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From ddavies@lotus.com Thu Aug 29 14:17:46 1991
From: ddavies@lotus.com (Derek Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Maggie's farm
Date: 28 Aug 91 16:11:33 GMT
Organization: Lotus Development Corp.
>From article <3521@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, by gaukur@rhi.hi.is (Kristjan Gaukur Kristjansson):
> Hello there,
>
> What chords do you use to play Maggie's Farm on a guitar?
> The books I've got say Emajor, but I've got doubts. I can
> never get it to sound right.
>
> Mep fyrirfram ~vkk
> Gaukur
> "And everyone of them words rang true
> and glowed like burning coal."
I think it's in G, somtimes at least. I like the way the Grateful
Dead play the song, so that's where this transciption comes from. I play it:
||: Gm-G-C--Gm-G-C-G :|| Reapeat till you feel like singing
A note on the above. The Gm-G-C, etc, thing is fast and rythmicly
strange (at least to me.) I had to practice for a long time before I could
do it. Anyway, the thing between the repeat signs is one measure of 4/4
long. An approximation of the timeing is:
Chord Gm G C Gm G C G
Beat 1 2 3 4
If you play a Gm barre at the third fret then the G is achieved by
hammering-on the 3rd with the second finger. You don't have to strum the
G chord that way (let the rest of the Gm ring.) The Gm only last for a
short while to color the transition from G to C. O.K. enough about that.
Send me mail if you want more explanation. One last thing: this minor,
hammer to major thing is a nice trick to keep you from getting bored and
it sounds really neat at the right time.
The verses go:
G ||: Gm-G-C--Gm-G-C-G :||
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
G ||: Gm-G-C--Gm-G-C-G :||
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
G7
I wake up every moring clench my hands and pray for rain
g-f#-f-E
I got a head full of ideas that are driving me insane
D7
It's a shame the way they make me scrub the floor
G ||: Gm-G-C--Gm-G-C-G :||
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
The rest of the verses are (remember this is the way the Dead sing it,
and that's different than the way Dylan sing's it):
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
Hands you a nickel and he hands you a dime
Asks you with a grin if you're having a good time
And he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
Puts his cigar out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window is made out of bricks
Keeps the National Guard right outside the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more
[solo]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
She talks to the servents about man, god and law
Everybodys says she's the brians behind pa
She's 58, but she says she's 24 [sic]
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Ma no more
[solo]
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well I done my best, to be just like I am
But everybody wants you to be just like them
They say, "Sing while you slave" and I just get board
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Best I can do, sorry I'm not as familer with the various Dylan
arrangments/lyrics/key(s).
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Derek Davies I never felt a felt that felt like that felt felt!
Lotus, Cambridge - ???
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