Lord Maxwells Last Goodnight chords by June Tabor

Intro:
Am Dm Am Em Am

Verse 1:

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"Good, my lord, will you stay then about my father's house


   Am        Dm   D      Am    D     Am
And walking to these gardens green in my arms I'll thee embrace


   C         D    Am          D     G
Ten thousand times I'll kiss your mouth, make sport and let's be merry"

   Am         Dm    D     Am    D       Am
"I thank you lady, for your kindness. Trust me, I may not stay with thee


Am Dm Am Em Am

Verse 2:

  Am        Dm        Am    Em
For I have killed the laird Johnston, I care not for the feud


  Am       Dm    D    Am   D     Am
My loyal heart did still incline, he was my father's death.


  C        D   Am          G
By day and night I did pursue and all on him revenged to be


  Am         Dm   D       Am    D       Am
Now I have gotten what I long sought, trust me, I may not stay with thee


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Verse 3:

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Adieu Dumfries, my proper place, adieu, adieu Caerlaverock fair


 Am      Dm   D     Am     D  Am
Adieu my castle of the Threem and all my buildings there


 C        D    Am      D          G
Adieu Lochmaben's gates so fair and the Legumshank where the birch

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 Am         Dm  D     Am    D       Am
Adieu my lady and my only joy, trust me, I may not stay with thee"


Am Dm Am Em Am

Verse 4:

  Am       Dm    D     Am   Em
Now he has taken a good gold ring whereat hang signets three


   Am        Dm    D    Am   D    Am
Says "Take you this, my own dear love and ay have mind of me


  C      D   Am       G
But if you wed another lord while I am on the sea


   Am      Dm     D       Am  D       Am
His life is but a three day's lease, though I may not stay with thee"


Am Dm Am Em Am

Verse 5:

  Am         Dm    D     Am    Em
The wind was fair, the ship was clear, the good Lord went away


  Am        Dm      D    Am    D    Am
The most part of his friends were there to give him fair convoy


   C        D     Am            G
They ate the meat they drank the wine presenting in that good Lord's sight


  Am       Dm    D     Am         E    Am
Now he is over the floods so grey, Lord Maxwell's taken his last goodnight.