The Boy And The Mantle chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC A minorAm Bb majorBb FF
C majorC A minorAm Bb majorBb FF
C majorC  Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC

Verse:
     A minorAm    Bb majorBb       FF      C majorC
In the third month of the year, to Camelot did come
     A minorAm  Bb majorBb          FF      C majorC
A augmentedA gentle and a courteous child that knew much wisdom
 A minorAm     G+G FF  C majorC     DmDm    FF
A augmentedA tunic and a mantle this young child had on
   A minorAm      G+G FF  C majorC    DmDm  G+G
With broaches and ringes, full richly bedone

Verse:
  C majorC     A minorAm Bb majorBb      FF        C majorC
He had a suit of eastern silk about his middle drawn
        A minorAm Bb majorBb      FF         C majorC
And if he lacked in courtesy, he thought of it much shame
   A minorAm        G+G FF   C majorC    DmDm   FF
"God speed thee, King Arthur, sitting at thy meat
    A minorAm      G+G  FF    C majorC   DmDm   G+G
And the goodly Queen Guinevere, I cannot her forget

Instrumental:
C majorC A minorAm Bb majorBb FF
C majorC A minorAm Bb majorBb FF

Verse:
 C majorC      A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
I have with me a mantle, no lady can resist
        A minorAm  Bb majorBb         FF        C majorC
But it shall ne'er become that wife that hath once done amiss
  A minorAm     G+G  FF    C majorC    DmDm    FF
For if she be unfaithful, in tatters it shall fall
  A minorAm      G+G FF      C majorC    DmDm G+G
And if she be but honest, she'll brighten any hall"

Verse:
  C majorC        A minorAm   Bb majorBb       FF          C majorC
And first there came Queen Guinevere, for she should lead the way
        A minorAm Bb majorBb        FF          C majorC
And she was surely in great doubt, although she would not say
  A minorAm        G+G FF    C majorC    DmDm   FF
And then she took the mantle, as if she'd been a maid
  A minorAm      G+G   FF    C majorC    DmDm   G+G
And suddenly from top to toe, it loosely fell in shreds
  C majorC     A minorAm   Bb majorBb         FF        C majorC
And then it coloured brightest red, and then it coloured green
  C majorC     A minorAm   Bb majorBb        FF       C majorC
And then it coloured darkest black, so ill did her beseem

Verse:
  A minorAm         G+G FF    C majorC  DmDm  FF
And then up spoke King Arthur and angrier he grew
  A minorAm         G+G FF    C majorC     DmDm   G+G
"By all the knights of England, I think thou be not true"
  C majorC       A minorAm  Bb majorBb     FF        C majorC
And she threw down the mantle for all the court to see
         A minorAm Bb majorBb    FF        C majorC
And blushed as red as roses and to her room did flee

Instrumental:
A minorAm  G+G FF C majorC FF G+G

Verse:
  C majorC     A minorAm    Bb majorBb    FF        C majorC
Sir Kay called forth his lady and bade her to come near
        A minorAm  Bb majorBb    FF          C majorC
And said, "If thou be guilty, I pray thee hold thee there"
  A minorAm        G+G FF  C majorC      DmDm  FF
And so forth came his lady, so bold she did appear
  A minorAm      G+G  FF     C majorC     DmDm   G+G
And likewise was embarrassed and cried for all to hear
  C majorC    A minorAm   Bb majorBb         FF            C majorC
And likewise all the gentle knights who thought their wives most true
       A minorAm Bb majorBb      FF      C majorC
Commanded them to try it on and bitterly did rue

Instrumental:
A minorAm  G+G FF G+G
A minorAm  G+G FF C majorC FF G+G FF G+G
C majorC  Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC

Verse:
         A minorAm  Bb majorBb        FF         C majorC
And then there came a faded knight, Sir Craddocke was his name
          A minorAm Bb majorBb         FF         C majorC
And all the knights of Arthur's court, of him had sport and game
 A minorAm        G+G FF    C majorC    DmDm   FF
"Win this mantle, Lady, and it shall all be thine
  A minorAm    G+G    FF     C majorC    DmDm    G+G
And if thou ever did amiss, the shame is there for mine"
  C majorC    A minorAm  Bb majorBb     FF      C majorC
His lady took the mantle and cast it her about
        A minorAm  Bb majorBb     FF        C majorC
"Bow down to me good mantle and shame me not for nowt
  A minorAm       G+G  FF     C majorC     DmDm   FF
For once I did part one amiss, I'll tell thee certainly
  A minorAm      G+G      FF   C majorC   DmDm    G+G
For once I lay in Craddocke's bed, before he married me"

Verse:
   C majorC      A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF        C majorC
When she had made confession and all her sins are told
       A minorAm Bb majorBb      FF        C majorC
The mantle stood about her, in bright array she stood
  A minorAm    G+G FF    C majorC   DmDm   FF
So seemly of colour and glittering of gold
   A minorAm         G+G    FF     C majorC   DmDm  G+G
Then all the knights of Arthur's court, her beauty did behold
  C majorC       A minorAm Bb majorBb     FF      C majorC
So Craddocke stood in glory, his lady proven true
          A minorAm Bb majorBb          FF        C majorC
And all the knights of Arthur's court, have surely got their due

Outro:
A minorAm  G+G FF G+G
A minorAm  G+G FF C majorC FF G+G FF G+G
C majorC  Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC