Fiddler on The Green

transcribed by:     Russ Elton     :  *
                    Jake           :  J*
                    Rob Steinway   :  *
based from tab by:  Alberto Damora :  *
                                      *


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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1 (acoustic)
eb|-------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------1-----0-----0-----------1-----3-----0-----| 
Gb|-----2---2-----2-----2-------2---2-----2-----2---| 
Db|---2-------2-----2-----2---2-------2-----2-----2-| 
Ab|-0-----------------------0-----------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------| 

   "Sad voices........."
eb|-------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------1-----0-----0-----------1-----3-----1-----| 
Gb|-----2---2-----2-----2-------0---0-----0-----0---| 
Db|---2-------2-----2-----2---2-------2-----2-----2-| 
Ab|-0-----------------------3-----------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------| 

   "Our precious girl......"


Riff 2 (acoustic) - Use the provided strumming pattern, and
use the lyrics as a reference to timing.

Guitar one plays the chords for the verse like this. Full
chord strum and then lightly strum the top three strings for
time, down-up-down-up.

Guitar two strums the full chords alone.

    Am                              C
eb|-0-0000--0-0000--0-0000--0-0000--0-0000--0-0000--| 
Bb|-1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--| 
Gb|-2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--| 
Db|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------| 
Ab|-0-------0-------0-------0-------3-------3-------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------| 

    G              X3 F
eb|-3-3333--3-3333--|-1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--| 
Bb|-0-0000--0-0000--|-1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--1-1111--| 
Gb|-0-0000--0-0000--|-2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--2-2222--| 
Db|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------| 
Ab|-2-------2-------|---------------------------------| 
Eb|-3-------3-------|---------------------------------| 

    G
eb|-3-3333--3-3333-3-3-3-3-| 
Bb|-0-0000--0-0000-0-0-0-0-| 
Gb|-0-0000--0-0000-0-0-0-0-| 
Db|-0-------0------0-0-0-0-| 
Ab|-2-------2------2-2-2-2-| 
Eb|-3-------3------3-3-3-3-| 

Am             C
Wasn't there a dream, last night

G                   Am
Like a spring never ending

                                      C
Still the water runs clear through my mind

       G                 Am
On the field I can see a fiddler

                   C
The fiddler on the green

      G         Am
And a saaaad    boy

               C
I took him too early

          G
Would you mind

          F
Would you mind

          G
Would you mind

If I take you
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Play Riff 1  solo rhythm

Solo 1 (distortion)
Note:  The notes here fade into each other, so listen when to change
from note to note. These are the main notes, there may be other
notes in the transistions, but they're too faded for me to hear.

eb|----------------------------------| 
Bb|----------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------12~~-| 
Db|------------2/7~~---9/10~~~-------| 
Ab|-------3~~------------------------| 
Eb|-/5~~-----------------------------| 

eb|--------------------------------------| 
Bb|---------------------------------10~~-| 
Gb|------------------------9~--12~-------| 
Db|-7~~-----9~--10~--12~-----------------| 
Ab|--------------------------------------| 
Eb|--------------------------------------| 

eb|-------------12-13-12~~---13-15~--17~~-| 
Bb|-13-12-13~~----------------------------| 
Gb|---------------------------------------| 
Db|---------------------------------------| 
Ab|---------------------------------------| 
Eb|---------------------------------------| 

eb|-17-19-20-20~~~~~~~-| 
Bb|--------------------| 
Gb|--------------------| 
Db|--------------------| 
Ab|--------------------| 
Eb|--------------------| 

End solo


Play Riff 2   solo rhythm (chords used are listed on top of solo)

Solo (2 acoustic guitars, but this is arranged for one, except the 
ending)

   Am                 C          G             Am
eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-5----------5-7--9-5----------9---7---7--9-7-5-------| 
Db|-7----------7-9-10-5---------10---9---9-10-9-7-------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

                C          G       Am
eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|------5-7--9-5----------9---7----9-------------------| 
Db|------7-9-10-5---------10---9---10-------------------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

               C       G          Am                C
eb|-----------------------7-------------------------------| 
Bb|--8---8-8-888-5-----8--8--6-8-6-5------8---8-8-888-5---| 
Gb|--9---9-9-999-5-----9--7--7-9-7-5------9---9-9-999-5---| 
Db|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------| 

     G        F             G
eb|-----7----------------------| 
Bb|--8--8----10---10-12/13-12--| 
Gb|--9--7----10---10-12/14-12--| 
Db|----------------------------| 
Ab|----------------------------| 
Eb|----------------------------| 

Guitar 1 (over a G chord)
eb|------------------------------------| 
Bb|------------------------------------| 
Gb|-12-10-9-10-9----9------------------| 
Db|--------------12---12-10-12-10-9-10-| 
Ab|------------------------------------| 
Eb|------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2 (over a G chord)
eb|--------------------------------| 
Bb|--------------------------------| 
Gb|--9-7----9----------------------| 
Db|------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7-| 
Ab|---------------------------10---| 
Eb|--------------------------------| 

End solo


Play Riff 1   "The sun seemed......"


Riff 2 (acoustic, refer to the chart earlier for strumming pattern)

Am         C   G
Isn't it a shame

           Am
The reaper said

                  C
He is quite alone here

          G           Am
And still waiting for you
                             C
Oh I really did fail for the first time

          G                 Am
Spoke the fiddler, poor old fiddler

                   C
The fiddler on the green

    G              F
The fiddler on the green

           G
It would be nice ...

Take my hand!
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Distortion kicks in:

Riff 3

Guitar 1                x4
eb|----------------------|------------| 
Bb|----------------------|------------| 
Gb|-2-------5------------|------------| 
Db|-2-------5--------5---|--3------5--| 
Ab|-0-------3--------5---|--3------5--| 
Eb|------------------3---|--1------3--| 

   "Just hold my hand......."

Solo over riff 3

Guitar 1
eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Db|-7----------7-9-10-5---------10---9---9-10-9-7-------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Db|------7-9-10-5---------10---9---10-------------------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|--9---9-9-999-5-----9--7--7h9p7-5------9---9-9-999-5---| 
Db|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------| 

eb|----------------------------| 
Bb|----------------------------| 
Gb|--9--7----10---10-12/14-12--| 
Db|----------------------------| 
Ab|----------------------------| 
Eb|----------------------------| 

eb|---------------------------------| 
Bb|---------------------------------| 
Gb|--9-7----9-----------------------| 
Db|------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7~-| 
Ab|---------------------------10----| 
Eb|---------------------------------| 

Guitar 2
eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-5----------5-7--9-5----------9---7---7--9-7-5-------| 
Db|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|------5-7--9-5----------9---7----9-------------------| 
Db|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|--8---8-8-888-5-----8--6--6h8p6-5------8---8-8-888-5---| 
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------| 

eb|-----7----------------------| 
Bb|--8-------10---10-12/13-12--| 
Gb|----------------------------| 
Db|----------------------------| 
Ab|----------------------------| 
Eb|----------------------------| 

eb|------------------------------------| 
Bb|------------------------------------| 
Gb|-12-10-9-10-9----9------------------| 
Db|--------------12---12-10-12-10-9-10-| 
Ab|------------------------------------| 
Eb|------------------------------------| 

End solo


Riff 4 (solo rhythm)           x4
eb|-----------------------------|------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------|------------| 
Gb|-2--------------------5---4--|------------| 
Db|-2------------5-------5---5--|--3------5--| 
Ab|-0-----3-3-3--5-------3---2--|--3------5--| 
Eb|--------------3--------------|--1------3--| 
          * * *                                

Solo
eb|-----------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------| 
Gb|-7^--7-5-7^--7-5-7---5-4-5-4-------| 
Db|-----------------------------5-5~--| 
Ab|-----------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------| 

eb|-----------------------5-8-12-12~---12^^r-| 
Bb|-------------------5-8--------------------| 
Gb|-------------4-5-7------------------------| 
Db|-------4-5-7------------------------------| 
Ab|-4-5-7------------------------------------| 
Eb|------------------------------------------| 

eb|------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-15~-15--15~--15-13-12-13-12----12--------| 
Gb|-----------------------------14----14-12--| 
Db|------------------------------------------| 
Ab|------------------------------------------| 
Eb|------------------------------------------| 

eb|------------------------------------| 
Bb|------------------------------------| 
Gb|-14-12-11-12-11----11---------------| 
Db|----------------14----14-12---------| 
Ab|----------------------------15-14~--| 
Eb|------------------------------------| 

eb|------------12---12-17---17-19-20-20^---| 
Bb|----13---13-----------------------------| 
Gb|-14-------------------------------------| 
Db|----------------------------------------| 
Ab|----------------------------------------| 
Eb|----------------------------------------| 

eb|-20-17-----17---------------------------| 
Bb|-------20^----20-17---------------------| 
Gb|----------------------???---------------| 
Db|--------------------Too many *|           
Ab|--------------------maybe *|              
Eb|----------------------------------------| 

eb|--------------------------------------| 
Bb|--------------------------------------| 
Gb|-19^-19-17-19^-19----19^-19-17-19^-19-| 
Db|--------------------------------------| 
Ab|--------------------------------------| 
Eb|--------------------------------------| 

eb|-------------------------17-15-17-19--| 
Bb|-15-13-17-15-18-17-20-18--------------| 
Gb|--------------------------------------| 
Db|--------------------------------------| 
Ab|--------------------------------------| 
Eb|--------------------------------------| 

eb|-20-19-17-19-17----17-----------------| 
Bb|----------------20----20-19-20-19-17--| 
Gb|--------------------------------------| 
Db|--------------------------------------| 
Ab|--------------------------------------| 
Eb|--------------------------------------| 

eb|-----------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-19-17----17-----------------------------------| 
Gb|-------19----19-17-19-17-16-17-16----16--------| 
Db|----------------------------------19----19-17--| 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------| 

eb|-----------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------| 
Db|-19-17-16-17-16----16--------------------------| 
Ab|----------------19----19-17-19-17-15-17-15-----| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------19--| 

eb|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-15------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|----19-17-19-17-15-17-15-14-15-14-12-14-12-10-12-10-8-7~-| 

End solo

Ending leads (song fades out with these)

Guitar 1                               x3
eb|-12----------------------------12-13-|                       
Bb|----15-13-12----------12-13-15-------|                       
Gb|-------------14-12-14----------------|                       
Db|-------------------------------------| ----------|           
Ab|-------------------------------------|           |           
Eb|-------------------------------------|           |           
                                                    |---Play 4x 
eb|-12----------------15p13p12------------------|   |           
Bb|----15-13-12---------------18p17p15-17p15p13-|   |           
Gb|-------------14-12---------------------------| --|           
Db|---------------------------------------------|               
Ab|---------------------------------------------|               
Eb|---------------------------------------------|               

eb|--8~-10~-12~-14~-15-14~-15~-17~-19~--| 
Bb|-------------------------------------| 
Gb|-------------------------------------| 
Db|-------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2                              x3
eb|---------------------------------10-|                      
Bb|-13-12-10---------------10-12-13----|                      
Gb|----------12-11-9-11-12-------------|                      
Db|------------------------------------| ---------|           
Ab|------------------------------------|          |           
Eb|------------------------------------|          |           
                                                  |---Play 4x 
eb|------------------10-----------------------|   |           
Bb|-13-12-10-----------13p12-13p12p10-12p10---|   |           
Gb|----------12-11-9-----------------------12-| --|           
Db|-------------------------------------------|               
Ab|-------------------------------------------|               
Eb|-------------------------------------------|               

eb|-------------------------------------|                            
Bb|-10~-12~-13~-15~-17-15~-17~-18~-20~--|                            
Gb|-------------------------------------|                            
Db|-------------------------------------|  pretty sure this is right 
Ab|-------------------------------------|                            
Eb|-------------------------------------|                            

Guitar 3
eb|-----------------------------------------------|                 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|                 
Gb|---------------------------------9-----9----9~-|                 
Db|--7~--7-9-10-5---10-9-10~--10-12---9~----12----|  i know this is 
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|                 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|                 
e|      
B|      
G|      
D|right 
A|      
E|      

eb|------------------------------------------------|                
Bb|----------------------10--10-12-13------13--12~-|                
Gb|-9-10-12------12-10~---------------12~----------|                
Db|---------12~------------------------------------| i know this is 
Ab|------------------------------------------------|                
Eb|------------------------------------------------|                
e|      
B|      
G|      
D|right 
A|      
E|      

eb|-------------------------------------|                          
Bb|-------------------------------------|                          
Gb|-------------------------------------|                          
Db|--3~--5~--7~--9~-10--9~-10~-12~-14~--|  not sure about the last 
Ab|-------------------------------------|                          
Eb|-------------------------------------|                          
e|      
B|      
G|      
D|notes 
A|      
E|      

notation:
^   =  bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r  =  bend and release
x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  mute with palm-hand
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  tap-on
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  harmonics
ah  =  artificial harmonic
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill

• Am
• C
• F
• G