As I Walked Forth chords by Robert Johnson
Verse 1
Em
B
Em
C
G
As I walked forth one summer's day,
Em
D
G
To view the meadows green and gay,
D
Em
B
A pleasant bower I espied,
G
Bm
G
Am
Em
Standing fast by the riverside,
G
Bm
D
G
And into maiden I heard cry,
B
Am
Alas, alas, there's none
B
Em
as loved as I.
B
Em
C
G
Then round the meadow did she walk,
D
G
Catching each flower by the stalk,
D
Em
Such flowers as in
G
the meadow blue.
Bm
G
Am
The dead man's thumb
Em
an d her ball blew,
G
D
G
And as she bowed them still cried she,
B
Am
Alas, alas, there's none a
Em
-loved like thee.
The flowers of the sweetest
C
G
scents
Em
G
She bound about with naughty bents,
D
Em
And as she bound them up in bands
G
Bm
G
She wept, she sighed,
Am
Em
G
and wrung her hands
Bm
D
G
Alas, alas, alas cried she
B
Am
B
Em
Alas, alas, there's none a -loved like me
B
C
When she had filled her apron
G
Em
full of such green things as
D
G
she could cull,
D
Em
B
the green leaves softened for her bed,
Bm
G
the flowers were the pil
Am
Em
G
low for her head,
D
When doubt she made,
G
ne 'er more did speak,
Am
B
Am
Em
B
Em
Alas, alas, with love her heart did break.
As I Walked Forth
Robert Johnson
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