Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro:B minorBm
F# minorF#m
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm x2 Verse:
F# minorF#m Oh, the Earl of Aboyne to London has gone
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And all his nobles with him
F# minorF#m Sad was the heart of his lady fair
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Because she could not go with him
Verse:D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 Oh, the Earl of Aboyne to London has gone
B minorBm
F#7F#7 And all his nobles with him
B minorBm
F# minorF#m Better he had stayed at home
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Or taken his lady with him Verse:
F# minorF#m And as she walked out upon the green
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Among the gentlewomen
F# minorF#m Sad was the letter that came to her hand
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm That her lord was wed in London
Verse:F# minorF#m And as she looked over the castle wall
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm She saw two boys a-running
F# minorF#m “What news, what news, my bonny little boys
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm What news have you of London ” Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 “Oh, good news, good news, my lady gay
B minorBm
F#7F#7 For the Earl of Aboyne is coming
B minorBm
F# minorF#m And ere he's within two miles of your walls
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm You hear his bridles ringing” Verse:
F# minorF#m “Oh, my groom's all be well in call
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And happy all days are shining
F# minorF#m Oh, gone are days spent on the stays
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Since the lord of Aboyne is coming Verse:
F# minorF#m “And my mate's all be well in call
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And happier flowers are shining
F# minorF#m And cover the stair with herbs sweet and fair
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And the floors with the finest linen Verse:
F# minorF#m “And deck my body in the finest array
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm My hood of the brightest linen
F# minorF#m And my apron shall be of the good silk cloth
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Since the lord of Aboyne is coming” Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 So stately she stepped down the stair
B minorBm
F#7F#7 To see if he was coming
B minorBm
F# minorF#m And her gown was of the good green silk
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Trimmed with her red silk trimming Verse:
F# minorF#m She's called to Kate, her waiting maid
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And Jean, her gentlewoman
F# minorF#m “Come fetch me a glass of the very best wine
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm To drink his health, he's coming” Instrumental:
B minorBm
F# minorF#m
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm
B minorBm
F# minorF#m
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm
F#7F#7
B minorBm
F# minorF#m
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Verse:
F# minorF#m She's gone out to the close to greet her lord
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Says, “Welcome for your coming”
F# minorF#m She's gone out to the close to greet her lord
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Says, “Thrice welcome from London” Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 “Oh, if I be of this welcome as you say
B minorBm
F#7F#7 Then kiss me for my coming
B minorBm
F# minorF#m For tomorrow should have been my wedding day
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm If I'd stayed any longer in London” Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 Oh, she's turned then around with a look of distaste
B minorBm
F#7F#7 Says, “Woe's me for your coming
B minorBm
F# minorF#m Since tomorrow should have been your wedding day
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Then go kiss your whore in London” Verse:
F# minorF#m “My nobles, all come, mount your steed
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm I'm sorry for my coming
F# minorF#m Tonight we shall lie at the bonny Bogie's side
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Since tomorrow the course is to London” Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 “Oh Tom, my man, run after him
B minorBm
F#7F#7 And beg him to take me with him.”
B minorBm
F# minorF#m “Oh, I've asked him once and I've asked him the more
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And it's never a mile you'll ride with him.” Verse:
F# minorF#m Then a year and a day she lived in woe
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And the doctors they were dealing
F# minorF#m Until at last her heart it broke
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And letters were sent to London Verse:
F# minorF#m When he saw the letters all edged in black
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm Oh, he's bound to grievest weeping
F# minorF#m “Oh, she is dead that I loved best
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm And I had but a heart in keeping.” Verse:
F# minorF#m There were fifteen of the noblest lords
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm That London could provide him
F# minorF#m From their hose to their hat, they were all dressed in black
B minorBm
F#m7F#m7
B minorBm To mourn for bonny Peggy Irvine Verse:
D MajorD
F#m7F#m7 And the farther he rode the sorer he wept
B minorBm
F#7F#7 For he had but a heart in keeping
B minorBm
F# minorF#m “Oh, sooner I had lost all the lands of Aboyne
B minorBm Than my bonnie Peggy Irvine.”
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'The Earl Of Aboyne' by June Tabor, a female folk artist from Warwick, GB. June Tabor was born in 1947.