Stookey Paul - Wedding Song Chords & Tabs

From: bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca (Barrie McCombs)
Subject: CRD: Wedding Song (Paul Stookey)

THE WEDDING SONG    Time: 4/4 (syncopated)    Key: C
- Paul Stookey, 1971
- Record: Peter, Paul and Mary, ??
- Record: Nana Mouskouri, ??


      1           *                5               *
He is now to be a-mong you, at the calling of your hearts

4                  *             *             1     (*)
Rest assured, this troubadour is acting on His part

    *             5                4                1
The union of your spirits here has caused him to re-main

         6m          1               5               *
For when-ever two or more of you are gathered in his name

         4     *  *  *            1    *   (27 *  57 *  1  *)
There is love, __ __ __, there is love __  (__ __ __ __ __ __)



        1                   5            4               1
Well, a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
6m                1               5               * 
They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one
      1             5           4                1 
As it was in the be-ginning, is now and 'til the end
6m              1                 5               *
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back a-gain
             4     *  *  *            1    *   (27 *  57 *  1  *)
And there is love, __ __ __, there is love __  (__ __ __ __ __ __)

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stookey_paul/wedding_song_crd.html ]
           4                2m            5              1
Well, then what's to be the reason for be-coming man and wife
      4                    2m      5                    1     
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life
       1             5            4                1     
For if loving is the answer, then who's the giving for
   6m             1                    5
Do you believe in someting that you've never seen before
             4     *  *  *            1    *   (27 *  57 *  1  *)
And there is love, __ __ __, there is love __  (__ __ __ __ __ __)


       1                5                4                1
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to re-main
    6m              1               5            
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
         4     *  *  *            1    *   (27 *  57 *  1  *)
There is love, __ __ __, there is love __  (__ __ __ __ __ __)


NOTES:
- L5: the instrumental break can be deleted

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) =  new measure, play same chord
- Period (.)   =  1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) =  sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
- This system permits you to play a song in any key
- It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)

     Common Keys  1    2    3    4    5    6    7
     Key of C:    C    D    E    F    G    A    B
     Key of D     D    E    F#   G    A    B    C#
     Key of E     E    F#   G#   A    B    C#   D#
     Key of F     F    G    A    Bb   C    D    E 
     Key of G     G    A    B    C    D    E    F#
     Key of A     A    B    C#   D    E    F#   G#
     Key of Bb    Bb   C    D    Eb   F    G    A

EDITING (to a chosen key):
- Use the "replace" feature of any text editor
- Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
- Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord

- Submitted by:  Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)