G             D             G      (C D7 G         )
/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /   /  /  /  /  /  /
 
Intro: As last two lines of chorus

Chorus:
G        D             G     (C D7 G)
Thyme it is a precious thing
     G            A          A7    D   D7
(And)Thyme brings all things to my mind
G                  G7        C                 D   D7
Thyme with all its labours, along with all its joys
G             D          D7    G   (C D7 G)
Thyme, brings all things to an end.

G      D     D7       G     (C D7 G)
Once I had a bunch of thyme
  G          A     A7      D   D7
I thought it never would decay
  G              G7         C                D D7
Until a handsome sailor, he happened to pass by
       G        D        D7     G    (C D7 G)
And he stole my bunch of thyme away

   G        D                G   (C D7 G)
My love, my love is like the sun
G      A        A7       D   D7
In the pleasant month of June
    G           G7       C              D     D7
Now I am like a sun that wonders up and down
    G      D        D7       G     (C D7 G)
But you my love are like the moon

Chorus

   G              D            G    (C D7 G)
In June there's a red and rosy bush
    G        A             A7  D    D7
The sharpest thorns are at its heart
G              G7         C                 D       D7
Never put your hand in to pick those pretty flowers
   G           D      D7       G      (C D7 G)
Or else you'll surely feel the smart.

G      D             G    (C D7 G)
When I wore my apron low
   G        A          A7        D   D7
He followed me through frost and snow
    G          G7      C           D    D7
And now that I wear my apron to my chin
G           D      D7       G    (C D7 G)
He sails on by and says nothing.

Chorus

      G     D                G    (C D7 G)
There is an ale house in the town
      G       A     A7       D   D7
Where my true lover sits him down
        G                  G7              C               D    D7
You can see him take those flash girls and sit then on his knee
    G     D    D7      G   (C D7 G)
And never ever mention me.

G        D                 G    (C D7 G)
Love, oh love, oh careless love
G        A        A7       D   D7
Love, oh love, oh careless love
G                  G7              C               D   D7
See him take those flash girls and sit them on his knee
          G        D        D7      G  (C D7 G)
Can't you see what love has done to me.

Final Chorus:
(Unaccompanied)
Thyme it is a precious thing

Thyme brings all things to my mind
G                  G7        C                 D   D7
Thyme with all its labours, along with all its joys
G             D          D7    G   (C D7 G)
Thyme, brings all things to an end.