Who Put The Blood chords by Karan Casey

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC

Verse:
DmDm            C majorC
Where have you been on a long summer's day?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
 DmDm      A minorAm       DmDm        A minorAm
A-fishing and a-fowling in the fields and in the forest
DmDm          Bb majorBb
Weary mother, let me be
DmDm          Bb majorBb
Weary mother, let me be

Verse:
DmDm            C majorC
Who put the blood on your right shoulder?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
     DmDm     A minorAm     DmDm      A minorAm
It's the blood of a hare that I killed yesterday
 DmDm        Bb majorBb
I killed most manfully
 DmDm        Bb majorBb
I killed most manfully

Verse:
DmDm              C majorC
The blood of a hare, it would never be so red
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
     DmDm     A minorAm     DmDm      A minorAm
It's the blood of a boy that I killed yesterday
DmDm        Bb majorBb
Killed most manfully
   DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, I killed him most manfully

Verse:
DmDm          C majorC
What was between yourself and the boy?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
   DmDm     A minorAm   DmDm    A minorAm
'Twas mostly the cutting down of a rod
   DmDm          Bb majorBb
That never would come to a tree
    DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, it never would come to a tree

Verse:
DmDm             C majorC
What will you do when your daddy finds out?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
    DmDm       A minorAm     DmDm       A minorAm
I will put my foot on board of a ship and sail away
DmDm          Bb majorBb
Sail to a foreign country
DmDm          Bb majorBb
Sail to a foreign country

Verse:
DmDm             C majorC
What will you do with your lovely wedded wife?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
    DmDm       A minorAm     DmDm       A minorAm
She can put her foot on board of a ship and follow me
DmDm      Bb majorBb
Follow after me
DmDm      Bb majorBb
Follow after me

Verse:
DmDm             C majorC
What will you do with your two fine babes?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
     DmDm    A minorAm       DmDm     A minorAm
I'll give one to my father and the other to my mother
  DmDm       Bb majorBb
To keep them company
    DmDm       Bb majorBb
Oh, to keep them company

Verse:
DmDm             C majorC
What will you do with your house and your lands?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
    DmDm    A minorAm     DmDm      A minorAm
I will lay them bare to the birds and the air
    DmDm         Bb majorBb
There's no more welcome for me
      DmDm         Bb majorBb
Oh, there's no more welcome for me

Verse:
DmDm           C majorC
What will you do in the winter of your life?
DmDm        C majorC
Son, tell it unto me
    DmDm      A minorAm      DmDm     A minorAm
Like a sally in the rock, I will bend in the wind
  DmDm          Bb majorBb
And pray for the gods' mercy
    DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, and pray for the gods' mercy
    DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, and pray for the gods' mercy
    DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, and pray for the gods' mercy
    DmDm          Bb majorBb
Oh, and pray for the gods' mercy