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