Sir James The Rose chords by Steeleye Span

Verse
    G
Oh, have you heard Sir James the Rose
    D
The young heir of Loch Laggan
    Am              Em
For he has killed a gallant squire
        C                  D
And his friends are out to take him

Verse
    G
And he's gone to the House of Marr
    D
The Nurse there did befriend him
    Am           Em
And he has gone upon his knees
    C                 D
And begged for her to hide him

Verse
 G                       C           G
"Where're you going, Sir James?" she said
 G
"Where now are you riding?"
     C    G           C
"Oh, I am bound for a foreign land
    G       D     G
But now I'm under hiding"

 C             G   C             G
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?
C             G         D
Where shall I go for to hide me?
C   G      D        G       C   Am
For I have killed a gallant squire
            G       D      C    G/B Am G
And they're seeking for to slay me"

Instrumental
G
D    C G

Verse
        G
Then he turned him right and round about
    D
And rolled him in the bracken
    Am             Em
And he has gone to take a sleep
       C                D
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan

Verse
   G
He had not well gone out of sight
    D
Nor was he past Milstrethen
     Am              Em
When four-and-twenty belted knights
     C               D
Came riding o'er the leathen

Verse
 G                 C         G
"Have you seen Sir James the Rose
    G
The young heir of Loch Laggan
    C      G        C
For he has killed a gallant squire
    G          D      G
And we're sent out to take him"

 C             G   C             G
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?
C             G         D
Where shall I go for to hide me?
C   G      D        G       C   Am
For I have killed a gallant squire
            G       D      C    G/B Am G
And they're seeking for to slay me"

Instrumental
G
D    C G

Verse
        G
"You'll see the bank above the mill
       D
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan
    Am                    Em
And there you'll find Sir James the Rose
C               D
Sleeping in the bracken"

Verse
     G
"You must not wake him out of sleep
    D
Nor yet must you afright him
     Am               Em
Just run a dart right through his heart
    C                D
And through the body pierce him"

Verse
     G                C        G
They sought the bank above the mill
       G
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan
    C          G         C
And there they found Sir James the Rose
G        D      G
Sleeping in the bracken

 C             G   C             G
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?
C             G         D
Where shall I go for to hide me?
C   G      D        G       C   Am
For I have killed a gallant squire
            G       D      C    G/B Am G
And they're seeking for to slay me"

Instrumental
Em   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   G
Em   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   D  G

Verse
     G
Then up and spake Sir John the Graeme
    D
Who had the charge a-keeping
       Am                  Em
"It'll never be said, dear gentleman
   C                     D
We killed him while he's sleeping"

Verse
     G
They seized his broadsword and his targe
    D
And closely him surrounded
    Am               Em
And when he woke out of his sleep
    C              D
His senses were confounded

Verse
    G               C       G
Now they have taken out his heart
    G
And stuck it on a spear
     C       G      C
They took it to the House of Marr
    G       D      G
And gave it to his dear

 C             G   C             G
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?
C             G         D
Where shall I go for to hide me?
C   G      D        G       C   Am
For I have killed a gallant squire
            G       D      C    G/B Am G
And they're seeking for to slay me"

Outro
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D    C G