Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
Come all you lads and lasses, all you give attention
DmDm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm G+G
To these few lines I'm about to write here
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
'Tis of the four seasons of the year that I shall mention
DmDm E minorEm G/BG/B G+G C majorC
Beauty of all things doth appear
Verse:
FF G+G FF G+G
And now you are young and all in your prosperity
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G+G
Come cheer up your hearts and revive like the spring
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
Join off in pairs like the birds in February
DmDm E minorEm G+G C majorC
St. Valentine's Day it forth do bring
Instrumental:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
Then cometh spring, which all the land doth nourish
DmDm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm G+G
The fields are beginning to be decked with green
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
The trees put forth their buds and the blossoms they do flourish
DmDm E minorEm G/BG/B G+G C majorC
The tender blades of corn on the earth could be seen
Verse:
FF G+G FF G+G
Don't you see the little lambs by the dams a-playing?
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC
The cuckoo is singing in the shady grove
E minorEm A minorAm FF
The flowers they are springing, the maids they go a-Maying
DmDm E minorEm G+G C majorC
In love, all hearts seem now to move
Instrumental:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
Then cometh autumn, with the sun so hot and piercing
DmDm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm G+G
The sportsman goes forth with his dog and his gun
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
To fetch down the woodcock, the partridge and the pheasant
DmDm E minorEm G/BG/B G+G C majorC
For health and for profit, as well as for fun
Verse:
FF G+G FF G+G
Behold, with loaded apple trees the farmer is befriended
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G+G
They will full up his casks that have long laid dry
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
All nature seems so weary now, her task is nearly ended
DmDm E minorEm G+G C majorC
And more of the seasons will come by and by
Instrumental:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
When night comes on, with song and tale, we pass the wintry hours
DmDm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm G+G
By keeping up a cheerful heart, we hope for better days
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
We tend the cattle, sow the seed, give work unto the ploughers
DmDm E minorEm G/BG/B G+G C majorC
With patience wait 'til winter yields, before the sun's fair rays
Verse:
FF G+G FF G+G
And so the world goes 'round and 'round, every time and season
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm C majorC G+G
Pleasure and profit crowns the passage of the year
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
And so through every time of life, to him who acts with reason
DmDm E minorEm G+G C majorC
The beauty of all things doth appear
Outro:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G
C majorC FF G+G C majorC E minorEm FF G+G