Artist: Gillian Welch
Song: Acony Bell
Album: Revival
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: recebedou@yahoo.com
*Note: I only had the patience to tab out the intro riff, you will have to figure out
between-verse interludes on your own, unless I come back and get them later!
Standard Tuning [CAPO V] (all chords and tabs relative to capo)
Chords used:
EADGBe
A: 002220
D: 000232
D7:000212
G: 320033
Intro Riff w/chords:
D D
e|-5---5-------------------7-5---5------|
B|---7---7-5-7---------5/7-----7---7----|
G|-------------7-----7---------------7--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
D D7
e|-5---5-----------------------5---5----------------------|
B|---7---7-5-7-------------------7---7-5-7-------7-5-7----|
G|-------------7-------2-----7-------------5-----------7--|
D|-----------------2/4------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gillian_welch/acony_bell_tab.html ]
G D
e|-5---5---------------------5---5----------------------|
B|---7---7-5-7-----5-7---------7---7-5-7----------------|
G|-------------4-------7------------------------------2-|
D|---------------------------------------7----0h2-2/4---|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
A D
e|-5---5---------------------------------------------------|
B|---7---7-5-7-----5-7-5--7------7-6-5-2-------------------|
G|---------------6-------------6---------------------------|
D|-------------7-------------5---7-6-5-0-----------------0-|
A|---------------------------------------------------2-4---|
E|-------------------------------------------0-1-3-5-------|
Verse 1 chords:
D
The fairest bloom the mountain knows
D7
Is not an iris or a wild rose
G D
But the little flower of which I'll tell
A D
Known as the brave acony bell
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Just a simple flower so small and plain
With a pearly hue and a little known name
But the yellow birds sing when they see it bloom
For they know that spring is coming soon
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
Well it makes its home mid the rocks and the rills
Where the snows lie deep on the windy hills
And it tells the world "Why should I wait
This ice and snow is gonna melt away."
Outro verse:
G D
And so I'll sing that yellow bird's song
A D [play intro riff]
For the troubled times will soon be gone
