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                            BRING A TORCH - Heart
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Written by: Traditional 
Album: "Heart Presents A Lovemongers' Christmas"   (2001, Beyond Records)
Guitarist: Nancy Wilson

Tabbed by: Anne Drury 
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: December 14, 2010

INTRO:

    C
 E -------------|-------------|
 B -------1-----|-------1-----|
 G -----0---0---|-----0---0---|
 D ---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
 A -3-----------|-3-----------|
 E -------------|-------------|
    1 & a 2 & a

1ST VERSE:

    C     Am      F     G       C     Am      G     C
 E -3-----------|---0-1-0-----|-3-----------|---0---------|
 B -1---1-1-0-1-|-3-----0---3-|-1---1-1-0-1-|-3---3-1---1-|
 G -0---0-2---2-|---0-2---0---|-0---0-2---2-|---------0---|
 D -2-2---------|-3-----------|-2-2---------|-------------|
 A -3-----0-----|-------------|-3-----0-----|-----2-3-----|
 E -------------|-------3-----|-------------|-3-----------|
    .     .       .     .       .     .       .     .

    C                  Am7      F     C       F     G
 E -3=--3-3-1-0-|-------------|-------------|-1---1-0-----|
 B -----1-1-0---|-5=\3-1-1---0|---0-1-------|-1---1-0---3-|
 G -------------|-0=---0-0----|-2-----0---0-|-2---2-------|
 D -------------|------2-2-0--|-3-----2-2---|---------0---|
 A -------------|-3=\2-0-0----|-------3-----|-------------|
 E -------------|-------------|-1-----------|---3---------|
    .     .       .      .      .     .       .     .

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

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


2ND VERSE:   (flute enters in this verse)       

Verse 2 is played the same as Verse 1 for the first 8 bars, then:

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

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


3RD VERSE:

Verse 3 is played the same as Verse 2.

At the end of the verse, play the harmonized C Major arpeggio to fade.

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There are various versions of the lyrics online. The Heart/Lovemongers 
recording of the song is an instrumental.

Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella
Bring a torch to the cradle and run
It is Jesus, good folk of the village
Christ is born and Mary's calling
Ah! ah! beautiful is the mother
Ah! ah! beautiful is her Son

It is wrong when the Child is sleeping
It is wrong to talk so loud
Silence, all, as you gather around
Lest your noise should waken Jesus
Hush! hush! see how fast He slumbers
Hush! hush! see how fast He sleeps

Softly to the little stable
Softly for the moment come
Look and see how charming is Jesus
Look at Him there, His cheeks are rosy
Hush! hush! see how the Child is sleeping
Hush! hush! see how He smiles in dreams

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Notes:

-Bar lines indicate measures of 6/8 time. (Count 1 & a 2 & a)
-Dots (...) located under any staff are for timing, and indicate where the
 downbeats (1,2) fall.
-I tabbed the song in 6/8 time, then read online that it's actually in 3/8
 time. It will sound exactly the same, though, if read in 6/8. (Maybe I'll
 revise it to 3/8 later.) 
-Audio of the song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JafPEuFveUY
-The album is a re-release of the Lovemongers' album "Here Is Christmas".

=...hold note or chord             \...slide down

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)

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