Artist: Karine Polwart
Song: The sun's comin' over the hill
Tabbed by: DJ
30th July 2013
Tuning: Standard
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)
Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
G = 320033 Em7 = 022030 (C/D) = xx0xxx
D4 = xx0233 D/F# = 20023x (C/B) = x2xxxx
Cadd9 = x32033 (C/B) = x2xxxx (D/A) = x0xxxx
G/D = xx0033 (C/A) = x0xxxx (D/B) = x2xxxx
C = x32013 (G/F#) = 2xxxxx (D/C) = x3xxxx
D = xx0232 G/B = x20033 (C/G) = 3xxxxx
The passing notes are played by the double bass,
and are included to add interest.
[N.B. Karine plays this song in D with capo at 7th fret]
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G D4 Cadd9
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G G/D C G
Six rain ridden summers, and he still had an eye---- for me,
C G D4
He kissed me each evening, and told me he'd die for me,
D Em7 D/F# G C G
And then he... ran off the road, full of whisky and irony,
G D C Cadd9
He always meant what he said! | / / / | / / / |
G G/D C G
So I took to whisky, so I could re - call...
C G D4
...The taste of his mouth on my mouth, that's all,
D Em7 D/F# G C G
And I tried the same trick with a truck, but it stalled,
G D4 D C (C/B)(C/A) G (G/F#)
The engine was better off dead! | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
Cadd9 G D (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
(G) (G/A)(G/B) D4 D C (C/B)(C/A)
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!
G D4 Cadd9 (C)(C/B)(C/G)
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G G/D C (C/D) G
The taste never left me, and I don't think it will,
C G (G/A) (G/B) D4
And it caused me to supplement whisk - y with pills,
D Em7 D/F# G C G
But there was something in - side that I couldn't kill,
G D4 D C Cadd9
Be - lieve me, I really did.. try! | / / / | / / / |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/karine_polwart/the_suns_comin_over_the_hill_crd.html ]
G G/D C (C/D) G
And there's some say...you get what you deserve, but they're wrong,
C G (G/A)(G/B) D4
Sometimes, you get what you're given, and then it's all gone,
D Em7 D/F# G C G
And you are lucky, if you are suff - iciently strong,
D4 D C (C/B)(C/A) G (G/F#)
To daily de - cide not to die! | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
Cadd9 G D (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
(G) (G/A)(G/B) D4 D C (C/B)(C/A) G
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!
G G/D C (C/D) G
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C G (G) (G/A)(G/B) D4 D
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Em7 D/F# G C G
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G D4 D
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G D4 Cadd9
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G G/D C G
I can't say there's many things I wouldn't change,
C G D4
There are better days gone than those that remain,
D Em7 D/F# G C G
But I can find joy in the sound of the rain,
G D4 D Cadd9 (C) (C/B)(C/A)
You have to find joy where you can! | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
Cadd9 G D (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
(G) (G/A)(G/B) D4 D C (C/B)(C/A) G (G/F#)
But the sun's com - in' over the hill! | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
Cadd9 G D (D/A)(D/B)(D/C)
Though life is longer still, | / / / |
Em7 G/B Cadd9 (C/D) G
Oh, how the nights are long,
(G) (G/A)(G/B) D4 D C Cadd9
But the sun's com - in' over the hill!
C D4 D G D4 Cadd9
The sun's comin' over the hill! | / / / | / / / | / / / |
G D4 Cadd9
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