I Am A Maid That Sleeps In Love chords by Solas

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm  G+G FF  E minorEm D MajorD x2

Verse:

 A minorAm                FF       G+G
I am a maid that sleeps in love and cannot feel my pain

  A minorAm              FF       A minorAm
For once I had a sweetheart, and Johnny was his name

  G+G      A minorAm       C majorC   A minorAm    G+G
And if I cannot find him, I'll wander night and day

     A minorAm              FF     G+G   A minorAm
For it's for the sake of Johnny, I'll cross the stormy seas

Verse:

                  FF         G+G
I'll cut off my yellow locks, men's clothing I'll wear on

  A minorAm               FF        A minorAm
And like a gallant soldier boy this road I'll gang along

 G+G       A minorAm     C majorC    A minorAm    G+G
Enquiring for a captain, a passage to engage free

    A minorAm              FF    G+G  A minorAm
For to be his chief companion on the banks of liberty

Verse:

                   FF         G+G
The very first night the captain lay down on his bed to sleep

   A minorAm              FF        D MajorD
These very words he said to me, "I wish you were a maid

   G+G         A minorAm         C majorC   A minorAm   G+G
Your cherry cheeks and ruby lips, they've often enticed me

 A minorAm            FF    G+G        A minorAm
I wish to the gods, unto my heart, a maid you were to me"

Verse:

             FF       G+G
In three days after that, we did land on shore

 A minorAm             FF      A minorAm
"Adieu, adieu, dear captain, adieu forever more

 G+G      A minorAm         C majorC   A minorAm  G+G
A augmentedA sailor boy I was on ship, but a maid I am on shore

 A minorAm             FF    G+G  A minorAm
Adieu, adieu, dear captain, adieu forever more"

Verse:

                       FF       G+G
"Come back, come back, my blooming girl, come back and marry me

  A minorAm             FF       A minorAm
For I have a good fortune, I'll give it all to thee"

  G+G        A minorAm     C majorC     A minorAm  G+G
"To marry you, dear captain, is more than I can say

     A minorAm              FF   G+G     A minorAm
For it's for the sake of Johnny, I'll wander night and day"

Outro:
A minorAm  G+G FF  E minorEm D MajorD x4