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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Arthur McBride</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>arr. Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Good As I Been To You</a> (1992)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <p>This may come as a surprise to some of you, but this song is in
  23 standard tuning, capo 2nd fret,chords in the G family, and not in open
  24 G tuning. The hammer-ons simply wouldn't be possible in open G, and
  25 the high, continually sounding tone suggests the common G chord 3rd
  26 fret pinky on the 1st string.</p>
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  28 <p>See <a class="url" href="http://www.paulbrady.com/tablature/am.asp">http://www.paulbrady.com/tablature/am.asp</a> for Paul Brady's
  29 version in open G, which is probably where Dylan learned it
  30 (thanks to Trev for notifying me and for finding the link).</p>
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  32 <p>C/e = xx2013</p>
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  34 <p>The verses are played more or less as the intro. The introductory
  35 ascent is played like this in most of the verses:</p>
  36
  37 <pre class="tab">
  38   :   .   .   :   .   .
  39 |-3-----------------------3---
  40 |-0-----------------------0---
  41 |-0-----------------------0---
  42 |-0-----------0---2---4---0--- etc  (or 355433)
  43 |-2-----------2---3---5---2---
  44 |-3-----------3-----------3---
  45 </pre>
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  48
  49 <p>Intro:</p>
  50 <pre class="tab">
  51   G
  52   :   .   .   :   .   .    :   .   .   :   .   .
  53 |-3-----3-3---3----------|---------3---3-----------|
  54 |-3-----3-3---3---5---7--|-8-------0---0-----------|
  55 |-4-----4-4---4---5---7--|-7-------0---0-----------|
  56 |-5----------------------|-9-------0---0-----------|
  57 |------------------------|---------2---2-----------|
  58 |------------------------|---------3---3-----------|
  59 </pre>
  60 <pre class="tab">
  61   C           G                        C/g
  62   :   .   .   :   .   .    :   .   .   :   .   .
  63 |-3-------3---3----------|-------------3-----------|
  64 |-1-------1---0---keep strumming-------1-----------|
  65 |-0-------0---0----------|-------------0-------0---|
  66 |-2-------2---0----------|-------------2-------0---|
  67 |-3-------3---2---0h2----|-0h2-----0---x------(0)--|
  68 |-------------3----------|-------------3-----------|
  69 </pre>
  70 <pre class="tab">
  71   G
  72   :   .   .   :   .   .    :   .   .   :   .   .
  73 |-3----------------------|-------------------------|
  74 |-0----------------------|-------------------------|
  75 |-0----------------------|-------------------------|
  76 |-0----------------------|-------------0-----------|
  77 |-2-------0---2p0--------|-0h2-----3---------------|
  78 |-3---------------3------|-------------------------|
  79 </pre>
  80 <pre class="tab">
  81   :   .   .   :   .   .    :   .   .   :   .   .
  82 |------------------------|-------------3---
  83 |------------------------|-------------0---
  84 |---------0-----0---0----|-------------0--- two measures
  85 |-0---2------------------|-------------0--- of G strumming
  86 |-------------2---3---2--|-0---2---0---2---
  87 |------------------------|-------------3---
  88 </pre>
  89 <pre class="verse">
  90     G                     C/e      G
  91 Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride,
  92    C/e       G            C         *         * hammer-on 0-2 on
  93 As we went a-walkin' down by the seaside,       the 4th string
  94 G                      C/g G       C/g G
  95 Now mark what followed and what did betide
  96        C/e      G         D
  97 For it bein' on Christmas mornin'
  98      G        **        G                    ** ascent on the
  99 Now, for recreation, we went on a tramp,        low strings
 100        C            G          C
 101 And we met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp
 102       G                            C/g G
 103 And a little wee drummer intending to  camp,
 104                                D   G
 105 For the day bein' pleasant and charmin'.
 106
 107 &quot;Good morning, good morning,&quot; the Sergeant he cried.
 108 &quot;And the same to you, gentlemen,&quot; we did reply,
 109 Intending no harm but meant to pass by,
 110 For it bein' on Christmas mornin'
 111 &quot;But,&quot; says he, &quot;My fine fellows, if you will enlist,
 112 Ten guineas in gold I'll stick to your fist,
 113 And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust,
 114 And drink the king's health in the morning.
 115
 116 &quot;For a soldier, he leads a very fine life,
 117 And he always is blessed with a charming young wife,
 118 And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife,
 119 And he always lives pleasant and charmin',
 120 And a soldier, he always is decent and clean,
 121 In the finest of clothing he's constantly seen.
 122 While other poor fellows go dirty and mean,
 123 And sup on thin gruel in the morning.&quot;
 124
 125 Instrumental
 126
 127 &quot;But,&quot; says Arthur, &quot;I wouldn't be proud of your clothes,
 128 For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose,
 129 And you dare not change them one night, for you know
 130 If you do, you'll be flogged in the morning,
 131 And although that we're single and free,
 132 We take great delight in our own company,
 133 We have no desire strange places to see,
 134 Although that your offers are charming.
 135
 136 &quot;And we have no desire to take your advance,
 137 All hazards and dangers we barter on chance,
 138 For you'd have no scruples for to send us to France,
 139       G                         D   G
 140 Where we would get shot without warning.&quot;
 141
 142 &quot;Oh no,&quot; says the Sergeant. &quot;I'll have no such chat,
 143 And neither will I take it from snappy young brats,
 144 For if you insult me with one other word,
 145 I'll cut off your heads in the morning.&quot;
 146 And Arthur and I, we soon drew our hogs,
 147 And we scarce gave them time to draw their own blades
 148 When a trusty shillelagh came over their head
 149 And bid them take that as fair warning.
 150
 151 And their old rusty rapiers that hung by their sides,
 152 We flung them as far as we could in the tide,
 153 &quot;Now take them up, devils!&quot; cried Arthur McBride,
 154 &quot;And temper their edge in the mornin'!&quot;
 155 And the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow,
 156 And we made a football of his rowdy-dow-dow,
 157 Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll,
 158     G                   D
 159 And bade it a tedious returning
 160
 161 And we havin' no money, paid them off in cracks.
 162 We paid no respect to their two bloody backs,
 163 And we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks,
 164 And left them for dead in the morning.
 165 And so, to conclude and to finish disputes,
 166 We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits,
 167 For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts
 168 And bid them look sharp in the mornin'.
 169
 170 Instrumental
 171
 172 Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride,
 173 As we went a-walkin' down by the seaside,
 174 Mark now what followed and what did betide,
 175 For it bein' on Christmas mornin'
 176 </pre>
 177 <pre class="tab">
 178   G             C/e           Dadd4add9/f#  C/e
 179   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 180 |-----3---3---|-3---3---3---|-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---|
 181 |-----0---0---|-1---1---1---|-1/3-3---3---|-1---1---1---|
 182 |-----0---0---|-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---|
 183 |-----0---0---|-2---2---2---|-2/4-4---4---|-0h2-2---2---|
 184 |-2-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 185 |-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 186  -nin'________________________________________________
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 189 <pre class="tab">
 190   G             C/e           G
 191   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 192 |-3---3---3---|-3---3-3-3-3-|-3-------3---|-3-----------
 193 |-0---0---0---|-1---1-1-1-1-|-0-------0---|-0-----------
 194 |-0---0---0---|-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-------0---|-0-----------
 195 |-0-------0---|-0h2-----2---|-0-------0---|-0-----------
 196 |-------------|-------------|-----2-------|-2-----------
 197 |-------------|-------------|-----3-------|-3-----------
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