Henry Lee chords by Crooked Still

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Verse 1
Em 
Bm 
Em 
 (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) Lie down, lie down,
love Henry Lee and stay with me this night
G 
You will have  (G major) my candle and coal,
my fire's burnin' bright
Em 
B 
Em 
My  (E minor) fire's  (B major) burnin'  (E minor) bright

Verse 2
Em 
I won't  (E minor) lie down, I can't lie down,
F#m 
and stay all night with thee  (F sharp minor) 
G 
There's a lady  (G major) ten times fairer than
D 
Bm 
you  (D major) in Barnard's  (B minor) Hall for me
B 
In  (B major) Barnard's Hall for me
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 3

He's leanin' o'er her soft pillow

to give her a kiss so sweet

But her little pen knife held

keen and sharp

She's wounded him full deep

Verse 4
Em 
Oh I  (E minor) will lie down, I must lie down,
F#m 
I welcome it said he  (F sharp minor) 
G 
 (G major) There's no lady in Barnard's
D 
Bm 
Hall  (D major) that I love better than  (B minor) thee
B 
Em 
I love more  (B major) better than  (E minor) thee
D 
 (D major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Em 
Well  (E minor) live my love, Lord Henry, she said,
F#m 
For an hour, or two, or three  (F sharp minor) 
G 
And  (G major) all the cards about my waist
D 
Bm 
 (D major) I freely give to thee  (B minor) 
Em 
I'd freely give to thee  (E minor) 

Verse 6
Em 
Well  (E minor) all the cards about your waist
F#m 
will do no good for  (F sharp minor) me
G 
D 
Love  (G major) don't you see my own cards flash  (D major) 
Bm 
Come twinkling at my  (B minor) knee
Em 
Come twinkling at my knee  (E minor) 

Verse 7
Em 
She  (E minor) took him by his long yellow hair,
A 
She dragged him by his  (A major) feet,
G 
D 
She  (G major) threw him down a cold dark well  (D major) 
Bm 
some fifty fathoms deep (B minor) 
B 
Em 
A full fifty  (B major) fathoms  (E minor) deep

Interlude 2

Verse 8
G 
Lie down,  (G major) lie down, you pretty little bird
F#m 
Lie down along my knee  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) No  girl who would murder
D 
her own true love,  (D major) 
Bm 
B 
Would kill a little bird  (B minor) like me  (B major) 
Em 
Would kill  (E minor) a little bird like me

Verse 9
Em 
Oh I  (E minor) wished I had my bending bow,
F#m 
my arrow in my string  (F sharp minor) 
G 
I'd shoot  (G major) my dart right through your
D 
Bm 
heart  (D major) so you no longer sing  (B minor) 
Em 
So  (E minor) you no longer sing

Interlude 3

Verse 10
Em 
I wished  (E minor) you had your bending bow,
Your arrow in your string!
G 
D 
I'd fly  (G major) on back to Barnard's Hall,  (D major) 
Bm 
You'd always hear me sing  (B minor) 
Em 
F#m 
You'd always hear me sing!  (E minor)  (F sharp minor) 