Appreciate it, but that is one of those versions that I have tried, and didnt sound right. Could be my transcription, I moved it to the key of C, still ended up with a few bar chords. Guess I will mess with it some more.
Ok, so after screwing my head on straight (I have a tendency to do all music theory work late at night or is it early in the morning?), I transposed it into G Maj and for the MOST part, it seems right now. A few chords dont fit or it seems like some chords need to be added but I at least have enough of a structure to get moving, as this song does not follow a simple I IV V pattern as many do. Anyway thanks for the help.
Try checking on youtube - there is a guy on there singing it with a guitar. Might help you out a bit.
If this video is the one you're speaking of, that "guy" is Jim Malcolm - former lead singer of Old Blind Dogs. OBD's cover of this song is the superlative version to my mind. It has the drive and fire that Burns was writing of in his radical paen to the common man. In his verses Burns espouses the homely values of the commoner over the glitz and glamour of the wealthy and the titled - surely a radical position to hold in Britain at the time of the French Revolution. This sort of thought was enough at that time, and in certain quarters, to warrant the death of the speaker.
The tradition continues!
The Pipers Gathering at Killington, VT
If this video is the one you're speaking of, that "guy" is Jim Malcolm - former lead singer of Old Blind Dogs. OBD's cover of this song is the superlative version to my mind. It has the drive and fire that Burns was writing of in his radical paen to the common man....
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OBD's version with Jim at the helm is my favorite version.
I agree whole heartedly that they put the passion into that song.
I think Burn's himself would be quite proud of it.
Nelson
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives"
Braveheart
Originally Posted by Coemgen
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