Padstow chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
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Verse:
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Unite and unite, and let us all unite
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
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And whither we are going, we all will unite
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In the merry morning of May

Verse:
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The young men of Padstow, they might if they would
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
   FF
They might have built a ship and gilded it with gold
    C majorC        FF
In the merry morning of May

Verse:
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The young women of Padstow, they might if they would
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
   FF
They might have built a garland with the white rose and the red
    C majorC        FF
In the merry morning of May

Verse:
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Rise up, Mrs. Johnson, all in your gown of green
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
  FF
You are as fine a lady as waits upon the queen
    C majorC        FF
In the merry morning of May

Verse:
N.C.
Oh, where is King George? Oh, where is he-o?
N.C.
He's out in his longboat, all on the salt sea-o
N.C.
Up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o
N.C.
Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old ewe
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And she died in her own park-o

Verse:
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With the merry ring and with the joyful spring
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
  FF
How happy are the little birds and the merrier we shall sing
    C majorC        FF
In the merry morning of May

Verse:
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Oh, where are the young men that now do advance?
             C majorC
For summer is a-coming today
  FF
Oh, some they are in England and some they are in France
    C majorC        FF
In the merry morning of May