The Byrds - The Bells Of Rhymney Tab

                            THE BELLS OF RHYMNEY
                        (Idris Davies & Pete Seeger)

as performed by The Byrds on their self-titled first LP
(Robyn Hitchcock does true-to-The-Byrds version)

- one guitar and bass drop low E to D (necessary)
- one 12-string (you know what brand) guitar would be great

Opening riff:

  
e
        0 2      
    3 2 0       
        0 2      
    3 2 0        
  
B
    3       3    
          3     
    3       3    
          3      
  
G
      2       2  
            2   
      2       2  
             2   
  
D
                 
              0 
                 
               0 
  
A
                 
                
                 
                 
  
D
  0              
  0             
  0              
  0              

(verse 1):
    D                            G   D/F#     E   D(w/opening riff)
Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney
                                     C     Em       A
Is there hope for the future say the brown bells of Merthyr
     D                          C     Em       A
Who made the mine owner say the black bells of Rhonda
     D                           G    D/F#     E   D(w/opening riff)
And who killed the miner say the grim bells of Blaina

(opening riff)
(verse 2):
    D                        G     D/F#   E   D(w/opening riff)
Put vandals in court say the bells  of    Newport
                          Bm            C     Em       A
All will be well if if if if if say the green bells of Cardiff
       D               Bm          G               E
Why so worried sisters why say the silver bells of Wye
     D                            G   D/F#     E   D(w/opening riff)
And what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney

(break; also see note):
/   D   /   D   /   D   /   D   /   G   /   Em  / Edim7 / Edim7 /

(opening riff)
(repeat first verse)
(end):
                          | opening riff |
G   /   D   /  E   /  E  / D / D / D / D /
oh.....oh.....oh..........oh.............
                          | opening riff |
G   /   D   /  A   /  A  / D / D / D / D /
oh.....oh.....oh..........oh.............

Note on break:
If someone wants to post accurate tab for the break, please do.  Meanwhile,
what I do is improvise a bit around this.  Most of it is strummed~~~~~~~~.
I think Pete Seeger would approve of (any) liberties I've taken; I hope
Roger McGuinn would, too.

   D                 D                 D                D

  
e
                
                 
                 
                    
  
B
 10~~~~~~~~~~~  
 12~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 10~~~~~~~~~~~~  
   12 10            
  
G
 11~~~~~~~~~~~  
 11~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 11~~~~~~~~~~~~  
         12  11     
  
D
 12~~~~~~~~~~~  
 12~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 12~~~~~~~~~~~~  
                12  
  
A
                
                 
                 
                    
  
D
0               
0                
0                
0                   

  G                Em                Edim7              Edim7

  
e
 7~~~~~~~~~~~  
  7~~~/12~~~~~~  
  3~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
B
 8~~~~~~~~~~~  
  8~~~/12~~~~~~  
  2~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
G
 7~~~~~~~~~~~  
  9~~~/12~~~~~~  
  3~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
D
               
       14~~~~~~  
  2~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
  
A
               
                 
                 
                    
  
D
               
                 
                 
                    

some chords for the dropped-D guitar:

      D      G       E      D/F#  Edim7     Em      C       A       Bm

  
e
    3      x       0       2      3       0       0       0       2     
  
B
    2      x       0       3      2       0       1       2       3     
  
G
    3      x       1       2      3       0       0       2       4     
  
D
    0      5       2       0      2       2       2       2       4     
  
A
    0      5       2       0      x       2       3       0       2     
  
D
    0      5       2       4      x       2       x       x       x