May You Never Accompaniment chords by John Martyn
Guitar chords with lyrics
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MAY YOU NEVER (accompaniment) - John Martyn & Kathy Mattea
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Recording: Transatlantic Sessions
Tabbed by Robert Saunders
This tab is based on what Kathy Mattea played to accompany John Martyn (who plays in drop D with
capo on 1) in the Transatlantic Sessions recording, along with Danny Thompson and Jerry Douglas
(see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBPTuAl2Qyk).
NB It is not intended to be a tab of what John Martyn plays but you can use this if you want to
play the song in standard tuning instead of drop D.
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I?ve only included the chords for most of it. For help with the right hand picking/slap pattern,
try the following tutorials (both in the original drop D tuning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Nf7e6GZKY (simplified version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e8n1SQY6lA (JM version)
Standard tuning with capo on 3.
Chords(relative to capo):
G1 355433 (This is a standard G major. It's only called G1 to differentiate it from the other G shape)
F/G 3X3211
C X32010
C/G 332010
F/A X03211
G 320003
Csus4 3X3010
G(1) F/G [play strings 6, 3, 2 & 1]
May You
C/G F/A
Never lay your head down
G C/G Csus4 C/G
Without a hand to hold
F/A G C/G Csus4 C/G F/A C
May you never make your bed out in the cold.
G C/G Csus4 C/G [play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2]
or G G G G
You're just like a great strong brother of mine
C/G F/A C/G
You know that I love you true
G C/G Csus4 C/G [play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2]
or G G G G
And you never talk dirty behind my back
C/G F/A C/G
And I know that there's those that do.
[When playing G below, play strings 6, 4, 3 & 2. You can also fret 2nd string on 3rd fret for variety]
G G G G
Oh please won't you, please won't you / Bear it in mind
[Either play the next line silent, play tab below, or improvise something similar]
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------1--------3p1------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|----2h3----3p2---------3p2------|
A|-0------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Love is a lesson to learn in our time
G C/G Csus4 C/G C F/A C
Now please won't you, please won't you / Bear it in mind for me.
G F/G [Alternatively, just play F on middle 4 strings]
And may you
C/G F/A
Never lay your head down
G C/G Csus4 C/G
Without a hand to hold
Etc.
End with:
C/G F/A C/G F/A C/G F/A etc.
Then either play the tab below, something similar, or end on C or C/G.
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1-1----|
G|-0------------------------------------0---------|
D|----3-2-3-0------------------------2------------|
A|-------------3-2-3--0-------3---3---------------| Last updated: