Myfanwy chords by David Essex

Chords with lyrics

Myfanwy


Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read wrote a lovely chord structure and melody to a
poem by Sir John Benjamin and then it was recorded by David Essex.
The single entered the UK charts in 1987 and stayed there for 7 weeks.

The song is played in 3/4 time

Intro
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD x2
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA G+G D MajorD

D MajorD            Dmaj7Dmaj7
Kind o'er the kinderbank leans my Myfanwy
D MajorD             Dmaj7Dmaj7    A augmentedA
White o'er the playpen the sheen of her dress
G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD      B minorBm
Fresh from the bathroom and soft in the nursery
D MajorD      B minorBm    G+G     A augmentedA
Soap scented fingers I long to caress
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Were you a prefect and head of your dormitory
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7   A augmentedA
Were you a hockey girl tennis or gym
G+G      A augmentedA     D MajorD     B minorBm
Who was your favourite who had a crush on you
D MajorD       B minorBm        A augmentedA       D MajorD
Which were the baths where they taught you to swim
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Smooth down the Avenue glitters the bicycle
D MajorD              Dmaj7Dmaj7   A augmentedA
Black stockinged legs under navy blue serge
G+G     A augmentedA   D MajorD     B minorBm
Home and Colonial star International
D MajorD     B minorBm   G+G      A augmentedA
Balancing bicycle leant on the verge
D MajorD               Dmaj7Dmaj7
Trace me your wheel tracks you fortunate bicycle
D MajorD            Dmaj7Dmaj7  A augmentedA
Out of the shopping and into the dark
G+G       A augmentedA   D MajorD      B minorBm
Back down the avenue back to the potting shed
D MajorD      B minorBm      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Back to the house on the fringe of the park
D MajorD            Dmaj7Dmaj7
Golden the light on the locks of Myfanwy
D MajorD            Dmaj7Dmaj7    A augmentedA
Golden the light on the book on her knee
G+G       A augmentedA    D MajorD       B minorBm
Finger marked pages of Rackham's Hans Anderson
D MajorD      B minorBm     G+G      A augmentedA
Time for the children to come down to tea
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Oh Fullers angel cake Robertson's marmalade
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7    A augmentedA
Liberty lampshade come shine on us all
G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD      B minorBm
My what a spread for the friends of Myfanwy
D MajorD      B minorBm     A augmentedA      D MajorD
Some in the alcove and some in the hall
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7
Then what sardines in half lighted passages
D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7     A augmentedA
Locking of fingers in long hide and seek
G+G      A augmentedA     D MajorD    B minorBm
You will protect me my silken Myfanwy
D MajorD      B minorBm     A augmentedA      D MajorD
Ring leader tomboy and chum to the weak


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