Key: E major
Verse 1
It is a merry life
He robs young girls
Dsus4
D
Of their heart's delight
Leaving them behind to weep
Dsus4
G
and to mourn
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
They never know
C
Dsus4
D
when they will re turn
Dsus4
And there's four and twenty all in a row
Asus4
D
G
He's proper tall, gentile withal
D
C
Csus2
And if I don't have him,
C
D
I'll have none at all
Dsus4
D
A
That on the wide ocean I may float
D
G
And every queenship that we pass by,
D
C
Csus2
There I'll inquire after
C
Csus2
C
D
my sailor boy.
They have not sailed long
upon the deep
Asus4
When a queen's ship they chance to meet
A
D
G
O you saviours, O Ray, tell me true
D
Dsus4
C
Does my sweet Wil liam sail
Csus2
C
D
among your crew?
Dsus4
O no, fair maiden, he is not here
D
Bm
G
A
For he was drowned, we greatly fear
Asus4
Bm
On the young green island,
D
Dsus4
C
There we lost sight of
Csus2
C
D
your sailor boy
Well she wrung her hands
and tore her hair
Dsus4
D
She was like a young
A
D
G
And her little boat against a rock did rum
D
C
How can I live now
Csus2
C
Csus2
C
My sweet William has gone
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Dsus4 G C Asus4...
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