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Harris And The Mare by Stan Rogers
Harris And The Mare
Unusual chords: D9 = D but open 1st string
X = 320000
Y = 200200
Capo Fret 1
Intro: E E E (fingerpicking insanity)
D9 A E
Harris, my old friend, good to see your face again
A B7
More welcome, though, yon trap and(??) that old mare
A E
For the wife is in a swoon, and I am all alone
X Y E
Harris, fetch thy mare and take us home...
This basically repeats throughout the song, and the vocals and fingerpicking are
hard, listen to it.
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version 2
Tuning DADGAD capo 3
Intro is finger picking in F
F/Eb Bb F
Harris my old friend, good to see your face again
Bb C
More welcome though yon trap and that old mare
Bb F
For the wife is in a swoon and I am all alone
Ab Gm F
Harris fetch thy mare and take us home
F/Eb Bb F
The wife and I came out for a quiet glass of stout
Bb C
And a word or two with neighbours in the room
Bb F
But young Cleary he came in, drunk and wild as sin
Ab Gm F
And swore the wife would leave the place with him
F/Eb Bb F
But the wife as quick as thought said “No I‘ll bloody not.”
Bb C
And struck the brute a blow about the head
Bb F
He raised up his ugly paw and lashed her on the jaw
Ab Gm F
And she fell unto the floor like she were dead
F/Eb Bb F
Now, Harris, well you know, I’ve never struck an angry blow.
Bb C
Nor would I keep a friend who raised his hands
Bb F
I was a “Conshie” in the war, crying “What the hell’s this for?”
Ab Gm F
But I had to see his blood to be a man.
F/Eb Bb F
I grabbed him by his coat, spun him round and took his throat
Bb C
And beat his head against the parlour door.
Bb F
He dragged out an awful knife and he roared “I’ll have your life.”
Ab Gm F
Then he struck me and I fell unto the floor.
F/Eb Bb F
Blood I was from neck to thigh, bloody murder in his eye,
Bb C
As he shouted out “I’ll finish you for sure.”
Bb F
But as the knife came down I lashed out from the ground
Ab Gm F
And the knife was in his breast when he rolled o’er
F/Eb Bb F
With the wife as cold as clay, I carried her away
Bb C
No hand was raised to help us through the door
Bb F
And I’ve brought her half a mile, but I’ve had to rest awhile
Ab Gm F
And none of them I’ll call a friend the more
F/Eb Bb F
For when the knife came down, I was helpless on the ground
Bb C
No neighbour stayed his hand I was alone
Bb F
By God! I was a man, but now I cannot stand
Ab Gm F
Please, Harris, fetch they mare and take us home
F/Eb Bb F
Oh, Harris, fetch thy mare and take us out of here
Bb C
In my nine and fifty years I’d never known
Bb F
That to call myself a man for my loved one I must stand
Ab Gm F
Now, Harris, fetch thy mare, and take us home.
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