As I Was Going To Banbury chords by Ashley Hutchings

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G   D   Em   F G D

Verse:
   G                D
As I was a-going to Banbury
Em               D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                    G
As I was a-going to Banbury
  Em           D
I spied a fine codlin apple tree
       Em     D         G Em D G
With a ri fol lat-i-tee O

Verse:
                          D
And one of them codlins began to fall
Em               D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                      G
One of them codlins began to fall
  Em                    D
I spied seven men all a-playing at bowls
            Em       D         G Em D G
And there's ri fol a-lat-i-tee O

Verse:
                     D
And one of the men I saw was dead
Em C   Em    B   D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                 G
One of the men I saw was dead
     Em                    D
So I took out me axe and I opened his head
       Em     D         G
With a ri fol lat-i-tee O

Verse:
                          D
And out of his head there sprang a spring
Em               D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                      G
Out of his head there sprang a spring
    Em                   D
And seven young salmon a-learning to sing
       Em     D         G Em D G
With a ri fol lat-i-tee O

Verse:
                         D
And one of the salmon as big as I
Em               D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                     G
One of the salmon as big as I
    Em                  D
Now don't you think I'm telling a lie?
       Em       D         G Em D G
With a ri fol a-lat-i-tee O

Verse:
                          D
And one of them salmon as tall as an elf
Em               D
Ri fol lat-i-tee O
                      G
One of them salmon as tall as an elf
       Em                     D
If you want any more, you can sing it yourself