get the picking right.
The main thing is use a clear waltz rhythmn in the bass,picking strings 6/4/4 each
bar for the first two lines. The bass moves betwen 5/3/3 and 5/4/4 as the chords
change.
I have tabbed it in G but I think (from memory as I have long since lost the
album) that Ralph uses a capo on the 1st fret.
G#9 F#aug
All off to Brighton in a charabanc
G#9 F#aug
Albert played his banjo and how we sang.
C C(2) G
The beer was expensive but the laughter was free
A D (D run)
Oh how we do love to all be beside the sea.
G#9 F#aug
Albert had a cousin named Marjorie
G#9 F#aug
And I had been noticing that she had noticed me.
C Eb7 G (Gmaj7) E
I quickly decided if she didn't mind
A D G (G run)
I would spend the day in her gay company.
We shared a plate of whelks strolling side by side.
I said she weren't too old to take a donkey ride
But I didn't mind when she laughed and said no
So we paused for a while and listened to the minstrel show.
There was a notice at the Palace Pier
It said there was to be a dance that night and it wasn't dear.
I explained of course that I could only waltz
And so we waltzed to every tune they played.
Instrumental break
C | C(2) | G | G |
D | D) | G | G7 |
C | Eb7 | G (Gmaj7) | E |
A | D | G |(G run)
Nine o'clock come round we had to take the charabanc
Albert was too drunk to play the banjo but still we sang
All except Marjorie, I could tell at a glance
Because me and Albert was leaving for France.
I said "We'll both be home in a week or two
Me and Albert and Lord Kitchener will teach the Hun a thing or two.
I'm sure to return, after me do not yearn
And we will waltz together all our lives through."
G#9 3x030x
F#aug 2x0332
C x32010
C(2) x32013
Eb7 xx1323
D run 2 0 - - - - - - - -|
3 - 3 2 1 - 0 1 2 3|
2 - - - - 2 - - - -|
0 - - - - - - - - -|
- - - - - - - - - -|
- - - - - - - - - -|
G run - - - - 0 3|
- - 0 3 - -|
0 3 - - - -|
0 - - - - -|
- - - - - -|
3 - - - - 3|
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