The words are by, I believe, Robert Burns. Please check me on this. Some English poet, anyway. I ain't an English major. I don't know who originally set it to music, but here goes: Auld Lang Syne F C7 Should old acquaintance be forgot F Bb And never brought to mind F C7 Should old acquaintance be forgot A Dm Gm7 C7 F And days of auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll take a cup o'kindness yet And days of auld lang syne
The original poem has another verse, but nobody ever sings it. Special bonus (because I don't want to go back to studying yet): Melody tab e-----------5---------5------5--8--10--10--8--5-5----------5------------ b---6--5-6-----8-6-8-----6-6----------------------6--8-6-8---6-------6-- g-5------------------------------------------------------------7-7-5---- e-10--8--5-5-----------10--8--5-5--8--10--10--8--5-5---------5---------- b------------6--8-6-8--------------------------------6-8-6-8---6-------6 g----------------------------------------------------------------7-7-5-- Play with a wah-wah and very heavy distortion; it sounds cool, really. Happy new year to you all; I'm going home for break (assuming I survive exams), so I shan't be posting for a while (now, now, don't get too upset). Corrections, improvements, good karma welcome as always. Alec -- This article/message was posted using NewsWatcher from a Macintosh in an Academic Computing Services public cluster at Yale University. Yale University accepts no responsibility for the identity of the author or the content of this message.
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Auld Lang Syne by Christmas Songs