Murder Ballad

Murder Ballad - key of F

Intro F,Bb,F,C,F,Bb,C,Bb,F

C                                F
Lying in a shady grove staring at the sun,
C                                F
Lyin in a shady grove with my true chosen one,
C                                       F
Lyin in my true loves arms, sleep my dear she said,
Bb                         C                        Bb    F
Sleep tonight and dream the dreams of the dead

Lyin in my lovers arms I long to kiss her lips,
Lyin in my lovers arms her knife between my ribs,
Lyin in a shady grove staring at the night,
Sleep she said and feel the kiss that bites

Lyin in a shady grove my face turned form the sun,
Buried in a shallow grave for all the things I've done,
lyin in a shady grove I see her lips so red,
I'll sleep tonight, I'll sleep the sleep of the dead.

Doc Brown's The Third (and final)

Doc Brown's Part Deux

The Alice Charmers at Doc Brown's

Footage of last night's gig at Doc Brown's, thanks to the wonders of modern technology and The Great North Strum. Also well done Mark on drums first gig and heroics with the sticks.

Alice Charmers at Doc Browns

The Alice Charmers play Doc Brown's in Middlesbrough tonight.
It's the first time we've played with a full band and hopefully it'll go better than the first time which due to technical muppetry was a bit shambolic.

Fingers crossed!

Rolling Sideways - Hope & Social

New video from one of my festival favourites at this year's Deer Shed Festival.

New Song - Possibly?

Help! I've got this bloody tune in my head and its doing my napper in.
I need a cunning linguist to add some words, or a brave charmer to tell me its rubbish and forget about it.
It goes (surprise surprise)

verse G (with the harmonic d note 2nd string 3rd fret sounded), D, G(d), D, G(d),D, G(open), Em, A, D
'I just give a shit about your heart' goes over the Em, A, D
Chorus A, G, A, G, A, G, Em, A, D

I think it should be a list type song, of all the things this guy does care about and then the romantic pay off 'I just give a shit about your heart'

Little Birdie

I've been watching a few videos of this song and loads of people seem to thrash this one out, but it seemed better at a more sedate pace for me. This version by Pete Seeger is great, check out the length of the neck on that bad boy banjo.

Squeeze Me!

I was listening to the Who the other day and remembered the banjo break in Squeeze Box, so I thought why not?

The Road

This is the first run through of a new song by Mark 'The Road'.

Cripple Creek

It's been a while since I've posted a version of this tune, but the other night we tried with just two banjos and it sounded OK - better than its sounded with the whole gang.

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

Another winner from Leeds Festival. Wasn't too sure that they were great outdoor festival fodder but the music was great. I'd love to see em in a hall.

Pulp - Leeds Fest

Been a busy summer and it was all rounded off with a trip to Leeds Festival. Apart from Pulp nailing it on the Sunday night, my most memorable experience was walking through the campsite on Sunday night on the way home - It was like a scene from Apocalypse Now.