Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
Difficulty: Novice
Sligo Fair by Jonathan Kelly
Submitted by: monsterhihi
Capo on 2nd fret
Intro: Am7, Em7, Am7, Em7, Am7,
Am7, E minor 7Em7
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
She goes down to meet her Mam(?), returning from the fields.
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
A augmentedA wicker basket on her arm and a spaniel at her heels.
G+G A minorAm
Bb majorBb A minorAm E minorEm
And as she picks wild flowers she wonders should she go or stay.
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just a week away.
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Her mind is on the back seat of the traveller's caravan
A minorAm FF maj7
Headed for the city and to a new life she could plan.
G+G A minorAm
A minorAm E minorEm
With no more days of waiting for her man to name the day.
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just a week away.
BRIDGE
E MajorE EMaj7Emaj7 A augmentedA E MajorE
Hard to be a woman in the country life.
A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE
She don't wanna be a milkmaid, she don't wanna be a milkmaid.
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 D MajorD
She wants to be a wife...
E minor 7Em7
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Way above the Northern coast, the seagulls circle high.
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
As to the West the sinking sun spills gold across the sky.
G+G A minorAm
Bb majorBb A minorAm E minorEm
And homeward wends the Friesian herd to the ending of their day.
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And Sligo Fair is just a week away.
BRIDGE
E MajorE EMaj7Emaj7 A augmentedA E MajorE
Hard to be a woman in the country life.
A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE
She don't wanna be a milkmaid, she don't wanna be a milkmaid.
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 D MajorD
She wants to be a wife...
E minor 7Em7
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
She goes down to meet her Mam, returning from the fields.
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
A augmentedA wicker basket on her arm and a spaniel at her heels.
G+G A minorAm
Bb majorBb A minorAm E minorEm
And as she picks wild flowers she wonders should she go or stay.
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Now that Sligo Fair is just
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Sligo Fair is just
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sligo Fair is just a week away.
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 etc. to fade
THE END!