Black Waterside (Trad. / Arr. Bert Jansch)

My favourite Bert Jansch song (and must be Jimmy Pages too). Difficult to sing as the melody covers a fairly wide range. Bert put music to a trad celtic folk number. Not many songs that go with a Glasgow accent. Originally posted by my bro who recorded me.

DADGAD tuning. Capo is on 5th fret for this version.

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Music

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• Guitar
• Fingerpicking
• Celtic
• Folk
• Zeppelin
• Singing
• Acoustic
• DADGAD
• Scottish
• Irish
• Country
• Traditional
• TheDruidKing
• Bert
• Jansch
• Fingerstyle
• Cover

[makitfunkee]

WHOA!!!! I much prefer your singing to Jansch's version, and your playing is absolutely wonderful.

Fantastic job!!!

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks very much! Really appreciate all comments.

[cleveroonie]

great guitaring

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks all for the kind words and ratings. Very much appreciated.

[HappyRick]

Hi Druidking:

Great guitar playing. I'm just starting to learn this song. What guitar tuning are you using? I recently found a guitarpro tab with a tuning of F#, C#, B, F#, C#, F#. Can you point me in the direction of a better tab version of this great Bert Jansch classic.

Thanks

Rick

[TheDruidKing]

I figured it out by ear using DADGAD but believe BJ uses drop-d only. My hi-fi survived the constant stop/rewind/play; my girlfriend didn't. Try getting tab for Led Zep's Black Mountainside and adapting?

[mamacornettesmoney]

Bert did NOT "ripoff" blackwaterside from Ann Briggs. He palyed it with her & he is the one who came up with the guitar arr. that Page lifted. Look it up. Briggs credits Jansch with the arrangement.

The point you are ignoring is that Briggs credited it as a traditional folk song. Jansch did the same but took credit for the guitar arrangement which is his own.

Then Page came along, took Jansch's arrangement & registered it as an original composition. I LOVE Page but that is the way it is.

[sharrer2]

I love led zeppelin and jimmy page is STILL an amazing song writer and producer and his version STILL founded the music we know today, Yea it was wrong for him to steal the song and not give credits, but really. Like he did any harm to the song.

[EversoleKid]

Wow, I like this song too, very much, and I like your version of this song as well! Great voice. I think, Bert would be glad about it.

Just one thing: When played a bit slower, the intimacy and discreet sound of Berts voice would come out a bit more.

[Ac2Emeraude]

That's great stuff my man.

[leemadd92]

awesome version...could you possibly maybe tab it out please? I tried to learn it from watching the video but it's too fast

[rapperfrgman]

Awesome. I think Bert plays it in DADGAD and drop-D variously. Yours captures it. Thanks!

[acapulco3estrelles]

Wow; that was brilliant... Congratulations.

[Coyoteboy12]

Nice work. I like your voice and the guitar sound is really nice.

[sharrer2]

@LookItsSully Jimmy Page's version, is different. It gives you another take. i think thats well worth it. Also, do you really want the comment sections full of crap as if everyone knew of Bert. P3oPle CuD FiLL ThE C0mm3NT S3ctI0N L!k3 dIS. I like to think of this particular music as a little special secret, and that'll mean more to mean then nearly any other song.

[LookItsSully]

@sharrer2 he did do harm to the song, because noone gives any recognition to Mr. Jansch because everyone things that jimmy page wrote this.

[JoeyBishop]

Interestingly enough, Bert Jansch did it in drop D tuning, and Jimmy Page did it in DADGAD tuning. Anyhow, very good cover. A bit sped up for my tastes, but still a very good cover. :)

[Yairyona81]

Wow.