The Young Slaver chords by Jonathan Byrd

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  THE YOUNG SLAVER
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]

            THE YOUNG SLAVER
             JONATHAN BYRD

INTRO: G+G  G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G

VERSE:
    G+G      D MajorD      G+G     D MajorD
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?
    E minorEm        C majorC      G+G      E minorEm
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,
    C majorC        G+G
Off to war on an angry sea?

VERSE:
     G+G      D MajorD      G+G        D MajorD
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do
    E minorEm     C majorC        G+G      E minorEm
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray
   C majorC        G+G
So I seek lesser company


G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G


VERSE:
    G+G          D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD
Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve
    E minorEm     C majorC      G+G    E minorEm
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago
     C majorC       G+G
You will never return to me


VERSE:
     G+G     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
    E minorEm      C majorC       G+G       E minorEm
Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn
     C majorC       G+G
With promotion and bravery

G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G

VERSE:
    G+G       D MajorD      G+G         D MajorD
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn
     E minorEm       C majorC      G+G          E minorEm
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave
    C majorC       G+G
In Her Majesty's company


VERSE:
     G+G     D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD
Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do
    E minorEm      C majorC       G+G         E minorEm
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold
    C majorC        G+G
To win her from her family

G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G


VERSE:
    G+G       D MajorD       G+G         D MajorD
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams
    E minorEm       C majorC        G+G       E minorEm
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands
     C majorC        G+G
And your soul is in jeopardy


VERSE:
     G+G     D MajorD     G+G        D MajorD
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand
    E minorEm      C majorC      G+G        E minorEm
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool
    C majorC        G+G
And my soul is in jeopardy

G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G


VERSE:
    G+G      D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned
    E minorEm      C majorC       G+G       E minorEm
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you
   C majorC            G+G
So I made you a grave by the sea


VERSE:
     G+G      D MajorD     G+G         D MajorD
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse
    E minorEm      C majorC      G+G       E minorEm
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
     C majorC         G+G
And make me a grave of the sea

OUTRO:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G

NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following:

NO CAPO  CAPO 4th FRET
 G+G       C majorC
 D MajorD       G+G
 E minorEm      A minorAm
 C majorC       FF

The Young Slaver chords

Chords for 'The Young Slaver' by American singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd.