Just As The Tide chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Intro
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse
  A minorAm       FF    G+G
One morning in the month of May
   C majorC      FF G+G C majorC
Down by a flowing river..
 A minorAm      FF     G+G
A augmentedA jolly sailor chanced to stray
   C majorC       FF G+G C majorC
When he beheld some lover..
             E minorEm
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown
  A minorAm            FF
Her hair in ringlets, hanging down
    A minorAm        FF   G+G
She'd a lovely brow, without a frown
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Just as the tide was a-flowing

Instrumental
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse
  A minorAm         FF    G+G
No more did stay, but on their way
   C majorC       FF G+G C majorC
They both did go together
  A minorAm            FF     G+G
The small birds sang and the lambs did play
  C majorC        FF G+G C majorC
And pleasant was the weather
            E minorEm
Then being weary, they both sat down
 A minorAm                 FF
Beneath the trees with the branches 'round
  A minorAm         FF    G+G
And what was said shall ne'er be known
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Just as the tide was a-flowing

Instrumental
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm  FF G+G C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
A minorAm  FF G+G C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
E minorEm  A minorAm  FF  A minorAm  FF  G+G
C majorC  FF G+G C majorC
C FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse
   A minorAm           FF    G+G
Then on the grass this young girl did roll
  C majorC       FF G+G C majorC
Her colour it kept changing
   A minorAm         FF   G+G
This pretty maid called out, ?Alas!
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Don?t let your mind be a-ranging?
          E minorEm
She gave him twenty pound in store
     A minorAm             FF
Saying, ?Meet me when you will have more
   A minorAm      FF G+G
For a jolly sailor I adore
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Just as the tide was a-flowing

Instrumental
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse
   A minorAm           FF    G+G
They kissed, shook hands and then did part
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Jack Tar drank rum and brandy
    A minorAm        FF    G+G
?And to keep my shipmates in good cheer
   C majorC          FF G+G C majorC
That lady's gold came in handy
             E minorEm
And with some other young girl you?ll go
    A minorAm             FF
To the public bar where the brandy flow
   A minorAm       FF    G+G
Give me the lad that will do so
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC  FF C majorC G+G
Just as the tide was a-flowing
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC  FF C majorC G+G
Just as the tide was a-flowing
   C majorC         FF G+G C majorC
Just as the tide was a-flowing