Sweet Afton Nickel Creek
[E] [E1] [A] [C#m] [B] [F#m] [G#m]
E ----0---0---0---0---0---0----0- B ----0---0---3---2---0---0----0- G ----1---9---3---1---4---0----0- D ----2---9---3---2---4---4----6- A ----2---7---0---0---2---4----6- E ----0---0---0---X---0---2----4-
In the transition from verse to verse and chorus to verse play the transition (TRANS) which is
E1 - B - A - Eand then C#m - B - A - E (one complete TRANS)
Listen to the song to figure out the strumming pattern, it's not that hard to pickup.
Verse1
Flow g[E1]ently[B], sweet A[A]fton, among thy green[E] braes,
Flow g[C#m]ently,[B] I'll sin[A]g thee a song in thy [E]praise;
My Mar[E1]y's a[B]sleep by [A]thy murmuring stream,[E]
Flow g[C#m]ently,[B] sweet Af[A]ton, disturb not her [E]dream.
TRANS 1x
Verse2
Thou s[E1]tock-[B]dove whos[A]e echo resounds thro'[E] the glen,
Ye wil[C#m]d whis[B]tling bla[A]ckbirds in yon thorny[E] den,
Thou g[E1]reen-[B]crested l[A]apwing, thy screaming[E] forebear,
I char[C#m]ge you[B] disturb [A]not my slumbering fai[E]r.
Chorus1
How l[C#m]ofty,[B] sweet Afton, th[A]y neigh[E]boring hills,
Far ma[F#m]rk'd with [F#m]the courses o[A]f clear winding[B] rills,
There[G#m] dail[A]y I wande[G#m]r as noo[C#m]n ris[B]es h[A]igh,[E] oooh,
My flo[F#m]cks and [F#m]my Mary's swe[A]et cot in my ey[B]e.
TRANS 2x
Verse3
How pl[E1]easan[B]t thy ban[A]ks and green valleys [E]below,
Where [C#m]wild i[B]n the woo[A]dlands the primroses [E]blow;
There [E1]oft a[B]s mild Ev[A]'ning weeps over the [E]lea
The sw[C#m]eet sc[B]ented bir[A]k shades my Mary and [E]me.
Chorus2
Thy c[C#m]rysta[B]l stream, Afton,[A] how lo[E]vely it glides,
And wi[F#m]nds by the cot wh[F#m]ere my Mary r[A]esides,[B]
How w[G#m]anton thy wat[A]ers her snowy fe[G#m]et lave,[C#m] [B]
As gat[F#m]hering sweet flow[F#m]'rets she ste[A]ms thy clear wa[B]ve.
Verse4
Flow g[E1]ently[B], sweet A[A]fton, among thy green[E] braes,
Flow g[C#m]ently,[B] sweet ri[A]ver, the theme of my [E]lays,
My Mar[E1]y's a[B]sleep by [A]thy murmuring stream,[E]
Flow g[C#m]ently, swee[B]t Afton, [A]disturb not [B]her dream.[E]
To the end the song, play the TRANS through 1x and end on either E or E1,
though E1 sounds a little better.
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