Key: D major•
Verse 1
G
D
A
In the month of May
G
D
Were singing
Verse 2
D
G
Em
I saw a lovely maiden stray
D
Bm
G
Across the fields at break of day
D
G
D
She softly sung her roundelay
A
D
G
The tide flows in
Verse 3
D
A
The tide flows out
D
G
Twice everyday returning
G
Em
Her eyes were brown
Verse 4
Bm
G
ringlets haging down
D
G
D
A
Upon her face to hide the frown
D
G
A
Just as the tode was flowing
Verse 5
G
Em
The tide flows out
D
G
D
G
D
A
D
Twice everyday returning
G
D
G
Em
D
Bm
G
D
G
D
A
D
G
D
G
Em
A sailor's wife at home must bide
D
Bm
G
She halted heavily she sighed
Verse 6
D
G
D
A
"He parted from poor me, a bride
D
G
D
A
I'm widowed by the sea" she cried
D
G
Just as the tide was flowing
Verse 7
Em
out
D
G
A
Twice everyday returning
D
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A Em Bm
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