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End of a Holiday

[Simon Nicol]

A solo guitar instrumental played by Simon (apparently needing eleven takes to get it right) on the album What we did on our Holidays. He rerecorded the song in 1988 for the Master Craftsmen album, a collection on songs which were all played on guitars made by Rob Armstrong.

Music Transcription

Thanks to Richard Kent for sending me his transcription.

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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 18:34:09 +0100 (BST)
From: R P Kent <richpkent@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: TAB: End of a Holiday by Fairport Convention

Title:              End of a Holiday
Artist:             Fairport Convention
Writer:             Simon Nicol
Trans:              Richard Kent    richpkent@yahoo.co.uk

Here’s an excellent acoustic tune from the late sixties. Even if you’ve 
never heard it before its easy to play and sounds great.. It has a 
moderate tempo. Excuse the Emin9 Emaj9 nonsense, I couldn’t remember 
which chord it was meant to be....

   Emin9
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-3-----------3-------5---3-------|
G|----------------------------0---|---------0-----------------------|
D|------------------------4-------|-----4-----------4-----------0---|
A|--------------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^      ^       ^       ^         ^       ^       ^       ^



   C                                Emin9
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3----------1-------0---1-------|-3-----------3-------5---3-------|
G|-----0--------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|--------2-------2-----------0---|-----4-----------4-----------0---|
A|-3----------3-----------3-------|-2-----------2-----------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^      ^       ^       ^         ^       ^       ^       ^


   C                                Am          G
e|-------------0------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1---------------1-------1------|-----1-------------------0-------|
G|-----0--------------------------|-2-------2---0-------2-----------|
D|---------2-----------2----------|---------2-------0-----------0---|
A|-3--------------------------2---|-0-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------3-----------3-------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^
 


   Em          D                    C           Emin9
e|-3-----------2-------3---2------|-0-------------------------------|
B|---------5----------------------|---------1---3-------------------|
G|-----4-----------2----------2---|-----0---------------4---5-------|
D|-------------0-----------0------|-----------------4-----------4---|
A|--------------------------------|-3-----------2-------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^



   D                                Emin9
e|-------------2-----------2------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-----------3----------|-3-----------3-------5---3-------|
G|-----2-----------2--------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-0-----------0-----------0--0---|-----4-----------4-----------0---|
A|--------------------------------|-2-----------2-----------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^
  
   C                                Emin9
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3----------1-------0---1-------|-3-h-5---3---------------3-------|
G|-----0--------------------------|-------------4-------5-----------|
D|--------2-------2-----------0---|-----------------4-----------0---|
A|-3----------3-----------3-------|-2-------2-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^      ^       ^       ^         ^       ^       ^       ^

   C                                Am          G
e|-------------3-p-0--------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1-----------1-----------1------|-----1-------------------0-------|
G|-----0--------------------------|-2-------2---0-------2-----------|
D|---------2-----------2----------|---------2-------0-----------0---|
A|-3--------------------------2---|-0-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------3-----------3-------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^


   Em          D                    C           Emin9
e|-3-----------2-------3---2------|-0-------------------------------|
B|---------5----------------------|---------1---3-------------------|
G|-----4-----------2----------2---|-----0---------------4---5-------|
D|-------------0-----------0------|-----------------4-----------4---|
A|--------------------------------|-3-----------2-------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^

  

   D
e|-------------2--------------0---|-2-----------2-------3---2-------|
B|-3-------3-----------3---3------|---------3-----------------------|
G|-----2-----------2--------------|-----2-----------2-----------0---|
D|-0-----------0-----------0--0---|-0-----------0-----------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^


               C                    Emaj9
e|-2-----------0-----------0------|---------------------------------|
B|-----1---------------3----------|-3-----------3-------5---3-------|
G|---------0-------0--------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------0--|-----4-----------4-----------0---|
A|-------------3-----------3------|-2-----------2-----------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^

               
   C                                Em              D
e|-------------3-p-0--------------|-3---------------2---------------|
B|-1-----------------------1------|---------5---------------3-------|
G|-----0--------------------------|-----4-------4-------2-------2---|
D|---------2-----------2-------0--|-----------------0---------------|
A|-3------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^

   C           Emaj9                Am    
e|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------1---3------------------|-3-p-1---------------------------|
G|-----0---------------4---5------|---------2-----------0---2-------|
D|-----------------4-----------0--|-------------2---s4----------0---|
A|-3-----------2------------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^

   Gadd9
e|-----------------3--------------||
B|-------------0------------------||
G|---------2----------------------||
D|-----0--------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|-3------------------------------||
   ^       ^       ^       ^        

CHORD USED
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