Solomon Browne Seth Lakeman
NB Tenor guitar tab!
A wonderful song dedicated to the awful Penlee lifeboat disaster.
Watch my video here to make if the tab doesn't make sense at all:
Tuning DADA
Capo 3 (Open strings should be FCFC)
Chords used
F6 4200
Bb9 5200
C5 2020
F5 0000
F 4000
G/F 2000
Main riff - NB strum all the strings whilst playing the melody
D-----------------------------------|-----------------------------| A--0-2-2-0-2-4-2-0---------2--------|--0-2-2-0-2-4-2-0---------2--| D------------------2-0-2-0----------|------------------2-0-2-0----| A--------------------------2--------|--------------------------2--| D-----------------------------------|-----------------------------| A--0-2-2-0-4-5-4-0---------2--------|--4-4-0-0-1------------------| D------------------2-0-2-0----------|-----------------------------| A--------------------------2--------|-----------------------------|
[F6]At fair Mount's [Bb9]Bay, on that [C5]Christmas [F6]week
[F6]Was such a ragin[Bb9]g storm, no m[C5]an could s[F5]peak
[F6]That lifeboat th[Bb9]undered throu[C5]gh an angr[F6]y sea
[F6]Was called Solom[Bb9]on Browne and[C5] her company
Instead of the last chord at the end of the verses, go into the chorus riff. This is
almost identical to the intro riff.
D---------------------------------------| (Keep playing the last chord A--0-2-2-0-2-4-2-0---------2------------| till the next time the riff D------------------2-0-2-0--------------| comes in) A--------------------------2------------|
With courage, it was
D-----------------------------------| A--0-2-2-0-2-4-2-0---------2--------| D------------------2-0-2-0----------| A--------------------------2--------|
Called On our heroes brave and
D-----------------------------------| A--0-2-2-0-2-4-2-0---------2--------| D------------------2-0-2-0----------| A--------------------------2--------|
Bold With courage, it was cold
[F]On board [G/F]that [F5]night
Now the stricken coaster called the Union Star
Her maiden voyage, she never thought that far
With Captain Moreton and his four man crew
A woman to save and her daughters two
Now, never had a lifeboat fought in vain
She could have made a dash for port but she tried again
All sixteen perished in that mighty wave
It tossed them overboard into a watery grave
With courage, it was called
On our heroes brave and bold
With courage, it was cold
On board that night
Now back at Penlee Point, time stood still
Twelve young children cried for their fathers killed
A nation shed tears for years as the news went round
The constant courage of our Solomon Browne.
With courage, it was called
On our heroes brave and bold
With courage, it was cold
On board that night
With courage, it was called
On our heroes brave and bold
With courage, it was cold
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