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So We'll Go No More A-Roving by Joan Baez
So We'll Go No More A-Roving
Capo:no capo
NOTES on the record, Joan seems to be playing it with the guitar tuned
to Eb (a semitone lower than standard tuning)
Key : Em
Time : 6/8
Speed : moderato - fairly lively - 114 bpm
[Intro]
Em D C Em Am G6 B7 Em
[Verse]
Em Am Em
So, we'll go no more a roving
Em D G B7
So late in..to the night,
Em Am Em
Tho the heart be still as loving,
Em B7 Em
And the moon be still as bright.
B7 Em
For the sword out.wears the sheeath
D G
And the soul wears out the breast,
F# Bm
And the heart must pause to breathe,
A D G A
And love itself have rest.
Em Am Em
Tho the night was made for loving,
Em D G B7
and the day returns too soon,
Em Am Em
Yet we'll go no more a roving
Em B7 Em
By the light of the moon
[Outro]
Em D C Em Am B7 Em
* This poem was written by Lord Byron as part of a letter to Thomas
Moore in 1817, and refers to the Venetian carnival which had just
ended (tho also nostalgically to his former life in London)
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version 2
tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Em
Capo:no capo
NOTES on the record, Joan seems to be playing it with the guitar tuned
to Eb (a semitone lower than standard tuning)
Key : Em
Time : 6/8
Speed : moderato - fairly lively - 114 bpm (2 beats per bar)
Em D
1 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
intro
E -------0-----|-------------|-------2-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0-------|-----3---3---|-----3-------|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---2-------2-|---2-----0---|
D -2-----------|-2-----4---2-|-0-----------|-0-----2---0-|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
C Em
5 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----1---1---|-----1-------|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------0-----|-------------|-------------|
A -3-----------|-3---------3-|-2-----------|-3-----2-----|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Am G6
9 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----1---1---|-----1-------|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---2-------2-|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -0-----------|-0-----2---0-|-------------|-0-----------|
E -------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------3-----|
B7 Em
13 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------2-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---2-------2-|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -2-----------|-------2-----|-0-----------|-------------|
Em Am
17 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
verse 1
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----1---1---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-0-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
So, we'll go no more a
G A B B C D C
Em D
21 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----3---3---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
rov...........ing So late in..to the
B E F# G G A A
cIII........
G B7 Em Am
25 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------3-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----3---3---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----1---1---|
G ---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
E -3-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
night, Tho the heart be still as
B G A B B C D C
Em B7
29 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------2-----|-------------|-2-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
loving, And the moon be still a..s
B E E F# G B A F# G
Em B7
33 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
chorus
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
bright. For the sword out.wears the
E E E F# F# F# E F#
Em D
37 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----3---3---|-----3-----3-|
G ---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---2-----2---|
D -------------|-2-----------|-0-----------|-4-----0-----|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
sheath, And the soul wears out the
G G G A A F# D
cIII...................... cII.......................
G F#
41 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------3-----|-------3-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|
G ---4-------4-|---4-------4-|---3-------2-|---3-------3-|
D -------------|-5-----------|-------------|-4-----------|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E -3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
breast, And the heart must pause to
B B B C# C# Bb F#
cII.......................
Bm A
45 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------2-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B -----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|
G ---4-------4-|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-4-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -2-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
breathe, And love it.self have
D D E E C# A
cII (1st-3rd strings only)............................
D
49 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
verse 3
E -------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B -----3---2---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|
G ---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D -0-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
E -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
rest. Tho the
D G A
Em Am Em
53 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
night was made for lov...........ing, and the
B B C D C B E E F#
cIII........
Em D G B7
57 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------2-----|-------3-----|-------2-----|
B -----0---0---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----0---0---|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|
D -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
A -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
E -0-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
day re..turns too soon, Yet we'll
G G A A B G A
Em Am Em
61 -|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|-|-----|-----|
E -------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------------|
B -----0---0---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----0-----0-|
G ---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0-----0---|
D -------------|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|
A -------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2-----|
E -0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
go no more a rov...........ing By the light of the moon
Em B7 Em D C Em Am B7 Em
So we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night
Though the heart be still as loving
And the moon be still as bright
For the sword outwears the sheath
And the soul wears out the breast
And the heart must pause to breathe
And love itself must rest
Though the night was made for loving
And the day returns too soon
Still we'll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon
This poem was written by Lord Byron as part of a letter to Thomas
Moore in 1817, and refers to the Venetian carnival which had just
ended (tho also nostalgically to his former life in London)
on the record, Joan seems to be playing it with the guitar tuned
to Eb
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