Lord Thomas & Fair Ellender chords by Martin Simpson

SimplifiedAm · Bm · C · D · Em …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1
Am 
Bm 
C 
D 
Em 
C 
Am 
C 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
C 
So

Verse 1
G 
Em 
Am 
Bm 
C 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
C 
G 
C 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
Mother,
C 
D 
oh mother, come riddle to me,
Em 
D 
Come and riddle a pollen wall.
G 
Tell me whether to marry Fairland,
Em 
Am 
G 
Or bring the brown girl home.
Bm 
C 
G 
The brown girl, she has houses and land,
D 
Em 
D 
Oh, and Fairlander she has none.
G 
C 
G 
I therefore charge you with the blessing
Em 
Am 
G 
To bring the brown girl home
Am 
Bm 
He got on his horse and
Em 
C 
G 
he rode and he rode
D 
Em 
D 
He rode till he come to the hall
G 
C 
G 
A nun so ready as fair Ellen herself
Em 
Am 
Put her eyes and welcomed him in
Bm 
C 
What news have you brought unto me,
Lord Thomas,
D 
Em 
D 
what news have you brought unto me?
G 
I have come to ask you to my wedding,
Em 
Am 
Bm 
C 
a   sorrowful wedding to  be.
D 
Em 
D 
G 
C 
G 
C 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
Oh mother, oh mother,
C 
G 
would you go or stay
D 
Em 
D 
Fair child, do as you please
G 
I'm afraid if you go you
will never return
D 
Am 
For to see your dear mother no more
G 
D 
Em 
G 
She got on her horse and she rode and she rode,
D 
Em 
D 
oh, and she rode till she come to the hall
G 
A nun so ready is Lord Thomas himself
Em 
Am 
G 
for to rise and welcome her in
C 
G 
He's taken her by the lily -white hand
D 
Em 
and  he's leading her through the hall
D 
G 
C 
G 
He says, 50 gay ladies are here today
Am 
G 
And this is the flower of their home
D 
C 
G 
Is this your bride, Lord Thomas, she cried
D 
Em 
Oh, I  think she looks wonderful brown
D 
G 
And you could have had
C 
G 
the fairest woman
Am 
G 
That ever the sun shone on
Bm 
He's taken the rose all
C 
G 
D 
into his hand
Em 
D 
He's given it kisses three
G 
And he leaned across his nut -brown bride
Em 
Am 
He placed it on Eleanor's knee
Bm 
C 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
Em 
Am 
Bm 
C 
The brown girl, she had a little penknife
D 
Em 
D 
On its ground so keen and sharp
G 
Between the long rims and
Em 
the short she cut
Am 
Fair Eleanor's heart
Bm 
C 
What is the matter, fair Ellen, he cried.
D 
Em 
Oh, I think you look wonderful,
D 
won't you?
G 
C 
G 
And you were once the fairest woman
Em 
Am 
ever the sun shone on.
G 
C 
Are you blind, Lord Thomas, she cried.
D 
Em 
D 
Or is it you just cannot see
G 
The red, red drops of my heart's blood
Em 
Am 
come a -tricklin' down my neck
Bm 
C 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
C 
G 
He's taken his bride all by the hand
D 
Em 
D 
And he's leading her through the hall
G 
And he's cut her head
D 
G 
from off her shoulders
Em 
Am 
and kicked it against the wall
Bm 
And then leaning the handle
C 
against the floor
D 
Em 
D 
Down upon the point he did fall
G 
C 
And this is the ending
G 
of these three lovers
Em 
Am 
Bm 
C 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
Through malice and spite and awe
Em 
Am 
G 
D 
C 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
Am 
G 
Em 
Am 
you