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