Am F C G
Am F C G
Am F C G
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[Verse 1]
Am G/E F C
A lady walked in yon wild wood,
G F
Beneath the holly tree,
Am G/E F C
It was there she saw two bonnie bairns,
G F
There running at her knee.
C G Am G F
And the first she pulled a red, red rose,
C G F
With hands as soft as silk,
F G Am G/B C G
And the next she pulled a lily pale,
F G Am
With hands more white than milk.
[Bridge]
Am F C G
[Verse 2]
Am G/E F C
"Why Do you pull the Rose for the Bairns,
G F
And why the lily white?"
Am G/E F C
"We need them at the seat of grace,
G F
For the soul of thee tonight."
C G Am G F
"Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns,
C G F
I'll dress you rich and fine,
F G Am G/B C G
And for all the blackbirds in the woods,
F G Am
You'll eat white bread and wine."
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
Am G/E F C
The stars were shooting to and fro,
G F
But the thorns she did abhor,
Am G/E F C
As the lady followed the bonnie bairns,
G F
For three long hours and more.
C G Am G F
"Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns,
C G F
I'm woe and weary grown",
F G Am G/B C G
"We live where woe it never comes,
F G Am
In a land to flesh unknown."
[Bridge]
Am F C G
[Verse 4]
Am G/E F C
They came unto a tree of beech,
G F
Two names carved in the bark,
Am G/E F C
"Do you see your name carved here lady,
G F
The other lies in the dark."
C G Am G F
And she wept in vain and she wept full sore,
C G F
For her love laid in the ground,
F G Am G/B C G
And she wept until the stars gave way,
F G Am
'Til the dawn it brought no sound.
[Outro]
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