#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation #
# of the song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of #
# this file. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating #
# copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
***Lorca's Novena - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Hell's Ditch"
Lorca's Novena - as performed by The Pogues
Intro; E (bass plays E E EF EF riff each bar)
E
Ignacio lay dying in the sand
A single red rose clutched in a dying hand
Am
An' the women wept to see their hero die
G
And the big black birds gathered in the sky
Mother of all our joys, mother of all our sorrows
Intercede with him tonight
D G
For all of our tomorrows
The years went by and then the killers came
And took the men and marched them up the hill of pain
And Lorca the faggot poet they left till last
Blew his brains out with a pistol up his arse
Mother of all our joys, mother of all our sorrows
Intercede with him tonight
For all of our tomorrows
Solo guitar over E
The killers came to mutilate the dead
But ran away in terror to search the town instead
But Lorca's corpse, as he had prophesied just walked away
And the only sound was the women in the chapel praying
Mother of all our joys, mother of all our sorrows
Intercede with him tonight
For all of our tomorrows
Gob-iron solo over G
End on E
***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
Intro ||:E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F:||
E F E F E |F E F ||
Ignacio lay dying in the sand
E F E F E |F E F ||
A single red rose clutched in a dying hand
Am C Am
The women wept to see their hero die
G C G C G |G C|G C||
And the big black birds gathered in the sky
G C G C
Mother of all our joys mother of all our sorrows
G C G C
Intercede with him tonight
G D G
For all of our tomorrows
Inst 1 |G C|G C||
The years went by and then the killers came
And took the men and marched them up the hill of pain
And Lorca the faggot poet they left till last
Blew his brains out with a pistol up his arse
Chorus 2
Inst 2 |E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F||
The killers came to mutilate the dead
But ran away in terror to search the town instead
But Lorca's corpse as he had prophesied just walked away
And the only sound was the women in the chapel praying
Chorus 3
Outro ||:G C|G C|G C|G C|G C|G C|G C|G C|G C|G C:||
||:E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F|E F:||
Repeat To Fade
Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
|
No Picture
Batmanuel Badass |
#1 by Batmanuel at Apr 15, 1971 at 11:32 AM EST |
| this is about the spanish civil war. Lorca was a gay spanish poet who was supposedly murdered in the way described above. | |
|
No Picture
Randy Wanna Be |
#2 by Randy Burden at Apr 21, 1980 at 7:53 AM EST |
| A "Novena" is a specific Catholic prayer attributed to someone. The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939. Andalusia was one of the first regions of Spain to be overtaken by the Nationalists in 1936. Federico García Lorca, a Republican poet living in Andalusia, was among the most famous to be killed during the invasion. The Guardia Civil (or "Civil Guard")—the guardia civil was in fact, a Nationalist paramilitary force—who were affiliated with the Republicans were the troops protecting Spain from the Nationalists. The Nationalists eventually overtook the government, and leader Francisco Franco ruled Spain until his death in 1975; during his reign the Spanish people cried out for liberation. Many people fighting and dying for the Republican side were poets and artists (such as the aforementioned Fredrico Lorca). The end of the song lists sites that were bombed and invaded by the Nationalists. Granada, in particular, was the home town of Garcia Lorca and was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the war. | |
Top 7 The Pogues Guitar Tabs
Popular Guitar Tabs