Key: A minor
Verse 1
Gm
Cm
Bm
Now as I was a -walk
Cm
Bm
ing on a May morning,
Cm
Bm
And sat down by
G
Bm
a tall lofty tree,
Gm
Cm
A
For to hear two lovers talk
Cm
Bm
A
and hear what they'd got to say,
Bm
A
And to find out something
A
Cm
And if T stands for Thomas,
Cm
G
J -O -N stands for John,
Cm
A#
and it's W -E -N -M stand
s for my sweet William,
D#
Cm
Gm
G
Cm
because he is a clever young man.
G
A
Cm
Bm
Come and sit down with me,
together on the grass,
Cm
A
Bm
F#
sit down on the grass so very green.
A
Bm
F#
Bm
It's a long three quarters of a year,
Bm
A
Bm
since together you and I have been seen.
And it's T stands for Thomas
A
Bm
Cm
I suppose, J -O
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F#
-N stands for John,
Bm
A
and it's W -E -N -M stand
s for my sweet William,
Bm
F#
Bm
because he is a clever young man.
A
Bm
No, I'll not sit with you
together on the grass,
And his T stands for Thomas,
A
F#
suppose.
Bm
F#
J -O -N stands for John.
Bm
A
And his W -E -N -M stand
s for my sweet William,
Bm
F#
Bm
because he is a clever young man.
D
Bm
Oh, then I'll go and climb a lofty,
lofty tree
F#
Bm
F#
And I'll rob a small bird of its nest
Bm
A
Bm
I'll get married to the lass I love best
F#m
F#
suppose,
F#
Bm
A
And his W -E -N -M stand
A
Bm
F#
Bm
Be cause he is a clever young man
Oh, then I'll go and climb
a taller tree than that
And I'll hurry a far richer nest
A
Bm
And if ever I should then come
down without having a fall
F#
Bm
I'll get married to the lad I love best
I suppose
F#
Bm
F#
J -O -N stands for John
Bm
A
And it's W -E -N -M stand
s for my sweet William
Bm
F#
Bm
Because he is a clever young man
F#
Bm
And it's W -E -N -M,
Bm
F#
Bm
Because he is a clever young man
Because he is a clever young man
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGm Cm Bm G A...
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