How to Play The Blackpool Belle on Guitar?

Houghton Weavers - The Blackpool Belle can be played in the key of C using the C, Am, G, Dm, G7, C7, F, E7 chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Blackpool Belle with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Houghton Weavers - The Blackpool Belle Chords

Chord reference C, Am, G, Dm, G7, C7, F, E7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C]Oh! The Blackpool [Am]Belle was a [C]get away [Am]train that [C]went from [Am]Northern [G]Stations, What a [Dm]beautiful [G7]sight on a [Dm]Saturday [G7]night, [Dm]bound for the [G7]illumi[C]nations. No mothers and dads, just girls and lads, [C7]young and fancy[F]free Out for the laughs on the [C]Golden [A7]Mile at [Dm]Blackpool [G7]by the [C]Sea.

I [F]remember very [C]well All the [F]happy gang a[A7]board the Blackpool [D7]Belle. [G7] I [C]remember them pals of mine when I [E7]ride the Blackpool [Am]Line, And the [D7]songs we sang [G7]together on the Blackpool [C]Belle. [G7]

[C]Little Piggy [Am]Greenfield he [C]was [Am]there. He [C]thought he was [Am]mighty [G7]slick. He [Dm]bought a [G7]hat on the [Dm]Golden Mile [G7] and the [Dm]hat said “[G7]Kiss me [C]quick”. Piggy was a lad for all the girls, but he [C7]drank too much [F]beer. He made a pass at a [C]Liver[A7]pool lass and she [Dm]pushed him [G7]off the [C]pier.

[C]Ice cream [Am]Sally could [C]never settle [Am]down. She [C]lived for her[Am]Knickerbocker [G7]Glories, Till she [Dm]clicked with a [G7]bloke who [Dm]said he was [G7]broke, but she [Dm]loved his [G7]ice cream [C]stories. She took it all in with a smile and a grin. She [C7]fell for Sailor [F]Jack. They went for a trip to the [C]Isle of [A7]Man and [Dm]never [G7]did come [C]back.

Now [C]some of us [Am]went up the [C]Blackpool [Am]Tower, [C]others in the [Am]Tunnel of [G]Love. A [Dm]few made [G7]off for the [Dm]Blackpool [G7]Sands [Dm]under the [G7]pier [C]above. There was always a rush at the midnight hour, but we [C7]made it just the [F]same, And I made off with a [C]Liver[A7]pool lass, but I could [Dm]never re[G7]member her [C]name.

Artist Houghton Weavers

Album Work Of The Weavers

Genres Folk

Year 1993

Key C

Houghton Weavers - The Blackpool Belle can be played in the key of C using the C, Am, G, Dm, G7, C7, F, E7 chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Blackpool Belle with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.