Thomas The Rhymer Chords

Introduction: F C 🎸 Verse 1: F D# A#b D# True Thomas sat on Huntly bank A#b C A# And he beheld a lady gay F D# A#b D# G lady that was brisk and bold A#b F/G C A# Come riding o’er the ferny brae 🎸 Verse 2: F D# A#b D# Her skirt was of the grass green silk, A#b C A# Her mantle of the velvet fine F D# A#b D# At every lock of her horse’s mane A#b F/G C A# Hung fifty silver bells and nine

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