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Key: Dm
πΈ Intro:
Dm C Am C G F C Dm
πΈ Verse :
Dm
Hear me when I cry
C Am
Listen to my song
Dm
The jay, my lovely lady
C Am
To the earth she did belong.
Dm
I can't trace her
F G
Lost her from my life
F C
But the manor lady's bright young son
G Dm
Can take her for his wife.
πΈ Interlude:
Dm C Gm C Dm C Gm C
πΈ Verse 2:
Dm
Under the forest branches
C Am
She came to me
Dm
Until the day she cried aloud
C Am
A father I should be.
Dm
That was the last time that we met
F G
I never saw her again
F C
For she took her life on princeton wharf
G Dm
To save my worthy name.
πΈ Solo:
Dm C Am C G F C Dm
F C Dm C Dm C
F C Dm C Dm C G
Dm C Am C G F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
πΈ Verse 3:
Dm
She found death's open arms
C Am
And lay in them in grace
Dm
I watched as icy fingers
C Am
Clawed her lovely face.
Dm
Now I stumble through the mist
F G
To where they laid her in the grave
F C
And maybe I'll remember
G Dm
The flowers for my days.
πΈ Bridge:
Em
Far beyond the sand
F
I will take your hand
C G Dm
The spirit of our love will live forever.
Em
Far beyond the clouds
F
We will laugh aloud
C G
The spirit of our love will live again.
πΈ Solo 2:
Dm C Am C G F C Dm
Dm C Am C G F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
F C Dm
Other versions of this song
- Lady Jay (Tabs)
Song History
Published: August 14, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025