Chords for Ian Bostridge - "Is my Team Ploughing?" (Vaughan Williams)
Tempo:
139.4 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
D
G
Ab
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Dm] I've performed the songs a lot before but in their original version which is for piano quintet.
The poems are by A.E. Hausmann and they're about loss and love but [F] they were very popular [Em] as [Dm] poems in the First World War.
[G] People took [Dm] copies of A Shropshire Lad into the trenches and they're very poignant in that sense.
[E] [Dm]
[Gm] [Db]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Ab]
[C]
[B] [Ab]
[D]
[G] [Dm]
The particular poignant one is [C] Is My Teen Ploughing which is [Dm] a ghostly song in which a ghostly voice says
Is my teen ploughing?
Is everything going on normally?
Now I'm dead.
And his friend says yes everything's normal and he says is my girl happy?
And the friend says your girl is happy.
[Gm] [Db] Aye she [D] lies down like [Dm] me.
[Gm] She lies [F] not [Fm] down to me.
[Eb] [Ab] Your girl [C] is well contented.
Be [B] still [Ab]
my lad and [G] sleep.
[Dm]
Then the ghostly voice [Em] realises that the girl is happy because she is now shacked up with a friend.
So it's this idea of [Fm] dying and your life being taken over by somebody else which must have been.
I mean it's the sort of First World War [Eb] anxiety I suppose.
[Abm] [D]
[Bbm] Yes [D] lad, [Bbm] yes lad, [Cm] I [F] lie easy.
[Bbm] [Abm] I love to [G] choose.
I see you [D] are a
[Ab]
tap.
Never [D] ask me [G] who.
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Em]
[F] [Em] [B] [Dm]
[N]
The poems are by A.E. Hausmann and they're about loss and love but [F] they were very popular [Em] as [Dm] poems in the First World War.
[G] People took [Dm] copies of A Shropshire Lad into the trenches and they're very poignant in that sense.
[E] [Dm]
[Gm] [Db]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Ab]
[C]
[B] [Ab]
[D]
[G] [Dm]
The particular poignant one is [C] Is My Teen Ploughing which is [Dm] a ghostly song in which a ghostly voice says
Is my teen ploughing?
Is everything going on normally?
Now I'm dead.
And his friend says yes everything's normal and he says is my girl happy?
And the friend says your girl is happy.
[Gm] [Db] Aye she [D] lies down like [Dm] me.
[Gm] She lies [F] not [Fm] down to me.
[Eb] [Ab] Your girl [C] is well contented.
Be [B] still [Ab]
my lad and [G] sleep.
[Dm]
Then the ghostly voice [Em] realises that the girl is happy because she is now shacked up with a friend.
So it's this idea of [Fm] dying and your life being taken over by somebody else which must have been.
I mean it's the sort of First World War [Eb] anxiety I suppose.
[Abm] [D]
[Bbm] Yes [D] lad, [Bbm] yes lad, [Cm] I [F] lie easy.
[Bbm] [Abm] I love to [G] choose.
I see you [D] are a
[Ab]
tap.
Never [D] ask me [G] who.
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Em]
[F] [Em] [B] [Dm]
[N]
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Dm
D
G
Ab
F
Dm
D
G
[Dm] I've performed the songs a lot before but in their original version which is for piano quintet.
The poems are by A.E. Hausmann _ and they're about loss and love but [F] they were very popular [Em] as [Dm] poems in the First World War.
[G] People took [Dm] copies of A Shropshire Lad into the trenches _ and they're very poignant in that sense. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
The particular poignant one is _ [C] Is My Teen Ploughing which is [Dm] a ghostly song in which a ghostly voice says
Is my teen ploughing?
_ Is everything going on normally?
Now I'm dead.
And his friend says yes everything's normal and he says is my girl happy?
And the friend says your girl is happy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Db] Aye she [D] lies down like [Dm] me.
[Gm] She lies [F] not [Fm] _ down to me.
[Eb] _ [Ab] Your _ girl [C] is well _ _ _ _ contented. _
Be [B] _ _ still _ [Ab] _
_ my lad and [G] sleep.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Then the ghostly voice [Em] realises that the girl is happy because she is now shacked up with a friend.
So it's this idea of _ _ _ [Fm] dying and your life being taken over by somebody else which must have been.
I mean it's the sort of First World War [Eb] anxiety I suppose.
_ _ [Abm] _ [D] _
[Bbm] Yes _ [D] lad, [Bbm] yes lad, [Cm] I [F] lie easy.
_ [Bbm] _ [Abm] I love to [G] choose.
I see you [D] are a _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
tap. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Never [D] ask me _ _ [G] who.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
The poems are by A.E. Hausmann _ and they're about loss and love but [F] they were very popular [Em] as [Dm] poems in the First World War.
[G] People took [Dm] copies of A Shropshire Lad into the trenches _ and they're very poignant in that sense. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
The particular poignant one is _ [C] Is My Teen Ploughing which is [Dm] a ghostly song in which a ghostly voice says
Is my teen ploughing?
_ Is everything going on normally?
Now I'm dead.
And his friend says yes everything's normal and he says is my girl happy?
And the friend says your girl is happy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Db] Aye she [D] lies down like [Dm] me.
[Gm] She lies [F] not [Fm] _ down to me.
[Eb] _ [Ab] Your _ girl [C] is well _ _ _ _ contented. _
Be [B] _ _ still _ [Ab] _
_ my lad and [G] sleep.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Then the ghostly voice [Em] realises that the girl is happy because she is now shacked up with a friend.
So it's this idea of _ _ _ [Fm] dying and your life being taken over by somebody else which must have been.
I mean it's the sort of First World War [Eb] anxiety I suppose.
_ _ [Abm] _ [D] _
[Bbm] Yes _ [D] lad, [Bbm] yes lad, [Cm] I [F] lie easy.
_ [Bbm] _ [Abm] I love to [G] choose.
I see you [D] are a _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
tap. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Never [D] ask me _ _ [G] who.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _