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B.W. Stevenson - Fiddle And The Bow
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:]         G     F   C   G/B   Am7  G  
[VERSE 1:]
Listen and I'll tell you a tale about a man
Lived long ago in a Bbmagical Gland
Made himself a fiddle with a bow just right
Played all morning and he Bbplayed all Gnight
[CHORUS:]
They Csang and they fiddled and they Gdanced every tune
From 'DHey Diddle, Diddle' to 'The FCow In The GMoon'
From C1:00pm till an Ghour past noon
From the Fday after May to Cjust before GJune
[INSTRUMENTAL:]         G     F   C   G/B   Am7  G  
[VERSE 2:]
One sad day when the man was gone
Along came a liar with a lying FsongC  G/B  
Am7Said, "GCome along with me to a sweet, sweet land"
The fiddle said "Yes" and aBbway they Gran
[VERSE 3:]
CWhen they got to the Ghouse of the liar
They Dfound their host with a Fburning deGsire
He Cdragged them down in the Gflame and the fire
          FN.C.       (C)            (G) G  
What a hot time in the house of the liar
[VERSE 4:]
When the man came back and he found them gone
He went looking for the liar with the lying FsongC  G/B  Am7  
GSwapped all he had for the fiddle and bow
Tucked them in his arms and he Bbtook 'em on Ghome
[CHORUS:]
They Csang and they fiddled and they Gdanced every tune
From 'DHey Diddle, Diddle' to 'The FCow In The GMoon'
From C1:00pm till an Ghour past noon
From the Fday after May to Cjust before GJune
[INSTRUMENTAL:]             G     F   C   G/B   Am7  G  
[VERSE 5:]
That's all there is to the tale of the man
Lived long ago in a Bbmagical Gland
The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own
He made 'em and he bought 'em and he Bbtook 'em on Ghome
The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own
He made 'em and he bought 'em and he Bbtook 'em on Ghome
He made 'em and he bought 'em and he Bbtook 'em on Ghome
He made 'em and he bought 'em and he Bbtook 'em on Ghome

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Fiddle And The Bow

by B.W. Stevenson

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Am7

B.W. Stevenson - Fiddle And The Bow

CAPO: 2nd Fret

G F C G/B Am7 G

[INTRO:]

[VERSE 1:]

Listen and I'll tell you a tale about a man

Bb G

Lived long ago in a magical land

Made himself a fiddle with a bow just right

Bb G

Played all morning and he played all night

[CHORUS:]

C G

They sang and they fiddled and they danced every tune

D F G

From 'Hey Diddle, Diddle' to 'The Cow In The Moon'

C G

From 1:00pm till an hour past noon

F C G

From the day after May to just before June

G F C G/B Am7 G

[INSTRUMENTAL:]

[VERSE 2:]

One sad day when the man was gone

F C G/B

Along came a liar with a lying song

Am7 G

Said, "Come along with me to a sweet, sweet land"

Bb G

The fiddle said "Yes" and away they ran

[VERSE 3:]

C G

When they got to the house of the liar

D F G

They found their host with a burning desire

C G

He dragged them down in the flame and the fire

F G

N.C. (C) (G)

What a hot time in the house of the liar

[VERSE 4:]

When the man came back and he found them gone

F C G/B Am7

He went looking for the liar with the lying song

Swapped all he had for the fiddle and bow

Bb G

Tucked them in his arms and he took 'em on home

[CHORUS:]

C G

They sang and they fiddled and they danced every tune

D F G

From 'Hey Diddle, Diddle' to 'The Cow In The Moon'

C G

From 1:00pm till an hour past noon

F C G

From the day after May to just before June

G F C G/B Am7 G

[INSTRUMENTAL:]

[VERSE 5:]

That's all there is to the tale of the man

Bb G

Lived long ago in a magical land

The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own

Bb G

He made 'em and he bought 'em and he took 'em on home

The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own

Bb G

He made 'em and he bought 'em and he took 'em on home

Bb G

He made 'em and he bought 'em and he took 'em on home

Bb G

He made 'em and he bought 'em and he took 'em on home

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