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Come And I Will Sing You The Twelve Apostles chords by Great Big Sea

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This is a traditional carol that exists in similar forms under the names Green Grow the
Rushes, O,
The Carol of the Twelve Numbers, The Dilly Carol (or The Dilly Song), or The Teaching Song.

It is cumulative, each verse adding one item to all the previous versions. Similarly,
the musical
structure, based in F, builds each verse on the Dominant Chord diagramC majorC with accented notes that
begin with Chord diagramG+G
and work down the scale such that "Two of them were lily white babes . . ." always ends
with C. The
third repetition starts the chorus with Chord diagramC/FC/F and walks back to C. Further verses start
the chorus with
Chord diagramC/GC/G and work down the scale accenting different notes with each line (C/G, C/F, C/E,
C/D, etc.).

This may not follow exactly with the album version, but it's close and sounds good when
played along with the recording.

In the Great Big Sea version, beginning with the seventh verse and going through the end
there is an
extra two beats of Chord diagramFF before each repeat (four beats for the last repeat).

Come and I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles)
Great Big Sea
From the album The Hard and the Easy
Tabbed by Steve Sisk (siskny)

2/2 time

Chord diagramFF
Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you one-o. (What will the one be )
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you two-o. (What will the two be )
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you three-o. (What will the three be )
Chord diagramC/FC/F
Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you four-o. (What will the four be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G                    Chord diagramC/FC/F
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you five-o. (What will the five be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G
Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/FC/F                    Chord diagramC/EC/E
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC/DC/D                                Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you six-o. (What will the six be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G                       Chord diagramC/FC/F
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/EC/E                    Chord diagramC/DC/D
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(2 beats of Chord diagramFF)

And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you seven-o. (What will the seven be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G
Seven, seven stars under the sky,
Chord diagramC/FC/F                       Chord diagramC/EC/E
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/DC/D                    Chord diagramC majorC
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(2 beats of Chord diagramFF)

And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you eight-o. (What will the eight be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G                   Chord diagramC/FC/F
Eight Gabriel angels, Seven, seven stars under the sky,
Chord diagramC/EC/E                       Chord diagramC/DC/D
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC majorC                      C/Bb
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(2 beats of Chord diagramFF)

And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you nine-o. (What will the nine be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G
Nine the bright eyed shiners,
Chord diagramC/FC/F                   Chord diagramC/EC/E
Eight Gabriel angels, Seven, seven stars under the sky,
Chord diagramC/DC/D                       Chord diagramC majorC
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
C/Bb                   Chord diagramC/BC/B
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(2 beats of Chord diagramFF)

And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you ten-o. (What will the ten be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G                       Chord diagramC/FC/F
Ten the Ten Commandments, Nine the bright eyed shiners,
Chord diagramC/EC/E                   Chord diagramC/DC/D
Eight Gabriel angels, Seven, seven stars under the sky,
Chord diagramC majorC                         C/Bb
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/BC/B                    Chord diagramC/GC/G
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(2 beats of Chord diagramFF)

And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you eleven-o. (What will the eleven be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G
Eleven is the eleven that went straight to heaven,
Chord diagramC/FC/F                       Chord diagramC/EC/E
Ten the Ten Commandments, Nine the bright eyed shiners,
Chord diagramC/DC/D                   Chord diagramC majorC
Eight Gabriel angels, Seven, seven stars under the sky,
C/Bb                      Chord diagramC/BC/B
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/GC/G                    Chord diagramC/FC/F
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so.

(4 beats of Chord diagramFF)

Chord diagramFF
And Come and I will sing you. (What will you sing me )
I will sing you twelve-o. (What will the twelve be )
Chord diagramC/GC/G                      Chord diagramC/FC/F
Twelve, twelve Apostles, Eleven is the eleven that went straight to heaven,
Chord diagramC/EC/E                       Chord diagramC/DC/D
Ten the Ten Commandments, Nine the bright eyed shiners,
Chord diagramC majorC                     C/Bb
Eight Gabriel angels, Seven, seven stars under the sky,
Chord diagramC/BC/B                       Chord diagramC/GC/G
Six, the six pallbearers, Five ferrymen under the bush,
Chord diagramC/FC/F                    Chord diagramC/EC/E
Four Gospel preachers, Three of them were drivers,
Chord diagramC/DC/D                                Chord diagramC majorC
Two of them were lily white babes, cloth-ed all in green-o,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so,
Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so

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