Tamlin chords by Current-93

Chords with lyrics

Artist : Current 93
Title : Tamlin

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Lady margaret, lady margaret
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Was sowing at the seam
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She's all dressed in black
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And a thought came in her head to roam in the woods
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To pull flowers to flower her hat, my boys
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To pull flowers to flower her hat
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So she hoisted up her petticoats a bit above the knee
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And so nimbly she ran over the ground
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And when she came to the merrygreen woods
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She pulled those branches down, my boys
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She pulled those branches down
 E minorEm      G+G       D MajorD    E minorEm
Suddenly she spied a fine young man
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He's standing by a tree
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He says how dare you pull those branches down?
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Without the leave of me, my dear
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Without the leave of me
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Well she says this little wood it is my very own
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My father gave it to me
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I can pull these branches down without the leave of thee, young man
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Oh without the leave of thee
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And he took her by the milk-white hand
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And by the grass-green sleeve
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He pulled her down at the foot of the bush
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He never once asked her leave, my boys
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Oh he never once asked her leave
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And when it was done she twisted about
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To ask her true love's name
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But she nothing saw
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She nothing heard
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And all the woods grew dim
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And all the woods grew dim
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E minorEm         G+G     D MajorD      E minorEm
There's four and twenty ladies all in the land
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And they're all playing a chess
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Except it was the lady margaret
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And she's green as any glass, my boys
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Oh she's green as any glass
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And these four-and-twenty ladies all in the land
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Grow as red any rose
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Except the lady margaret she's pale and wan, my boys
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Oh pale and wan she goes
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Up then spoke the little serving girl
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She lifted her hand and smiled
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She said i think my lady's loved too long
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And now she goes with child, my dears
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Oh and now she goes with child
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Up then spoke the second serving girl
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Oh ever and alas says she
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But i think i know a herb in the merry green wood
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That'll twine thy baby from thee
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It'll rip off thy babe from thee
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So lady margaret she got herself a comb
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She made haste to comb her hair
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And then she's away to the merry green woods
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As fast as she can tear, my boys
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As fast as she can tear
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And she hadn't pulled in the merry green woods
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A majorA herb that barely won
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When by her stands the young tamlin
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He says margaret leave it alone
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Oh margaret leave it alone
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Why do you pull that bitter little herb
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That herb that grows so grey
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For to destroy that fine young baby that we got in our play, my dear
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Oh that we got in our play
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Well come tell me now young tamling says she
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If an earthly man you be
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I tell you no lies, says young tamlin
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I was christened as good as thee
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I was christened as good as thee
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But as i rode a-hunting on a bitter bitter night
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It was from my horse i fell
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And the queen of elvin she caught me
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Into yonder green hill to dwell
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Oh into yonder green hill to dwell
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But tonight is halloween lady
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The elvin caught will ride
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And if you would your true love win
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By the millbridge you must hide, my dears
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By the millbridge you must hide
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And first will run the black horse
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Then will the brown
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And then will run the white
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You hold him fast, you fear him not
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For he's the father of your child, my love
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He's the father of your child
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They'll turn me on in your arms lady
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Into many a beasts so wild
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But you hold them fast, you fear no ill
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It's the father of your child, my love
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It's the father of your child

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So lady margaret, she gets herself a comb
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She made haste to comb her hair
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Then she's away to the old millbrdige
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As fast as she could tear, my boys
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As fast as she could tear
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And about the dead hour of the night she heard the bridles ring
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Oh my boys, she had her heart more than any earthly thing it did
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More than any earthly thing
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And first run the black horse
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Then the brown
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And then raced by the white
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Well she held it fast, she feared it not
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For it's the father of her child
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It's the father of her child
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The thunderoll across the sky
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The stars blazed bright as day
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The queen of elvin gave a thrilling cry
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Tamlin's away brave boys
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Brave tamlin's away
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The very first thing they turned him into
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Is a lion that runs so wild
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But she held him fast, she feared him not
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He's the father of her child, my boys
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He's the father of her child
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And the very next thing they turned him into
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It was a loathsome snake
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He says hold me fast, fear me not
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For i'm one of god's own make, my love
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Oh i'm one of god's own make
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And again they changed him all in her arms
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To a red-hot bar of iron
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But she held it fast, she feared it not
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It did to her no harm
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It did to her no harm
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And the very last thing they changed him into
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Was like any naked man
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She flung her mantle over him
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She cried my love i've won i've won
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She cried my love i've won
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But the queen of elvin she called for a bush
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She's red as any blood
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I should have torn out your eyes, tamlin
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And put in two eyes of wood
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And put in two eyes of wood