Short And Sweet

Right, as promised (at last!) here's my transcription of Short and Sweet.

This only has the few words I can remember with it. If you want the full

words maybe someone else knows them, or you can work them out yourself

(kind of me I know!). If desparate I could go and get them myself I

suppose, but I think I've done enough here!

You really need the music to play along with to get an idea of what's

going on. If you're unfamiliar with these types of chords then best to

have a mess around with them before hand to get the feel. It's all

really quite easy once you get the hang of it. My version of Tom

Tidder's Ground uses the same principle and types of chords - quite a

common thing for Roy to do.

I haven't fully road-tested this so if anyone has any comments

or corrections, please post them.

Gordon

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Short and Sweet (Harper/Gilmour)

Tuning: Standard with dropped bottom E to D

With the chords below, play either all six strings with one big

downward strum, or just the highest three with the bottom strings

ringing (as drones) (v. important that!). Or else give the bottom strings

little strums inbetween playing the main tune on the high strings.

Listen (or watch if you have chance - sorry non-uk readers!) to what Roy

does and you'll see what I mean (except in the trashy bit - see note

below).

(If you're clever or called Richard Thompson you can play the bass line from

the 2nd verse onwards on them whilst playing the top chords. On the

other hand you may have a talented friend or a son called Nick who could

play the bass line and then solo in the middle thrashy part).

Here's the naming scheme I've used (all chords should strictly be G/D etc but

that seems unnecessary and longwinded)(note: my numbering doesn't signify

anything else - just for for my convenience to show its not a normal

chord - except for Dmj7 of course):

6th fret |_|_|_|_|_| 6th

: |_|_|_|_|_1 :

:....|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_|_|_|...|_|_|_2_|_|..:

|_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_|

|_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_1 |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_2_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|

G1 A1 Bm1 Dmj7

(playing hint: use the 3rd finger as a sort of "anchor" to slide up and

down on, swapping your 1st and 2nd fingers behind it)

=========== =========== ===========

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_4 |_|_|_|_|_1

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_3_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D Ds Em2

(x x x) (x x x) (x x x) (x x x)

=========== =========== =========== ===========

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| 1_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| 1_2_3_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

1_2_3_|_|_|

(these 4 are the "thrashy" bit's chords. The 3 high strings aren't

really played directly, just occasionally inbetween sliding up and down

the bottom 3 strings for the main "tune" (in true Harper style!). This

is where you also bring in a bit of overlaid distortion with chorus and

echo if you have a couple of Quadraverbs handy!)

Intro : D D Ds Ds Ds D D-----

(D)D D Ds Ds Ds Ds DS1 D D------

G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7-------

G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7 Em2 D------

Verse1:

You ask, what is the qua-li-ty

Of life, seeking to jus-ti-fy the part you play

G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj Dmj7..........

etc

....an-y more or less than short and sweet

G1 G1 G1 A1 Bm1 Bm1 A1 A1 G1 G1 Dmj7 Dmj7 Em2 D

Verse 2 as above ending:

(picked accentuating the bass line)

..in your garden

(this involves a bit of stretching for the G on the low D so you have to

cheat a bit with the notes above - in fact Roy abandons the C altogether

and just steps down on the low D strumming whatever he happens to hit at

the top end)

then intro and back to 2 more verses

then into the trashy bit:

(picked:) C C/B C/A C/G C/F# D1

(strummed madly:) Em D1-Em D1-Em D1-Em A2 B1

(repeated a number of times)

and then into the intro again to finish.

Or something like that anyway!