(2004 - 2016) An 11 piece band that play(ed) arrangements of English traditional music.
They released one Ep, E.P.onymous in October 2004, and five albums, Burlesque in October 2006, Matachin in October 2008, Hedonism in October 2010, Broadside in October 2012 and Revival in June 2014. http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/releases.html
They announced in 2015 that the 2016 tour would be the last. www.bellowhead.co.uk/home/item/142-thats-all-folks.html
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACROSS THE LINE - Bellowhead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dan Glover (dan-the-man278) Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBe, no capo
This is a great song off a wonderful album, and it has some tricky progressions here and there. However, I think this is pretty much spot-on. Comments and corrections are welcome.
Note: In the second and third instrumentals, I have notated the rhythm of some of the chords using slashes and bar lines- the chords should be on the first, third and fourth beats of those bars.
Chord shapes: Em: 022000 F#m7: 242222 or 244200 Bm7: x24232 A: x02220 D/F#: 2x0232 (wrap your thumb round the neck for the bass note & muting the A-string) G: 320033 or 320003 D: xx0232 Bm: x24432 F#m: 244222
INTRO ----- EmF#m7Bm7A
VERSE 1 ------- Em7F#m7 I've sailed the whole world over, across the seven seas Bm7A I courted my sweetheart underneath the Kaori trees I travelled with the north wind, up to the Bering Strait Around the horn and home again; for that is the sailor's fate
INSTRUMENTAL ------------ Bm7A (x4)
VERSE 2 (same as verse 1) ------------------------- Across the barren wasteland of the frozen Arctic sea Through Polynesian breezes and southern storms sailed we The wind all in the rigging sings a lonely lullaby Bm7ABm (2 beats) A sailor I have always been; a sailor I will die
CHORUS ------ D/F#GD Across the line, the Gulf Stream GD Working your life away D/F#GBm Around the horn and home again ABm For that is the sailor's way
VERSE 3 (different) ------------------- GABm We sailed up to the northward, we sailed up to the east F#m7G We reefed our sail in the strongest gale and stood in the calmest sea Ocean bound by Dusky Sound and Pegasus through the strait Port Cooper, ocean, Tom Kane Bay; for that is the sailor's fate