Thomas The Rhymer chords by Steeleye Span

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

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