Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
FF C majorC Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C majorC FF C majorC
FF G7G7 C majorC FF C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Verse:
FF C majorC
Oh, come all ye maids who live at a distance
FF G7G7
Many's a mile from off your sway
C majorC FF C majorC
Come and assist me this very moment
G7G7 C majorC
For to pass away some time
FF Dm7Dm7 G+G
Singing sweetly and completely
C majorC FF G+G
Songs of pleasure and of love
C majorC FF C majorC
For me heart is with him altogether
G7G7 C majorC
Though I live not where I love
Verse:
FF C majorC
When I sleep, I dream about you
FF G7G7
When I wake, I take no rest
C majorC FF C majorC
Every moment thinking on you
G7G7 C majorC
My heart o'er fixed in your breast
FF Dm7Dm7 G+G
But although far distance maybe of assistance
C majorC FF G+G
If from my mind your love remove
C majorC FF C majorC
For me heart is with him altogether
G7G7 C majorC
Though I live not where I love
Instrumental:
FF C majorC Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Verse:
C majorC FF C majorC
All the world shall be of no religion
FF G7G7
All living things shall cease to die
C majorC FF C majorC
If ever I should prove false to my jewel
G7G7 C majorC
Or any way his love deny
FF Dm7Dm7 G+G
Oh, the world shall change and be most strange
C majorC FF G+G
If from my mind your love remove
C majorC FF C majorC
For me heart is with him altogether
G7G7 C majorC
Though I live not where I love
Verse:
FF C majorC
So farewell lads and farewell lassies
FF G7G7
Now I think I've made my choice
C majorC FF C majorC
I will away to yonder mountain
G7G7 C majorC
Where I think I hear his voice
FF Dm7Dm7 G+G
And if he hollows I will follow
C majorC FF G+G
Around the world though it's so wide
C majorC FF C majorC
For young Thomas, he did promise
G7G7 C majorC
I should be his lawful bride
Instrumental:
FF C majorC Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Verse:
C majorC FF C majorC
Oh, come all ye maids who live at a distance
FF G7G7
Many's a mile from off your sway
C majorC FF C majorC
Come and assist me this very moment
G7G7 C majorC
For to pass away some time
FF Dm7Dm7 G+G
Singing sweetly and completely
C majorC FF G+G
Songs of pleasure and of love
C majorC FF C majorC
For me heart is with him altogether
G7G7 C majorC
Though I live not where I love
Outro:
FF C majorC Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C majorC