Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Introduction:
FF 
C majorC
🎸 Verse 1:
FF 
D#D# A#b D#D#
True Thomas sat on Huntly bank
A#b C majorC 
A#A#
And he beheld a lady gay
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
G+G lady that was brisk and bold
A#b 
F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
Come riding o’er the ferny brae
🎸 Verse 2:
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
Her skirt was of the grass green silk,
A#b C majorC A#A#
Her mantle of the velvet fine
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
At every lock of her horse’s mane
A#b F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
Hung fifty silver bells and nine
🎸 Verse 3:
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
True Thomas, he pulled off his cap
A#b C majorC A#A#
And bowed him low down to his knee
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
“All hail, thou mighty Queen of Heaven
A#b F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
Your like on earth I ne’er did see.”
Pre-Fairy 🎸 Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
G MajorG C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
Fairy 🎸 Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
“No, oh no, Thomas,” she said,
G+G C majorC G+G
“That name does not belong to me
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
I am the queen of fair Elfland
G+G C majorC G+G
And I have come to visit thee.”
Pre-Fairy 🎸 Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
G MajorG C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
Fairy 🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
“You must go with me, Thomas,” she said,
G+G C majorC G+G
“True Thomas, you must go with me
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
And must serve me seven years
G+G C majorC G+G
Through well or woe, as chance may be.”
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G | G+G C majorC G+G
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
🎸 Bridge:
FF C majorC
🎸 Verse 4:
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
She turned about her milk white steed
A#b C majorC A#A#
And took Thomas up behind
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
And aye whenever her bridle rang
A#b F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
Her steed flew swifter than the wind
🎸 Verse 5:
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
For forty days and forty nights
A#b C majorC A#A#
They rode through red blood to the knee
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
And they saw neither sun nor moon
A#b F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
But heard the roaring of the sea
🎸 Verse 6:
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
And they rode on and further on
A#b C majorC A#A#
Further and swifter than the wind
FF D#D# A#b D#D#
Until they came to a desert wide
A#b F/GF/G C majorC A#A#
And living land was left behind
Pre-Fairy 🎸 Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
G MajorG C majorC G+G FF C majorC | G+G C majorC G+G
Fairy 🎸 Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
“Don’t you see yon narrow, narrow road
G+G C majorC G+G
So thick beset with thorns and briars?
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
That is the road to righteousness
G+G C majorC G+G
Though after it but few enquire.”
Fairy 🎸 Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
“Don’t you see yon broad, broad road
G+G C majorC G+G
That lies across the lily leaven?
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
That is the road to wickedness
G+G C majorC G+G
Though some call it the road to heaven.”
Fairy 🎸 Verse 5:
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
“Don’t you see yon bonny, Boone road
G+G C majorC G+G
That lies across the ferny brae?
G+G C majorC G+G FF C majorC
That is the road to fair Elfland
G+G C majorC G+G
Where you and I this night must go.”
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
G+G C majorC G+G FF G+G G+G G+G C majorC G+G
Hark and carp, come along with me, Thomas the Rhymer
