Nickel Creek – Sweet Afton (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Here is Sweet Afton. I was fortunate enough to talk
with Sean and Chris after a show and ask them about
this song. They said it is tuned to DADGAD and capoed
on the 2nd fret. So here goes...........
Capo 2 "SWEET AFTON"
{easier fingerings, version}
D A G Bm Em F#m D A G Bm F#m
D|--0---0---0---0----0-----0-------|--0--0--0---0---0--------------|
A|--0---0---0---0----0-----0-------|--0--0--0---0---0--------------|
G|--2---6---4---7----0-----2-------|--2--2--0---4---2--------------|
D|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--2--0---4---4--------------|
A|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--0--5---2---4--------------|
D|--0---7---5---9----2-----4-------|--0--x--5---x---x--------------|[Verse 1]
D A G D Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Bm A G D Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; D A G D My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Bm A G D Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
[Instrumental]
D A G D Bm A G D
[Verse 2]
D A G D Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, Bm A G D All Ye wild whistly blackbirds in yon thorny den, D A G D Thou green crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear, Bm A G D O'I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair.
[Chorus]
Bm A G D O'How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills, Em G A Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills; F#m G F#m Bm A G D There daily I wander as noon rises high,... oooh, Em G A My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
[Instrumental]
D A G D Bm A G D
[Verse 3]
D A G D How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Bm A G D Where, wild in the woodlands, the primroses blow; D A G D There oft, as mild evening sweeps over the lea, Bm A G D The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
[Chorus]
Bm A G D O'Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, Em G A And winds by the cot where my Mary resides; F#m G F#m Bm D How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, Em G A As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stems thy clear wave.
[Verse 4]
D A G D Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Bm A G D Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; D A G D My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Bm A G D Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.