The Borning Day Chords & Tabs
From: Barrie McCombs
THE BORNING DAY Time: 4/4 Tenor: D(Bm) Bass: C(Am)
- West Indian, may be traditional
- Record: Harry Belafonte, Streets I Have Walked, Key: G
INTRO: 6m, 6m
6m * * 5
Mary and the Baby, .. hungry; yes we know what hungry be
6m 7m 6m 2 6m
.. So we bring them peas and rice, and a little ginger tea
1 5 1 6m
.. Only pigeon peas and rice, a little ginger tea
1 5 1 6m
.. Mary thank us with her eyes, she poor the same as we
1 2m 6m *
She poor the same as we
6m * * 5
Mary and the Baby, .. lonely; lonely is not good to be
6m 7m 6m 2 6m
So we sit a while, and chat a while, to keep them compa-ny
1 5 1 6m
Stay a while, make the baby smile, pass the time of day
1 5 1 6m
When we see how pleased they be, it make us glad we stay
1 2m 6m *
So glad that we could stay
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_christmas/the_borning_day_crd.html ]
6m * * 5
Mary and the Baby, .. weary; oh, we know what weary be
6m 7m 6m 2 6m
So we make a bed, and pillow for their head, with down from the maho tree
1 5 1 6m
Only down from the maho tree, to rest them soft and good
1 5 1 6m
We feel bad, these be all we had; we do the best we could
1 2m 6m *
We do the best we could
6m * * 5
Mary and the Babe rest .. easy; we go away and let them be
6m 7m 6m 2 6m
On hushed tiptoe, and voice kept low, we look up and see
1 5 1 6m
Star of hope shine in the sky, to mark the Baby's birth
1 5 1 6m
Seem to say, it's Borning Day, of better times on Earth
1 2m 6m *
Of better times on Earth
NOTES:
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)
