Joan Baez - Nu Bello Cardillo

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nu bello cardillo – traditionnal
tab based on joan baez’s version
tabbed by p . soly haouein@hotmail . com
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any improvement and suggestion is welcome!

capo : 3rd fret

picking pattern
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Am
sto crescenno no bello cardillo
G Am
quanta cose che l’aggia ’mpara!
Am Dm
adda ire da chisto E da chillo
Am G Am
lli mmasciate po’ m’adda purta .
C G C
siente cca , bello mio , lloco nnante
C G C
’nc’e na casa , na nenna , nce sta
Am C Dm
tu la vide ca non E distante
Am G Am
chella nenna aje da ire a truva!

Am
si la truove ca stace dormenno
G Am
pe na fata , gue , nun la piglia!
Am Dm
no rommore non fa co li penne
Am G Am
gue , cardi , tu l’avisse sceta?
C G C
si affacciata po’ sta a lo barcone
C G C
pe na rosa l’avisse piglia?
Am C Dm
gue , cardi , vi ca lla nun te stuone
Am G Am
va vattenne , cardi n’addura!

Am
si la truove che face l’ammore
G Am
sto cortiello annascunnete cca ,
Am Dm
’nficcancillo deritto a lo core
Am G Am
E lo sango tu m’aie da purta!
C G C
ma si pensa : vatte chiano , chiano
C G C
zitto , zitto te nce aje d’azzecca
Am C Dm
si afferrare te vo co la mano
Am G Am
priesto mpietto tu l’aje da zompa .

here’s a translation i found on the web :

i’m breeding a nice goldfinch ( thistle finch )
what a lot of things i need to teach him !!
he must go to one and to the other one
and after it must bring me messages .
listen to me , my dear , not so far from here
there is a house , a girl lives there
you can see it , it’s not far
you must go and see that girl .

if you find her sleeping
don’t mistake her for a fairy
don’t make noise with your plumes ( wings )
otherwise , oh goldfinch , you could wake her up .
if she’s standing at the balcony
don’t mistake her for a rose
oh goldfinch , come here since there you’re out of tone
go , go away goldfinch , don’t go on staying there .

if you find her making love
hide here this knife
stick it straight into her heart
and bring me her blood
but if she’s thinking , go away very slowly ,
as quiet as a mouse , don’t interpose ,
if she want catch you with her hand
you must spring quickly in her bosom .

cheers to all folk players!