Thornaby Woods chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Intro
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF

Verse
  C majorC         DmDm
In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
E minorEm        FF        C majorC
Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
              DmDm
Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square
 E minorEm          FF     C majorC
About a mile from each other they were
   DmDm            E minorEm      FF
Their orders they were to look out for the deer
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

Verse
  C majorC         DmDm
Me and the dogs went out one night
  E minorEm         FF       C majorC
The moon and stars were shining bright
       DmDm         E minorEm
O'er hedges, ditches, fields and stiles
       FF            C majorC
With my three dogs running close by me heels
  DmDm            E minorEm     FF
To catch a fat buck down in Thornaby fields
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

Verse
   C majorC          DmDm
That very first night, I had bad luck
  E minorEm         FF       C majorC
For one of me very best dogs got shot
      DmDm        E minorEm
He came to me all bloody and lame
        FF        C majorC
Right sorry was I for to see the same
  DmDm        E minorEm     FF
And not being able to follow the game
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF       C majorC
In Thornaby Woods
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF
In Thornaby Woods

Instrumental
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA

Verse
 C majorC            DmDm
I looked at his wounds and found them slight
   E minorEm         FF      C majorC
'Twas done by some keeper out of spite
         DmDm       E minorEm
I'll take a right stick all in me hand
     FF            C majorC
And I'll search the woods till I find that man
   DmDm           E minorEm     FF
I'll tan his old hide, right well, if I can
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

Verse
   C majorC        DmDm
Then I went home and went to bed
  E minorEm        FF        C majorC
And Limping Jack went out in me stead
        DmDm       E minorEm
He searched the woods around at length
    FF                 C majorC
'Til he found a buck rough lying dead the ground
   DmDm           E minorEm      FF
'Twas my little dog that gave him his death wound
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF       C majorC
In Thornaby Woods
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF
In Thornaby Woods

Instrumental
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA

Verse
  C majorC        DmDm
He got a butcher to skin the game
  E minorEm         FF       C majorC
And likewise another to sell the same
        DmDm            E minorEm
The very first joint that he offered for sale
    FF              C majorC
It was to an old woman who sold bad ale
  DmDm        E minorEm     FF
She had us all up in Nottingham gaol
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

Verse
  C majorC           DmDm
The Nottingham assizes are over and past
  E minorEm         FF      C majorC
And we three chaps got free at last
       DmDm          E minorEm
The bucks and does shall never roam free
        FF          C majorC
For a poacher's life is the life for me
 DmDm       E minorEm   FF
A augmentedA poacher I will always be
C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day

   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
   G+G    C majorC
Long, long the day
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF       C majorC
In Thornaby Woods
  DmDm       E minorEm
In Thornaby Woods
  FF
In Thornaby Woods

Outro
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF