Thomas The Rhymer chords by Steeleye Span
Guitar chords with lyrics
- 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
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