Broadford Bazaar 
Ian Anderson 
(transcription: Paul Tarvydas, tarvydas@tsctrl.guild.org) 

Notes: 

- Capo 7th fret 
- tablature 0 is 7th fret 
- chords w/o parentheses are the "normal" guitar chord positions 
  played relative to the capo (i.e. most convenient for guitarists) 
- chords inside parentheses are the actual chords 
- entirely flatpicked 
- most chords are "washboard" strummed (just slowly enough that 
  distinct notes are heard) 

Intro: 

   Esus4             Esus4 
  (Bsus4)           (Bsus4) 
b-|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|-- 
F#|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-- 
D-|--2--------------2--2--------------2--|-- 
A-|--2-----------------2-----------------|-- 
E-|--2-----------------2-----------------|-- 
B-|--0-----------------0-----------------|-- 

     E              E 
    (B)            (B) 
b-|--0-----0--------0-----0--------|-- 
F#|--0--0-----0-----0--0-----0-----|-- 
D-|--1-----------1--1-----------1--|-- 
A-|--2--------------2--------------|-- 
E-|--2--------------2--------------|-- 
B-|--0--------------0--------------|-- 
  

   Esus4             Esus4                  E 
  (Bsus4)           (Bsus4)                (B) 
b-|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|--0--------------|-- 
F#|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0--------------|-- 
D-|--2--------------2--2--------------2--|--1--------------|-- 
A-|--2-----------------2-----------------|--2--------------|-- 
E-|--2-----------------2-----------------|--2--------------|-- 
B-|--0-----------------0-----------------|--0--------------|-- 
  
  
  

general playing during verse: 

     1     2     3     4     5     6 
     Am                G 
    (Em)              (D) 
b-|--0--------0--------3--------3--------|-- 
F#|--1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----|-- 
D-|--2-----------------0-----------------|-- 
A-|--2-----------------0-----------------|-- 
E-|--0-----------------2-----------------|-- 
B-|--------------------3-----------------|-- 
     Dirty white       caravans 
  
  

     1     2     3     4     5     6 
     Em                D 
    (Bm)              (A) 
b-|--0--------0--------2--------2--------|-- 
F#|--0-----0-----0-----3-----3-----3-----|-- 
D-|--0-----------------2-----------------|-- 
A-|--2-----------------0-----------------|-- 
E-|--2-----------------------------------|-- 
B-|--0-----------------------------------|-- 
     down at the road, sailing 
  

     1     2     3     4     5     6 
     D          Dsus2  D 
    (A)               (A) 
b-|--2-----------0-----2-----------------|-- 
F#|--3-----------3-----3-----------------|-- 
D-|--2-----------0-----2-----------------|-- 
A-|--0-----------0-----0-----------------|-- 
E-|--------------------------------------|-- 
B-|--------------------------------------|-- 
  

     1     2     3     4     5     6 
     D5          D 
    (A5)        (A) 
b-|--5-----------2--3--2--0--------------|-- 
F#|--3-----------3-----------3-----------|-- 
D-|--2-----------2-----------------------|-- 
A-|--0-----------0-----------------------|-- 
E-|--------------------------------------|-- 
B-|--------------------------------------|-- 
  

 Am          G        Em                 D       D Dsus2 D D5 D 
(Em)        (D)      (Bm)               (A) 
 Dirty white caravans down narrow roads, sailing. 

 Am          G        Em           D       D Dsus2 D D5 D 
(Em)        (D)      (Bm)         (A) 
 Vivas, Cortinas, weaving in their wake. 

      Am             G               C 
     (Em)           (D)             (G) 
 With hot, red-faced drivers, horns, flattened fists, 

 D       D Dsus2 D D5 D 
(A) 
 wailing, 
           G        G/F               C        D 
          (D)      (D/E)             (G)      (A) 
b-|--------3--------3-----------------0--------2----- 
F#|--------0--------0-----------------1--------3----- 
D-|--------0--------0-----------------0--------2----- 
A-|--------0--------0-----------------2--------0----- 
E-|--------2--------2-----------------3-------------- 
B-|--------3--------1-------------------------------- 
   Putting trust in blind corners as  they overtake. 

           G        D 
 And it's "All come willing now, 
 C       G 
 Spend a shilling now, 
 G            C            Em        D 
 Stack up the back of your new motor-car." 
         G         C            G           Em 
 There's home-dyed woolens, and wee plaster Cullins. 
     C          D         E      Esus4 E 
 The day of the Broadford Bazaar. 
  
 Am         G         Em           D        Dsus2 D D5 D 
 Out of the north, no oil-rigs are drifting. 
     Am           G        Em          D   Dsus2 D D5 D 
 And jobs for the many are down to the few. 
 Am           G              C        D 
 Blue-bottled choppers, they visit no longer. 
      G            G/F                C            D 
 Like flies to the jampots, they were just passing through. 
           G        D 
 And it's "All come willing now, 
 C       G 
 Spend a shilling now, 
 G            C            Em        D 
 Stack up the back of your new motor-car" 
                  G           C 
 Where once stood oil-rigs so phallic 
              G              Em 
 There's only swear-words in Gaelic 
    C          D         E      Esus4  E 
 To say at the Broadford bazaar. 
  

 Am           G           Em           D       Dsus2 D D5 D 
 All kinds of people come down for the opening. 
 Am           G              Em       D      Dsus2 D D5 D 
 Crofters and cotters, white-settlers galore. 
     Am        G                C                D 
 And up on the hill, there's an old sheep that's dying, 
            G             G/F         C         D 
 But it had two new lambs born just a fortnight before. 

           G        D 
 And it's "All come willing now, 
 C       G 
 Spend a shilling now, 
 G            C            Em        D 
 Stack up the back of your new motor-car." 
                                 G                C 
 They'll take pounds, francs and dollars from the well-heeled, 
     G               Em 
 And stamps from the Green Shield. 
     C          D           E    Esus4 E 
 The day of the Broadford Bazaar.