Key: E major
Intro 1
D
G
F#m
A
Bm
Verse 1
D
G
A little boy
F#m
A
G
Bm
sat crying on the floor
D
G
F#m
His daddy won't be
A
Bm
coming home no more
F#m
A
G
He cannot reason why
F#m
A
G
His daddy had to die
D
G
F#m
And the Minstrel Boy's not
A
C
Cm
Bm
singing any more.
G
So
Verse 2
Dm
Am
play violin, play
F
C
Play 'til the night is over
F
C
Music will wash away all your
G
sorrow.
Interlude 1
G
C
F
C
Em
G
A
Verse 3
D
G
F#m
At seventeen he thought
A
Cm
Bm
he'd never cry
D
G
F#m
And then his angel had
A
Bm
to say goodbye
F#m
A
G
But living must go on
F#m
A
G
To face another dawn
D
G
F#m
And the Minstrel Boy's not
A
Bm
singing any more.
G
So
Verse 4
Dm
Am
play violin, play
F
C
Play 'til the night is over
F
G
C
Music will wash away all your
Interlude 2
G
C
F
C
Em
G
A
Verse 5
D
G
F#m
A
Bm
A moment later, life was just a dream
D
G
F#m
Remembering the things
A
Bm
he'd done and seen
F#m
A
G
He now can reason why
F#m
A
G
He soon will have to die
D
G
F#m
A
Bm
D
And the Minstrel Boy's not singing
G
F#m
A
C
B
E
A
Abm
A
C#
any more.
F#
B
And the Minstrel Boy's
Bbm
C#
Eb
not singing any more.
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