Biography:
(2004 - 2016) An 11 piece band that play(ed) arrangements of English traditional music.
They released one Ep, E.P.onymous in October 2004, and five albums, Burlesque in October 2006, Matachin in October 2008, Hedonism in October 2010, Broadside in October 2012 and Revival in June 2014.
http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/releases.html
They announced in 2015 that the 2016 tour would be the last.
www.bellowhead.co.uk/home/item/142-thats-all-folks.html
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Artist: Bellowhead
Song: New York Girls
Album: Hedonism (2010)
Tabbed by Bryn Portas, aka, Stud_Muffin
An absolutely cracking song, by one of the most talented and entertaining bands around
today, I hope you enjoy strumming along with the song, and to make it sound better
unaccompanied, I have included the chords that I use in DADGAD tuning, to add more
ringing open strings.
Any comments or rates are welcomed, and feel free to use my tab as a basis to work out
your own. So here it is, Bellowhead's version of New York Girls, ENJOY!!!
Chords used:
STANDARD DADGAD
D :xx0232 D5 :000200
A :x02220 Asus4:x02200
G :320033 Gsus2:550000
Bm:x24432 Bm7 :x24400
Build Up
D
Intro/Polka section 1
D G A
Verse
D G
As I walked down to New York town,
A D
A fair maid I did meet
Bm G
She asked me back to see her place
A D
She lived on Barrack Street
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 2
D G
And when we got to Barrack Street,
A D
we stopped at forty-four
Bm G
Her mother and her sister
A D
were waiting at the door
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 3
D G
And when I got inside the house,
A D
the drinks were passed around
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
my head went round and round
D G
And then we had another drink
A D
before we sat to eat
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
I quickly fell asleep
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Verse 4
D G
When I awoke next morning,
A D
I had an aching head
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in me bed
D G
My gold watch and my money
A D
and my lady friend were gone
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in the room
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
Verse 5
D G
Oh looking round that little room,
A D
there's nothing I could see
Bm G
But a woman's shift and apron
A D
that were no use to me
D G
With a barrel for a suit of clothes,
A D
down Cherry Street forlorn
Bm G
Where Martin Churchill took me in
A D
and he sent me round Cape Horn
D G A D
So sailor lads, take warning when you land on New York shore
Bm G A D (stop)
You'll have to get up early to be smarter than a whore
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
Song: New York Girls
Album: Hedonism (2010)
Tabbed by Bryn Portas, aka, Stud_Muffin
An absolutely cracking song, by one of the most talented and entertaining bands around
today, I hope you enjoy strumming along with the song, and to make it sound better
unaccompanied, I have included the chords that I use in DADGAD tuning, to add more
ringing open strings.
Any comments or rates are welcomed, and feel free to use my tab as a basis to work out
your own. So here it is, Bellowhead's version of New York Girls, ENJOY!!!
Chords used:
STANDARD DADGAD
D :xx0232 D5 :000200
A :x02220 Asus4:x02200
G :320033 Gsus2:550000
Bm:x24432 Bm7 :x24400
Build Up
D
Intro/Polka section 1
D G A
Verse
D G
As I walked down to New York town,
A D
A fair maid I did meet
Bm G
She asked me back to see her place
A D
She lived on Barrack Street
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 2
D G
And when we got to Barrack Street,
A D
we stopped at forty-four
Bm G
Her mother and her sister
A D
were waiting at the door
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 3
D G
And when I got inside the house,
A D
the drinks were passed around
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
my head went round and round
D G
And then we had another drink
A D
before we sat to eat
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
I quickly fell asleep
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Verse 4
D G
When I awoke next morning,
A D
I had an aching head
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in me bed
D G
My gold watch and my money
A D
and my lady friend were gone
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in the room
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
Verse 5
D G
Oh looking round that little room,
A D
there's nothing I could see
Bm G
But a woman's shift and apron
A D
that were no use to me
D G
With a barrel for a suit of clothes,
A D
down Cherry Street forlorn
Bm G
Where Martin Churchill took me in
A D
and he sent me round Cape Horn
D G A D
So sailor lads, take warning when you land on New York shore
Bm G A D (stop)
You'll have to get up early to be smarter than a whore
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
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