The Four Loom Weaver chords by Karan Casey

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm  E minorEm A minorAm FF  G+G A minorAm Dm7Dm7  G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G D MajorD

Chorus:
   A minorAm          G/AG/A    A minorAm
I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows
    D MajorD            A minorAm
Nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Clogs are both broken and stockings I've none
C majorC       G+G      D MajorD      A minorAm
Hardly give me tuppence for all I've got on

Verse:
       D MajorD       A minorAm
Old Billy at Bent, he kept telling me long
                 D MajorD      A minorAm
We might have better times if I'd but held my tongue
G+G     A minorAm      D MajorD      A minorAm
Holded my tongue 'til I near lost my breath
   FF     G+G        D MajorD
And I feel in my heart that I'll soon starve to death

Chorus:
   A minorAm          G/AG/A    A minorAm
I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows
    D MajorD            A minorAm
Nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Clogs are both broken and stockings I've none
C majorC       G+G      D MajorD      A minorAm
Hardly give me tuppence for all I've got on

Verse:
          D MajorD          A minorAm
We held out for six weeks, thought each day was the last
              D MajorD        A minorAm
We tarried and shifted 'til now we're quite fast
  G+G     A minorAm      D MajorD      A minorAm
We lived upon nettles when nettles were good
FF    G+G      D MajorD
Waterloo Porridge was best of our food

Chorus:
   A minorAm          G/AG/A    A minorAm
I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows
    D MajorD            A minorAm
Nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Clogs are both broken and stockings I've none
C majorC       G+G      D MajorD      A minorAm
Hardly give me tuppence for all I've got on

Instrumental:
A minorAm  E minorEm A minorAm FF  G+G A minorAm Dm7Dm7  G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G D MajorD

Verse:
  A minorAm     D MajorD        A minorAm
Our Margaret declares if she'd clothes to put on
             D MajorD       A minorAm
She'd go up to London and see the great man
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Things didn't alter when there she had been
  FF       G+G     D MajorD         FF G+G
She swears she'll fight with blood up to thine

Chorus:
   A minorAm          G/AG/A    A minorAm
I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows
    D MajorD            A minorAm
Nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Clogs are both broken and stockings I've none
C majorC       G+G      D MajorD      A minorAm
Hardly give me tuppence for all I've got on

Verse:
             D MajorD     A minorAm
I'm a four loom weaver as many a man knows
    D MajorD            A minorAm
Nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes
G+G       A minorAm     D MajorD       A minorAm
Stockings I've none and no looms to weave on
   FF    G+G      D MajorD
I've woven myself to the far end
     FF    G+G      D MajorD
Yes, I've woven myself to the far end
   FF    G+G      D MajorD
I've woven myself to the far end
FF    G+G      D MajorD
Woven myself to the far end

Outro:
A minorAm  E minorEm A minorAm FF  G+G A minorAm Dm7Dm7  G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G D MajorD