Peter, Paul and Mary – Tiny Sparrow (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies (Tiny Sparrow) Author: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=110, Beats on eighths are marked "+". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.

[Intro]
   G        +       +         D        +       +         D7       +       +         G        +       +
E|------3------p2-------3---|-5a---5-------5-------3---|-2----2------p0-------2---|-7a---7-------7-------5---|
B|--------------------------|-7a-----------------------|-1------------------------|-0a-----------------------|
G|----------0-------0-------|-7a-------7-------7-------|-2--------2-------2-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|
D|------0---------------0---|------7---------------0---|------0---------------0---|------0---------------0---|
A|--------------2-----------|-0a-----------0-----------|-0------------0-----------|--------------------------|
E|-3------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-7a-----------7-----------|

   G        +       +         D        +       +         D7       +       +         G        +       +
E|-3a---3------p2-------3---|-5a---5-------5-------3---|-2a---2------p0-------2---|-3a-----------------------|
B|-0a-----------------------|-7a-----------------------|-1a-----------------------|-0a-----------------------|
G|-0a-------0-------0-------|-7a-------7-------7-------|-2a-------2-------2-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|
D|------0---------------0---|------7---------------0---|------0---------------0---|------0---------------0---|
A|--------------2-----------|-0a-----------0-----------|-0a-----------0-----------|--------------2-----------|
E|-3a-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-3a-----------------------|

[Verse]
   D        +       +         D        +       +         D        +       +         G        +       +
E|--------------0-------3---|-5a-----------------------|------3--h5---7---\---3---|-0a-----------------------|
B|------3-------------------|-7a-----------------------|--------------------------|-0a---3-------------------|
G|----------2-------2-------|-7a-------7-------7-------|------------------0-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|
D|------0---------------0---|------7---------------7---|------0---------------0---|------0---------------0---|
A|-0------------0-----------|-0a-----------0-----------|-0------------0-----------|--------------2-----------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-3a-----------------------|
        Come    all     ye    fair                            and     tender        ladies

            +       +         D        +       +         D        +       +         Em       +       +
E|--------------0-------3---|-5a-----------------------|------3--h5---7---\---3---|-0a-----------------------|
B|------3-------------------|-7a-----------------------|--------------------------|-0a-----------------------|
G|----------0-------0-------|-7a-------7-------7-------|------------------0-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|
D|------0---------------0---|------7---------------7---|------0---------------0---|------2---------------2---|
A|--------------2-----------|-0a-----------0-----------|-0------------0-----------|--------------2-----------|
E|-3------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-0a-----------------------|
        Take    warning       how                             you     court   your  men

             D   +            G        +       +                  +              Bm       +       +
E|------3a------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|------0a---3-------0------|--------------------------|--------------0--------|----------3---------------|
G|------0a-------2-------2--|-0--------0-------0-------|------0--h2--------0---|-4----------------4-------|
D|------2a-----------0------|------0---------------0---|------0------------0---|------4---------------4---|
A|-----------0--------------|--------------2-----------|--------------2--------|--------------------------|
E|-0------------------------|-3------------------------|-3---------------------|-2------------2-----------|
        They’re like a        star                            on a    summer's   morning

   D             +         C        +       +                  +   G   +         D        +       +
E|-----------------------|-0a-----------------------|------2--p0---------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------0-------3---|-1a-----------------------|--------------3------p0---|--------------------------|
G|------2--------2-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|------------------0-------|-2--------2-------2-------|
D|------0------------0---|------2---------------2---|------2-------------------|------0---------------0---|
A|-0---------------------|-3a-----------------------|-3--------------------2---|-0------------------------|
E|-----------2-----------|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|--------------2-----------|
        They first   ap-   pear                            and then they’re      gone

[MoreLyrics] If I had known before I courted what all his lyin' would have done I'd have locked my heart in a box of golden and never would have courted none. I wish I were a tiny sparrow and I had wings and I could fly. I'd fly away to my own true lover and all he'd ask I would deny. Alas I'm not a tiny sparrow I have not wings nor can I fly And on this earth in grief and sorrow I am bound until I die. Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men. They're like the stars on a summer's mornin' First they'll appear and then they're gone. ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | \ Slide-down ************************************