The Unquiet Grave Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: Dm F C Cold blows the wind to my true love Dm Am And gently drops the rain Dm F C I only had but one true love Dm And in Greenwood she lies slain Verse 2: F C Am I'll do as much for my true love Dm Am As any young man may Dm F C I'll sit and mourn along her grave Dm For a twelve-month and a day

Verse 3: Dm F C When the twelve months and one day was past Dm Am The ghost began to speak: Dm F C "Why sit thou'st here along my grave Dm And will not let me sleep?" Verse 4: F C Am "There's one thing that I want, sweetheart Dm Am There's one thing that I crave Dm F C And that is a kiss from your lily white lips Dm Then I'll go from your grave" Verse 5: Dm F C "My lips they are as cold as clay Dm Am My breath smells earthy strong Dm F C And if you kiss my cold clay lips Dm Your days they won't be long" Verse 6: F C Am Go fetch me water from the desert Dm Am And blood from out of stone Dm F C Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast Dm That a young man never had known" Verse 7: Dm F C 'Twas down in Cupid's Garden Dm Am Where you and I would walk Dm F C The finest flower that ever I saw Dm Is withered to a stalk Verse 8: F C Am "The stalk is withered and dry, sweetheart Dm Am The flower will never return Dm F C And since I lost my one true love Dm What can I do but mourn?" Verse 9: Dm F C "When shall we meet again, sweetheart? Dm Am When shall we meet again?" Dm F C "Where the oaken leaves that fall from the trees Dm Are green and spring up again"