Chords for Ian Bostridge - "Is my Team Ploughing?" (Vaughan Williams)
Tempo:
139.4 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
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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.
the trenches and they're very poignant in that sense.
[E] [Dm]
[Gm] [Db]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Ab]
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.
the trenches and they're very poignant in that sense.
[E] [Dm]
[Gm] [Db]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Ab]
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D
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F
Dm
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[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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[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[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. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [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] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [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] _ _
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