Tom: D
A G D G A
[Verse]
Bm D G D
O my name is William MacDonnell, I have come across the sea
G D G A
I am no handsome man of wealth, nor do I plan to be
G D G A
But I've a treasure fit for kings, and beggars all the same
G Bm
And she comes with me wherever I go, sometimes she calls my name
A D G Bm
My father worked his life away, diggin' for the coal
G Bm G A
To the central lowlands every day, with shovel he would go
G Bm G A
And he left for me the only thing, he felt he had twas fine
G Bm A
It is my pride and joy, it's yours now boy read the note he left behind
[Chorus]
D Bm G Bm D
No apple falls far from a tree, now I pass this fiddle down to thee
G D Em A
Hold it near your heart and soul, and let your passions guide your bow
G D G Bm
And when the music sweet does play, know I'll be not far away
C Em A
Though my body lies down with the coal, my spirit lies for you to hold
G D G A
In the fiddle and bow
[Verse]
Bm D G Bm
So with fiddle strapped upon my back I set out to see new lands
G Bm G A
I have lived a wild and rovin' life, played to meek and grand
G Bm G A
And to all I played with all I had and I could not help believe
G Bm A
When I'd draw the bow across the strings, somehow I'd set him free
[Lead]
D G D G D Em A D G Bm C A
[Chorus]
D Bm G Bm D
No apple falls far from a tree, now I pass this fiddle down to thee
G D Em A
Hold it near your heart and soul, and let your passions guide your bow
G D G Bm
And when the music sweet does play, know I'll be not far away
C Em A
Though my body lies down with the coal, my spirit lies for you to hold
G D G D G D
In the fiddle and bow
