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Fires of Edinburgh
Nick Keir
Capo 1
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21 34 G: 320033 |
1 34
G/F#: 2x0033 |
12 34
Em7: 022033 |
2 34
G/C: x30033 |
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1 34 G/B: x20033 |
12 34
Em7/B: x22033 |
134
Dsus4: xx0233 |
21 34
Cadd9: x32033 |
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D U U D U
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Intro (w/arpeggios):
/ G - - - / G/F# - - - / Em7 - - - / G/C - - - / G/B - - - / G/C - - - / - - - - / x2
(w/arpeggios)
G (3)
Along the Canongate an old man wanders
G (½) G/F# (½)
He mumbles stories of vanished golden age
Em7 Em7/B
When heroes walked along the plainstone canyons
G/C Dsus4
And drank the claret while the revolution raged
G (3)
Up the Westport there’s a young girl dancing
G (½) G/F# (½)
She’s flaunting everything and turning men to stone
Em7 Em7/B
Down through Lauriston an old hack stumbles
G/C Dsus4
She’s roaring drunk and roaring home alone.
Chorus:
G
And the fires of Edinburgh
Cadd9 Dsus4 (½) G (½) Cadd9 (½)
Lighting up the sky when the light goes down
G
The tales of Edinburgh
Cadd9 Dsus4 (½) G (½) Cadd9 (2)
Gathering the years of a darkened town
(strum):
G (3)
Along the Forth I saw a swift tide running
G (½) G/F# (½)
With news of Darien, the far and promised land
Em7 (2)
He spent a fortune on a pirate’s gamble
Cadd9 Dsus4
And stumbled homeward with an empty bloodstained hand
G (3)
Down the Cowgate where a great fire thundered
G (½) G/F# (½)
Through empty catacombs that never can be found
Em7 (2)
A trail of gunpowder that leads to Mary
Cadd9 Dsus4
The Casket Letters and a troubled crown
Chorus
G (3)
I heard a distant drumbeat
G (½) G/F# (½)
Footsteps scurrying across an empty square
Em7 (2)
The mob was shouting for a quick rough justice
Cadd9 Dsus4
The rope was stolen but the price was fair
G (3)
And down below where daylight never ventures
G (½) G/F# (½)
A small hand touches sleeve as you pass by
Em7 (2)
A million souls who live died unnoticed
Cadd9 Dsus4
And now remembered in a young girl’s cry
Chorus
G (3)
And even I remember gas lamps hissing
G (½) G/F# (½)
The one man band who stumbled down a cobble street
Em7 (2)
The echo of an old retreating army
Cadd9 Dsus4
The drums of war with one resounding beat
G (3)
The fog that choked the town, the smell of sulfur
G (½) G/F# (½)
The lonely whistle of a roaring black-night train
Em7 (2)
The ghosts that pressed against the windows howling
Cadd9 Dsus4
Wait in the shadows to be seen again
Solo: Play Intro Progression Once
(w/arpeggios to end):
G (3)
Along the Canongate an old man wanders
G (½) G/F# (½)
He mumbles stories of vanished golden age
Em7 Em7/B
When heroes walked along the plainstone canyons
G/C Dsus4
And drank the claret while the revolution raged
/ G/C - - - / G/B - - - / G/C - - - / - - - - / End on G
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
