Chords with lyrics
Original in C majorC = Capo 5
G+G A minorAm G+G
It was one morning // In the spring
G+G A minorAm G+G
I went on board // To serve the king
FF C majorC G+G
I left my dearest // Dear behind
G+G A minorAm G+G
Who of'times told me // Her heart was mine
G+G A minorAm G+G
When I came back // To her father's hall
G+G A minorAm G+G
Inquiring // For my jewel
FF C majorC G+G
Her cruel father // This reply
G+G A minorAm G+G
Her momma says // If you deny
G+G A minorAm G+G
Oh she has married // Another man
G+G A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA richer man // For all his life
FF C majorC G+G
A augmentedA richer man // For all his life
G+G A minorAm G+G
And he has made her // His lawful wife
instrumental: G+G A minorAm G+G // G+G A minorAm G+G // FF C majorC G+G // G+G A minorAm G+G
G+G A minorAm G+G
O God curse gold // And silver, too
G+G A minorAm G+G
And all false women // Who won't prove true
FF C majorC G+G
For some will take // And then will break
G+G A minorAm G+G
All for the sake // Of richery
G+G A minorAm G+G
O stop young man // Don't talk too fast
G+G A minorAm G+G
The fault is great // But none of mine
FF C majorC G+G
The fault is great // But none of mine
G+G A minorAm G+G
Don't speak so hard // Of the female kind
instrumental: G+G A minorAm G+G // G+G A minorAm G+G // FF C majorC G+G // G+G A minorAm G+G
G+G A minorAm G+G
If I had gold // You might have part
G+G A minorAm G+G
As I have none // You've gained my heart
FF C majorC G+G
You've gained it all // With a free good will
G+G A minorAm G+G
So keep my vows // And hold them still
G+G A minorAm G+G
Since hard fortune // Around me frowns
G+G A minorAm G+G
I'll sail this ocean // Round and round
FF C majorC G+G
I'll sail this ocean // Until I die
G+G A minorAm G+G
I'll quit my ways // On the mountain high