Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 4th
- Difficulty: Beginner
Verse 1:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
Upon one summer's morning, I carefully did stray
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
Conversing with a young lass, who seemed to be in pain
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Saying 'William, when you go, I fear you'll ne'er return again'
Chorus 1:
A minorAm DmDm
My heart is pierced by Cupid
A minorAm FF
I disdain all glittering gold
A minorAm DmDm
There is nothing can console me
E MajorE A minorAm
But my jolly sailor bold
Verse 2:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
My happiness attend him wherever he may go
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
All for my jolly sailor, until he sails home
Chorus 2:
A minorAm DmDm
My heart is pierced by Cupid
A minorAm FF
I disdain all glittering gold
A minorAm DmDm
There is nothing can console me
E MajorE A minorAm
But my jolly sailor bold
Verse 3:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Who love a jolly sailor that ploughs the raging sea
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm E MajorE
While up aloft in storm, from me his absence mourn
A minorAm DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
And firmly pray, arrive the day, he's never more to roam
Chorus 3:
A minorAm DmDm
My heart is pierced by Cupid
A minorAm FF
I disdain all glittering gold
A minorAm DmDm
There is nothing can console me
E MajorE A minorAm
But my jolly sailor bold
Chorus 4:
A minorAm DmDm
My heart is pierced by Cupid
A minorAm FF
I disdain all glittering gold
A minorAm DmDm
There is nothing can console me
E MajorE A minorAm
But my jolly sailor bold