DADGAD & Irish music
I BURIED MY WIFE AND DANCED ON THE TOP OF HER GRAVE (jig)
"I buried my wife and danced on the top of her grave" is a traditional jig in D mixolydian with two parts of 8 bars.
To start we can play only two chords:
A
B
On the 4th bar we have a F# and a G, so we can try to do a G like this one:
We can also add one at the end of the first part.
On the second part we can do a B minor instead of the D in the third bar. Here we have a bass ascent with "power chords" :
The grid :
A
B
Then to go further, we can substitute with seventh. Keeping the same chord on two bars, we get down and high with the C major at the end, which create a tension before to start again :
Using this chords:
You can listen to this jig on the album "Playing with fire" by the band Dervish (1995).
Overview (tab + chords)
