{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":112874,"song":"When I Was On Horseback","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11214477-when-i-was-on-horseback-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/112874?type=chord","rating":4.92421,"votes":4,"content":"Steeleye Span\r\nWhen I was on horseback\r\nBy Marcel Veltman\r\n\r\nI am surprised to see nothing of this British Folk band on UG. In their days they were\r\nmentioned next to Fairport Convention as the other band which dared to bring electrical\r\ninstruments into traditional folk. In fact, it was ex-Fairport member Ashley Hutchings\r\nwho was among the founding fathers. Lead singer Maddy Prior was considered by some to be\r\nbetter then Sandy Denny. She could certaintainly raise more goose-flesh. Somewhere around\r\n1975, with 'All around my Hat', they even brought a hitsingle up in the charts. Such a\r\nfeat was never accomplished by Fairport. \r\n\r\nNot intended to play along with the original record, but to allow the singer/guitarplayer\r\nto do the song before his or her own audience. The chords in the first verse were those I\r\nfound right away, the second verse contains those I found while experimenting a bit. You\r\ncan do it either way, or change from one to the other through the song.\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was on horseback, wasn't I pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I was on horseback, wasn't I gay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't I pretty when I entered Cork city[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd met with my downfall on the fourteenth of may[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSix jolly soldiers to carry my coffin[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSix jolly soldiers to march by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd for to smell them as we go along[/tab]\r\n\r\nBeat the drum slowly and play the pipes only\r\nPlaying the deadmarch as we go along\r\nAnd bring me to Tipperary and lay me down easy\r\nI am a young soldier that've never done wrong\r\n\r\nInstrumental break\r\n\r\nRepeat first verse","plain_text":"Steeleye Span\nWhen I was on horseback\nBy Marcel Veltman\n\nI am surprised to see nothing of this British Folk band on UG. In their days they were\nmentioned next to Fairport Convention as the other band which dared to bring electrical\ninstruments into traditional folk. In fact, it was ex-Fairport member Ashley Hutchings\nwho was among the founding fathers. Lead singer Maddy Prior was considered by some to be\nbetter then Sandy Denny. She could certaintainly raise more goose-flesh. Somewhere around\n1975, with 'All around my Hat', they even brought a hitsingle up in the charts. Such a\nfeat was never accomplished by Fairport. \n\nNot intended to play along with the original record, but to allow the singer/guitarplayer\nto do the song before his or her own audience. The chords in the first verse were those I\nfound right away, the second verse contains those I found while experimenting a bit. You\ncan do it either way, or change from one to the other through the song.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeat the drum slowly and play the pipes only\nPlaying the deadmarch as we go along\nAnd bring me to Tipperary and lay me down easy\nI am a young soldier that've never done wrong\n\nInstrumental break\n\nRepeat first verse","chords":["Am","G","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}