Home » N » Nickel Creek »

Nickel Creek - Sweet Afton - Dadgad Tabs

Artists:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # 

Sweet Afton - Dadgad Tabs

(ver. 1)
Nickel Creek
I've seen the other DADGAD tabs of this song, and this sounded better to me.  
It sounds like it would blend better with the mandolin tab I posted.  It's also 
a little simpler to play.  Let me know what you think. Enjoy!


DADGAD Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret

  E  B  A  C#m  F#m  G#
--0--0--0---0----0---0------
--0--0--0---0----0---0------
--2--9--7---11---0---6------
--0--7--5---9----2---4------
--0--7--5---9----2---4------
--0--7--5---9----2---4------

Verse 1:
     E             B       A              E     E
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
     C#m           B          A           E     E
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

Verse 2:
Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whistly blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear,
I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair.

Chorus:
    C#m          B          A           E    E
How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills,
    F#m             F#m        A             B    B
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills;
      G#m     A         G#         C#m  B  A  E
There daily I wander as noon rises high, oooh,
    F#m          F#m          A         B     B
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.

Verse 3:
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, 
Where, wild in the woodlands, the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild evening sweeps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.

Chorus:
Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stems thy clear wave.

Verse 4:
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; 
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dreams.

            
Submit corrections

↑ Back to top | Tablatures and chords for acoustic guitar and electric guitar, ukulele, drums are parodies/interpretations of the original songs. You may use it for private study, scholarship, research or language learning purposes only