From: mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk (Martin McCarthy) Greig Chisholm inquires: > Does anybody have the tab for Meet on the Ledge by Fairport Convention and >could they post it or e-mail it. Thanks in advance. Goodness me, it's a while since I played that one. No tab, but here's the words and chords as best as I can remember them. (Any corrections most gratefully accepted). Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention A F#m* A Em* A F#m Em Em7 We used to say that, come the day, we'd all be making songs G D G D A Or finding better words. These ideas never lasted long. F#m* A Em* A F#m Em Em7 The way is up along the road. The air is growing thin. G D G D A Too many friends who tried were blown off this mountain with the wind. A Em Meet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge. G D When the time is up I'm gonna see all my friends. A Em Meet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge. G D If you really mean it, it all comes round again. A F#m* A Em* A F#m Em Em7 Now I see I'm all alone. But that's the only way to be. G D G D A You'll have your chance again; then you can do the work for me. Meet on...etc. NB: the F#m and Em marked with a '*' - I'm almost sure that I used to play a Bm for these two chords, but the F#m and Em sound better just now. (I have a guitar with me, but not the record). You might like to stick Bm in there if it sounds better for you. M. -- Martin McCarthy - mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Jun 27 09:04:27 1994 From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan L. Bostick) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 02:58:48 GMT Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: Re: CRD: MEET ON THE LEDGE Martin McCarthy (mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk) posts chords to Fairport Convention's "Meet on the Ledge." He says, >NB: the F#m and Em marked with a '*' - I'm almost sure that I used to >play a Bm for these two chords, but the F#m and Em sound better just >now. (I have a guitar with me, but not the record). You might like to >stick Bm in there if it sounds better for you. If you are playing the song in A, the marked chords should indeed be Bm. Actually, though, on the album, the song is played in B-flat. (Someone's playing a piano on the track, so it's really not too surprising.) Here are the chords of the song, in Bb: MEET ON THE LEDGE - Fairport Convention (Richard Thompson, Island Music [BMI]) Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7 We used to say that, come the day, we'd all be making songs Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb Or finding better words. These ideas never lasted long. Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7 The way is up along the road. The air is growing thin. Ab Eb Bb Eb Bb Too many friends who tried blown off this mountain with the wind. (Short bridge in F major, with guitar figure in descending parallel sixths) Bb Fm Meet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge. Ab Eb When the time is up I'm gonna see all my friends. Bb Fm Meet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge. Ab Eb If you really mean it, it all comes round again. Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7 Now I see I'm all alone. But that's the only way to be. Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb You'll have your chance again; then you can do the work for me. Meet on...etc. Between the chorus and the next verse is a guitar figure backed by the piano playing in F: |-----13-----------11----------10---------8| |------------------------------------------| |12/14--------10/12--------8/10--------6/8-| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| Which resolves to Bb at the start of the verse. -- Alan Bostick abostick@netcom.com ....................... ... ...-....1200 N81N ......................... ... .