Reynard The Fox chords by June Tabor

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C  G  D G
C  F G C G C

Verse:
           F      G
A good many gentlemen take great delight
  C      G      C
In hunting poor Reynard the Fox
                F     G
For the very best food he does eat in the night
  C       G     C
And lives upon fat geese and ducks

Verse:
      F      G
In Ashendon Copse I did lie
         D      G
And I lived an extraordinary rate
 C              F   G
A-cracking the bones in young lambs' tails
  C      G     C
The farmers they all did me hate

Verse:
               F        G
Oh, for my lord's horses and hounds they did send
    C       G      C
And the huntsmen, they swore I must die
               F       G
Which made all the hair on me coat stand on end
      C     G       C
And caused me from me young ones to fly

Verse:
        F       G
All down Stony Lane they did run me
         D     G
And I gave 'em a very good race
    C            F  G
When I entered the woods, I did rest then
  C        G      C
The hounds they run forward and bays

Verse:
                   F       G
All through the wild woods they gave chase and gave game
    C      G     C
And the gameskeeper saw me go by
             F     G
He chased me out onto the wide-open plain
    C      G      C
It was then that he fired at me thigh

Verse:
       F        G
All on stony fields they did kill me
         D      G
And bloodthirsty dogs did me follow
   C            F G
They tore me old coat all in pieces
   C        G      C
Which caused the glad huntsmen to hollow

Instrumental:
C  F G C G C x2
C F G  D G
C  F G C G C

Verse:
               F         G
Oh pardon, dear huntsmen, for I've spoiled your game
    C     G      C
And the keeper has caused me to die
                F     G
But I leave little brothers of mine to remain
     C      G      C
That love little else better than I

Verse:
         F     G
And now that bold Reynard is dead
        D      G
We'll go to The Dolphin and dine
     C           F G
Now we'll dip his fore-foot in a bumper
  C      G
And drink up his health in good wine

Outro:
C  F G C G C x2
C F G  D G
C  F G C G C