Songs about horses falling through ice!

[annathepiper]

solarbird asked me if I had the chords to two of the ditties off the mighty GBS album The Hard and the Easy: “Tickle Cove Pond” and “Concerning Charlie Horse”. I’d pulled “Tickle Cove Pond” off the OKP at one point but did not have chords for “Charlie Horse”, and so I’ve spent a chunk of my afternoon with my guitar, working those out!

“Charlie Horse” is a fun ditty in no small part because it changes keys, which is unusual for a Great Big Sea song. So in order to accommodate the key change and the key they recorded it in, I had to figure out what would work best for chord transcription. This led me to do two sets of chords, a set with the capo on 3 and modulating from D to E in the chords, and a set with the capo on 5 to modulate from C to D. Persons way more comfortable with the key of F than I am could go completely capo-free, since the ultimate goal here is to get from F to G.

Anyway, here are some chords! Enjoy!

Tickle Cove Pond

Charlie Horse Capo 3

Charlie Horse Capo 5

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

At a show a couple years ago, in Somerville, Mass., the family of the gentleman who wrote "Tickle Cove Pond" was there.

The Boys did two "songs about horses falling through the ice" in one concert!

[annathepiper]

Sweet! I think I've had one or the other at a show but not both of 'em!

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

They did "Charlie Horse" on the "Fortune's Favor" and "Courage and Patience and Grit" tour a lot.

[annathepiper]

I know! I saw 'em do it! But I'm pretty sure I didn't have any shows when they also did "Tickle Cove Pond"; I'd have to go back and check my show review posts. :)