Drink Down The Moon chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Steeleye Span

I have tabbed this in the key of A augmentedA minor but I think the original is in FF minor.
I normally play it with capo at fret 2.


   A minorAm    G+G      A minorAm
Three maidens a milking did go
   C majorC     Am7Am7     G+G
Three maidens a milking did go
    A minorAm        G+G       A minorAm        G+G
And the wind it did blow high, and the wind it did blow low
  A minorAm      G+G         A minorAm
It tossed their petticoats to and fro

   A minorAm      G+G       A minorAm
They met with some young man they know
   C majorC       Am7Am7      G+G
They met with some young man they know
     A minorAm      G+G    A minorAm     G+G
And they boldly ask-ed him, if he had any skill
  A minorAm      G+G       A minorAm
To catch them a small bird or two


  A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm
Oh yes I've a very good skill
  C majorC     Am7Am7    G+G
Oh yes I've a very good skill
     A minorAm       G+G   A minorAm        G+G
And it's come along with me, to yonder flowering tree
  A minorAm      G+G       A minorAm
And I'll catch a small bird or two


    A minorAm     G+G        A minorAm
So it’s off to the green woods went they
     C majorC     Am7Am7       G+G
And it's off to the green woods went they
    A minorAm      G+G       A minorAm       G+G
And he tapped at the bush, and the bird it did fly in
 A minorAm    G+G         A minorAm
A augmentedA little above her lily white knee


  A minorAm         G+G     A minorAm
Her sparkling eyes they did turn around
    C majorC        Am7Am7   G+G
Just as if she had been all in a swoon
    A minorAm      G+G      A minorAm     G+G
And she cried "I've a bird, and a very pretty bird
     A minorAm    G+G       A minorAm
And he's pecking away at his own ground"

Instrumental


     A minorAm       G+G     A minorAm
Here's a health to the bird in the bush
    C majorC       Am7Am7     G+G
Here's a health to the bird in the bush
     A minorAm      G+G      A minorAm     G+G
And we'll drink up the sun, we'll drink down the moon
    A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm
Let the people say little or much


   A minorAm         E minorEm
There is a thorn bush in our cale yard
   G+G
There is a thorn bush in our cale yard
    A minorAm   G+G   A minorAm            Am7Am7
At the back o'thorn bush there lays a lad and lass
      G+G            A minorAm
And they're busy busy fairing at the cuckoo's nest


A minorAm              E minorEm
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
G+G
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
     A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm              Am7Am7
I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best
    G+G               A minorAm
That'll rumple up the feathers in the cuckoo's nest


   A minorAm               E minorEm
It is thorn and it is prickle, it is compassed all around
   G+G
It is thorn and it is prickle, and it isn't easy found
  A minorAm  G+G       A minorAm              Am7Am7
She said “young man you blunder” and I said it isn't true
   G+G               A minorAm
And I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo


A minorAm              E minorEm
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
G+G
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
     A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm              Am7Am7
I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best
    G+G           -----  A minorAm
That'll rumple up the feathers ^in the cuckoo's nest.