Official National Ransom Chords Thread

[Jeremy Dylan]

hey Jeremy do you know an easy way to tab /? like an already made preset ?

Not really, I'm afraid. For simple chord charts I just copy the lyrics into Word, add extra spacing between the lines and type in the chords. For actual Tabs, I've never done one so I've got no idea.

[Jeremy Dylan]

A VOICE IN THE DARK is in C.

[when i was cruel]

SWEET! We're making this board active again I am still working on that damn One Bell Ringing, it would appear he has some nice runs on it.

[jardine]

if someone could "grab" that performance of voice in the dark (was it a bbc one)--no hat, earphones, i think--you could see his left hand through most of this song and i could get some of the chords if i could pause it a bit. anyone help???

[when i was cruel]

Are you talking about the Pennies From Heaven and Voice In The Dark he did on Absolute Radio with Geoff ?

[docinwestchester]

Are you talking about the Pennies From Heaven and Voice In The Dark he did on Absolute Radio with Geoff ?

No, it's the Richard Bacon show on BBC Radio 5 - he's wearing headphones, no hat.

This is the video link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cqzrb

Flacs and mp3's:
http://www.mediafire.com/?c60g3azgst12h

The Spell That You Cast
A Voice In The Dark
Indoor Fireworks (partial)

[jardine]

VOICE IN THE DARK

................C.....Am7
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm....G
ba ba ba ba
C........Am7
ba ba ba ba
G
Ba ba ba ba ba

................C.....Am7
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm....G
ba ba ba

D#dim G

C.............................................A
You can read right through a book of matches
Dm..................G
But that won’t make you smart
C................................C7
You can laugh in the face of watches
F...............................Fm
But time will only break your heart

F......................Fm
Kings reign beneath umbrellas
C.....................A
Hide pennies down in cellars
Dm........................A
And money pours down and yet
Dm.......................G
No everyone gets soaking wet

C.......................F
When bores and bullies conspire
E7...............A7
To stamp out your spark
D7
Listen for…
....G7..................C
A Voice In The Dark

C...........................Am7...........Dm7.....G
Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon
C....................Am7.....Dm7.....G
And a wolf begins to howl in tune
C.......................Am7...Dm7
I announced for all mankind
......G
A boon
C.............................C7
Stand aside you big baboon
.........................F..........
Now I’m the a prize invention
..................Fm
You’re the image of yourself
......C
Forget your cares
..............A
And disapproving stares
D7
I’m not here to try to jump your borders
G
Just ask your nieces and daughters
C..............Am7........Dm7.........G
I’m flat as sole, I’m happy as a clam
C..............Am7........Dm7.........G (could also be another D#dim)
But they don’t know the kind of man I am
C..............Am7................Dm7......G
Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal
...............C..............C7
Now my net is overflowing
.........................F.....................Fm
And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing
.......C
I’ve got something right there
................A
That you might want to hear
D7
But have no fear
Lend a hand
Lend an ear
G
If your rent-money is in arrears


C..................................A
We’ll be striking up a symphony bandstand
Dm......................G
Long of hair and loose of tooth
C.........................................C7
There’ll be pirouettes and startling handstands
F...................................................................Fm
And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth
Fm........
When is said that then redundant
C...........................A
They gallivant in peg-leg pants
Dm
I‘ll be your servant
............A
You’ll be my pal
Dm.................................G
I’ll be ever faithful you know I shall
C........................F
There’s no fool like an old fool
E7..........................A
Who blames it all upon his youth
Dm...................G.........................................C
When times are tough and you find you’re down
.............................A
Without a star to wish upon
.......D7
Just listen for…
..........................G
A Voice In The Dark


C.....................................A
I was striking through a box of matches
Dm...............G
Hoping that one would spark
C...........................C7
I heard somebody calling to me
F...........
A voice in the dark

F....................Fm
A sound both wild and gentle
C..................A
Daring and confidential
Dm......................
I thought there was music playing
.Dm7...........................G
But it was all and only talk
C.......................F.......................C............A
When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out your spark
D7..........................G
Fill up that empty space in your heart
C...............................A
Listen up, when the herald says, “Hark”
D7....................G........................C
Believe in just a voice in the dark…

On a Radio Hat – 1931

[Jeremy Dylan]

AWESOME! Very fun to play. Thank you!

[jardine]

Most welcome. He has sure fallen in love with those diminished chords. He slipped one or two in this song that I really couldn't figure out how to place, but it plays ok without them.

The other thing is: it is amazing to try to sing this, full voice, all the way through. Shows what practice and training and a good scarf around the neck can do for you.

A side note, however. He has sounded rather hoarse in several of the latest "postings" here, including this one. Second note. It really is amazing how his guitar playing has loosened and flowered. Finally, I really really really hope that he has the energy and time and money to record more right now, because something is so wonderful and ripe and ready--him, the band, the writing, the voice, the melodies, the fabulous playing, and a much more generous and deep insight into both music and its ancestries.

"I Hope"

[Neil.]

Jardine, thanks so much for these chords! I'm going to be practising this one over Christmas. Brilliant!

[when i was cruel]

Me too I am planning on playing that today, I am sure it's correct. I think we have almost collected all the albums songs what do we have ?

[when i was cruel]

Hey also kind of unrelated to the Ransom Chords. Anyway when Elvis and Bono are singing, I believe it's With or Without you does anyone know what trash guitar effect EC is using ?

[Poor Deportee]

VOICE IN THE DARK

................C.....Am7
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm....G
ba ba ba ba
C........Am7
ba ba ba ba
G
Ba ba ba ba ba

................C.....Am7
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm....G
ba ba ba

D#dim G

C.............................................A
You can read right through a book of matches
Dm..................G
But that won’t make you smart
C................................C7
You can laugh in the face of watches
F...............................Fm
But time will only break your heart

F......................Fm
Kings reign beneath umbrellas
C.....................A
Hide pennies down in cellars
Dm........................A
And money pours down and yet
Dm.......................G
No everyone gets soaking wet

C.......................F
When bores and bullies conspire
E7...............A7
To stamp out your spark
D7
Listen for…
....G7..................C
A Voice In The Dark

C...........................Am7...........Dm7.....G
Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon
C....................Am7.....Dm7.....G
And a wolf begins to howl in tune
C.......................Am7...Dm7
I announced for all mankind
......G
A boon
C.............................C7
Stand aside you big baboon
.........................F..........
Now I’m the a prize invention
..................Fm
You’re the image of yourself
......C
Forget your cares
..............A
And disapproving stares
D7
I’m not here to try to jump your borders
G
Just ask your nieces and daughters
C..............Am7........Dm7.........G
I’m flat as sole, I’m happy as a clam
C..............Am7........Dm7.........G (could also be another D#dim)
But they don’t know the kind of man I am
C..............Am7................Dm7......G
Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal
...............C..............C7
Now my net is overflowing
.........................F.....................Fm
And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing
.......C
I’ve got something right there
................A
That you might want to hear
D7
But have no fear
Lend a hand
Lend an ear
G
If your rent-money is in arrears


C..................................A
We’ll be striking up a symphony bandstand
Dm......................G
Long of hair and loose of tooth
C.........................................C7
There’ll be pirouettes and startling handstands
F...................................................................Fm
And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth
Fm........
When is said that then redundant
C...........................A
They gallivant in peg-leg pants
Dm
I‘ll be your servant
............A
You’ll be my pal
Dm.................................G
I’ll be ever faithful you know I shall
C........................F
There’s no fool like an old fool
E7..........................A
Who blames it all upon his youth
Dm...................G.........................................C
When times are tough and you find you’re down
.............................A
Without a star to wish upon
.......D7
Just listen for…
..........................G
A Voice In The Dark


C.....................................A
I was striking through a box of matches
Dm...............G
Hoping that one would spark
C...........................C7
I heard somebody calling to me
F...........
A voice in the dark

F....................Fm
A sound both wild and gentle
C..................A
Daring and confidential
Dm......................
I thought there was music playing
.Dm7...........................G
But it was all and only talk
C.......................F.......................C............A
When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out your spark
D7..........................G
Fill up that empty space in your heart
C...............................A
Listen up, when the herald says, “Hark”
D7....................G........................C
Believe in just a voice in the dark…

On a Radio Hat – 1931

Wow! Fantastic. I am delighted that the chords are straightforward. Thanks!!

[jardine]

still a few glitches in it, but most of it is there. Still can't get all the way through without taking a breather.

[Jeremy Dylan]

I can, but I have to bump it a semitone - I don't have EC's range.

[when i was cruel]

Not by any means trying to be a fuck or anything but its not to hard to sing vocally even the pennies from heaven version I usually play of it.

[jardine]

i actually said that I had trouble singing it full voice all the way through, not that it was "hard to sing"

[when i was cruel]

Hey before i start and its NR unrelated but are there any Dirty Rotten Shame chords out there ?

[Jeremy Dylan]

ALL THESE STRANGERS

...................G.............................................C
"Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear"
.........D..............................................G
Upon freighter running dark out of Algiers
......F.....E............F...............E
Put tiny grains in children's tears
....................Am....................C
While taking 25% of all the flashbulbs and mementoes
................D..........................................................G
From the mechanized divisions rolling over your frontiers

I saw my baby talking to a man today
Speaking softly in a confidential way
I saw a shadow pull his glove off
As a bluebird flew over
Life's is no pleasure
When you doubt the one you love

Who Are All These Strangers?

...........D#...Bb.........D#
I never will go back again
.....G....................C
Go back into the past
.......G....................C
The flood is rising fast
D#.........................Bb........................D#
You can break your window and look down
...Am
Into a muddy glass
.....C........................D
It's mirror or lens to burn

[when i was cruel]

Hey jeremy I think its D A and Em there is a video from, Jazzaldia ? on youtube from Docinwestchester I watched his fingers but your pretty close.

[Jeremy Dylan]

Not sure where you're thinking those chords go in the song, but what I posted matches his fingers on this performance, not to mention playing along with the actual recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRjwa4U92Y

[mr.mnml]

Hey, I figured out most of Bullets For The New-Born King and I wanted to share it with you guys... I literally registered here just for that. Not sure about the "Oh, my eyes were filled with tears..." part, if I figure it out I'll let you know.
Please correct the lyrics if you can, I just took this from some lyrics site.
If you have any questions on how I play it let me know.

[when i was cruel]

AWESOME I would like to add that if you want to play it picked the pattern is A,D,A,e,B for the beginning and for the part about 8 - 15 seconds that leads up to the chorus, you can use the chords posted above but the picking pattern speeds up slightly (listen to the recording) and the pattern there is A,D,G. A,D,G. A,D,G. For each of the three chords then go onto the E 3 and use that for the last note before the chorus, sorry I wish I knew how to tab then I'd show it to you guys but I am at somewhat of a disadvantage for the moment.

[Jeremy Dylan]

Finally got HIDDEN SHAME together. Elvis plays this with chord shapes in G with a capo, but mine has gone walkabout so here it is for standard no capo:

F# B
I'm sorry to say that you don't know me
……………………………………E
I'm sad in ways you never understood
……………………………A
Each time I try to tell the ugly truth
You always let it pass you by
You said I 'd never tell you a lie
………F#
Just because I could

……………………………B
Did you really think I was a bad man?
………………………………….E
You always said that Bad should be my middle name
…………………………….…A
But you don't know the half of it
You don't know how that name fits
A……….F#……….A……F#
You don't know my hidden shame

Chorus:
………..B………………..G#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame
………..A………F#
And I can't get free
…………B………………..G#m
From the blame and the torture
…………..F#
And the misery
…………A………..F#…A…F#
Must it be my secret for eternity?
………….A……………………F#……….A…………F#
Till you know my hidden shame you really don't know me