High Noon

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                High Noon – Tex Ritter
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Written by: Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned 
Washington
From the movie "High Noon" (1952)
Now on: "My Rifle, My Pony and Me - 
Movie and TV Soundtracks "

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

A great Western song. The 
arrangement is special, too: sparse 
in an unusual
way. Tex Ritter's voice is very 
dominant while a dampened drum beats
 out a
haunting rhythm pattern throughout 
(see below: "perc"). An accordion 
plays
accompanying chords or tracks the 
vocal line and sometimes there are
strummed guitar chords. As the 
chords are not always made explicit 
I
sometimes "reconstructed" them from 
the vocal line or the chords that go
before and follow afterwards.
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Single version

The lyrics of the "hit version" were
 altered compared to the one that 
can be
heard over the opening titles of the
 movie (for the movie version: see 
below).
In order to make the song more 
accessible to people who hadn't 
watched the
movie, the version released as a 
single is stripped of any direct 
reference
to the character "Frank Miller" and 
the explicit statement that the 
singer
has to "kill" someone is replaced by
 the confession that the singer 
needs
his wife to stand by him.
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[Intro]

      (no chord)                    
    C           C    C
perc 
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      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4
 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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B|-| 1-----------1---|1-------------
G|-| 0-----------0---|0-------------
D|-| 2-----------2---|2-------------
A|-| 3-----------3---|3-------------
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CHORDS
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C/E  x-x-2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| (no chord) | (no chord) |
(drum only)
| C | % |

[Verse 1]
C
 Do not forsake me, oh my darling
C                    F  C/E  Dm
 On this our wedd'n' day-----ay
Dm                        C  Am
 Do not forsake me, oh my darling
E          G
Wait, wait along

[Verse 2]
C
 I do not know what fate awaits me
C                      F      A
 I only know I must be brave
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Dm                         C     
 And I must face a man who hates 
    C7
me
F         C      F         C
 Or lie a coward, a craven coward
F         C  Am  F  G  C
 Or lie a coward in my grave

[Middle 8]
F
Oh, to be torn twixt love and duty
C
S'pposin' I lose my fair haired 
beauty
F
Look at that big hand move along
C            G
Nearin' high noon
F
He made a vow while in state's 
prison
C
Said it would be my life or hisn'
Fm
I'm not afraid of death but oh
C                     Dm     G
What will I do if you leave me?

[Verse 3]
C
 Do not forsake me, oh my darling
C                           F      A
 You made that promise as a bride
Dm                        C       C7
 Do not forsake me, oh my darling
F                C        F     
 Although you're grievin', I 
      C
can't be leavin'
F           C    Am  F  G  C
 Now that I need you by my side

[Otro]
     F           C
Wait along, wait along
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Wait along, wait along     (fade)


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Movie version
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The version played over the opening 
credits of the movie is in a 
different
key (capo 1 st fret: C# instead of 
C) and there are slightly different
chords in the middle 8 as well as in
 the final verse. The lyrics differ
from that of the officially released
 version.
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capo: 1st fret
play: C
key: C#
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CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
F    x-x-3-2-1-1
C/E  x-x-2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| (no chord) | (no chord) |
(drum only)
| C | % |

[Verse 1]
C
Do not forsake me, oh my darling
C                   F  C/E  Dm
On this our wedd'n' day-----ay
                         C  Am
Do not forsake me, oh my darling
E          G
Wait, wait along

[Verse 2]
C
 The noon day [?] train will bring 
Frank Miller
C                        F      A
 If I'm a man, I must be brave
Dm                           C   
 And I must face that deadly 
    C7
killer
F         C      F         C
 Or lie a coward, a craven coward
F         C Am   F  G  C
 Or lie a coward in my grave

[Middle 8]
F
Oh, to be torn twixt love and duty
C
S'pposin' I lose my fair haired 
beauty
F
Look at that big hand move along
C            Em
Nearin' high noon
F
He made a vow while in state's 
prison
C
Said it would be my life or hisn'
Fm
I'm not afraid of death but oh
C                     Dm     G
What will I do if you leave me?

[Verse 3]
C
Do not forsake me, oh my darling
C                             F  
You made that promise when we wed
    A

Dm                        C       
 Do not forsake me, oh my darling
 C7

F                C        F     
 Although you're grievin', I 
      Em
can't be leavin'
F        C     Am    F  G   C
 Until I shoot Frank Miller dead

[Otro]
     F           C
Wait along, wait along
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Wait along, wait along     (fade)