Maiden's Prayer Chords

[bender72]

Can anyone point me to, or does anyone have any of the chord progressions for this song?

I just play this (while my dad is playing violin) with straight up major chords but I want to play some of the better jazzier chord versions and progressions.....

NE help would be appreciated, thanks....

[Leon Grizzard]

In A?

[bender72]

yeah, in 'A'....

[Leon Grizzard]

Later on I'll post a couple of links to previous posts of how I play this kind of thing; certainly not the last word, but may get you started.

[emiller45]

"Maiden's Prayer" is one of those great old songs I have played different ways with different bands. I have played it straight ahead 3 chords and I have played "Jazzy" versions with various passing chords etc.

Let's see what Leon posts. He is usually on the money.

[bender72]

Yeah, that's the way I've always played it, straight ahead and nothing but cowboy chords, but I've been listening to a few guys on youtube like Calvin Vollrath (Outstanding fiddler) and I like those arrangements a whole lot better.

[Leon Grizzard]

Is this the version you mean?

[Leon Grizzard]

The truth is, I wouldn't do much on this song. I'm not even sure I would ever play an A7 or the walk up I show, or the Bm7 C#m7 turnaround, but I might. The A I show is just the way I play it, you could use a standard A barred chord at that same fret. Same with D chord at the 10th fret.

  A   AM7       A6            A6      A7        D
-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
-5-----5-----|--5-----------|-5---------------|-------------|
-6-----6-----|--6-----------|-6-------6-------|-7-----------|
----/--6--/--|--4--/--/--/--|-4--/----5---/---|-4--/--/--/--|
-7-----------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
-5-----5-----|--5-----------|-5-------5-------|-5-----------|
Twi      light  falls         Ev'ning shadows   find–      


 E7                E7            E7                 A     Bm7 C#m7             
-----------------|-------------|------------------|--------------|
-5---------------|--5----------|-6----------------|---5-----7--9-|
-7---------------|--7----------|-7----------------|---6-----7--9-|
-6--/--/-----/---|--6-/--/--/--|-6-----/---/----/-|------/--7--9-|
-----------------|-------------|------------------|---7----------|
-7---------------|--7----------|-7----------------|---5-----7--9-|
 There neath the   stars    a    maiden so fair di - vine


 A    AM7      A6            A   Bm6 B#dim  A7   D
-------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------|
-5-----5-----|--5----------|-5-------7------8--|-10-----------|
-6-----6-----|--6----------|-6----7--8------9--|-11-----------|
----/--6--/--|--4--/--/--/-|------5--7------7--|-----/--/--/--|
-7-----------|-------------|-7-----------------|-12-----------|
-5-----5-----|--5----------|-5----7--8------9--|-10-----------|
 All      a -   lone     I   seem to see    her  there    in her


  A          D               A       D
---------------------------|------------------|
-5-------------------------|-5----------------|
-6-----------7-------------|-6-------7--------|
---------/---4----/--------|-----/---4--/-----|
-7-------------------------|-7----------------|
-5-----------5-------------|-5-------5--------|
 eyes is a   light shining   ever so bright She


  A           E7       A
--------------------|--------------|
--5-----------5-----|--5-----------|
--6-----------7-----|--6-----------|
-----------/--6--/--|-----/--/--/--|
--7-----------------|--7-----------|
--5-----------7-----|--5-----------|
  whispered a silent   prayer.

[bender72]

Thanks alot Leon, a was looking at a few youtube clips, but I think I got the idea or chord bug, from listening to this clip from Calvins site http://www.calvinvollrath.com/index.php/home/sound
just go down to the Maiden's prayer sound file... I was wondering about those walkdowns from the A-D turnarounds, and then the chords around 0.30 mark...

Thanks for the tab, I haven't tried that arrangement yet, but I sure will later on today, thanks again.

[bender72]

I was wondering what 2 chords they are hitting after hitting the "A" at the 1:58 mark in this video....

[Leon Grizzard]

I'm real bad at this, but something like:
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DM7 D6 A6 E Eb D A