Tam Lin
Tam Lin

Tam Lin easy guitar chords by Fairport Convention

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    "I 
    forbid 
    you 

    maidens 
    all 
    that 
    wear 
    gold 
    in 
    your 
    hair 

    To 
    travel 
    to 
    Carterhaugh 
    for 
    young 

    Tam 
    Lin 
    is 
    there 

    Verse 2
    None 
    that 
    go 
    by 
    Carterhaugh 

    but 
    they 
    leave 
    him 
    pledge 

    Either 
    their 
    mantles 
    of green 
    or 
    else 

    their 
    maidenhead" 


    Verse 3
    Janet 
    tied 
    her 
    kirtle 
    green 

    a bit 
    above 
    her 
    knee 

    And 
    she's 
    gone 
    to Carterhaugh 

    as 
    fast 
    as 
    go 
    can 
    she 

    She'd 
    Verse 4
    not 
    pulled 
    a double 
    rose, 

    rose 
    but 
    only 
    two 

    When 
    up 
    there 
    came 
    young 
    Tam 
    Lin 
    says 
    "Lady, 

    pull 
    no 
    more" 

    Verse 5
    "And 
    why 
    come 
    you 
    to 
    Carterhaugh 

    without 
    command 
    from 
    me?" 

    "I'll 
    come 
    and 
    go", 
    young 
    Janet 
    said, 

    "and 
    ask 
    no 
    leave 
    of 
    thee" 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 6
    Janet 
    tied 
    her 
    kirtle 
    green 

    a bit 
    above 
    her 
    knee 

    And 
    she's 
    gone 
    to 
    her 
    father 

    as 
    fast 
    as go 
    can 
    she 

    Verse 7
    Well, 
    up 
    then 
    spoke 
    her 
    father 
    dear 

    and 
    he 
    spoke 
    meek 
    and 
    mild 

    "Oh, 
    and 
    alas, 
    Janet," 
    he 
    said, 

    "I 
    think 
    you 
    go 
    with 
    child" 

    Verse 8
    "Well, 
    if 
    that 
    be 
    so," 
    Janet 
    said, 

    "myself 
    shall 
    bear 
    the blame 

    There's 
    not 
    a knight 
    in 
    all 
    your 
    hall 

    shall 
    get 
    the 
    baby's 
    name 

    Verse 9
    For 
    if 
    my 
    love 
    were 
    an earthly 

    knight 
    as 
    he 
    is 
    an 
    elfin 
    grey 

    I'd 
    not 
    change 
    my 
    own 
    true 
    love 
    for 

    any 
    knight 
    you 
    have" 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 10
    Janet 
    tied 
    her 
    kirtle 
    green 

    bit 
    above 
    her 
    knee 

    And 
    she's 
    gone 
    to 
    Carterhaugh 

    as 
    fast 
    as 
    go 
    can 
    she 

    Verse 11
    "Oh, 
    tell 
    to me, 
    Tam 
    Lin," 
    she 
    said, 

    "why 
    came 
    you 
    here 
    to 
    dwell?" 

    "The 
    Queen 
    of 
    Faer
    ies 
    caught 
    me 

    when 
    from 
    my 
    horse 
    fell 

    Verse 12
    And 
    at 
    the 
    end 
    of 
    seven 
    years 

    she 
    pays 
    tithe 
    to 
    hell 

    I so 
    fair 
    and 
    full 
    of 
    flesh 
    and 

    feared 
    it be 
    myself 

    Verse 13

    But 
    tonight 
    is 
    Hallowe'en 
    and 

    the faerie 
    folk 
    ride 

    Those 
    that 
    would 
    their 
    true 
    love 
    win 

    at 
    Miles 
    Cross 
    they 
    must 
    buy 

    So 
    Verse 14
    first 
    let 
    past 
    the 
    horses 
    black 

    and 
    then 
    let 
    pas
    the brown 

    Quickly 
    run 
    to 
    the white 
    steed 

    and 
    pull 
    the 
    rider 
    down 

    For 
    Verse 15
    I'll 
    ride 
    on 
    the 
    white 
    steed, 

    the nearest 
    to 
    the 
    town 

    For 
    was 
    an 
    earthly 
    knight, 

    they 
    give 
    me 
    that 
    renown 

    Verse 16

    Oh, 
    they 
    will turn 
    me 
    in 
    your 
    arms 

    to 
    a newt 
    or 
    a snake 

    But hold 
    me 
    tight 
    and 
    fear 
    not, 

    am 
    your 
    baby's 
    father 

    Verse 17
    And 
    they 
    will 
    turn 
    me 
    in 
    your 

    arm
    into 
    li
    on 
    bold 

    But hold 
    me 
    tight 
    and 
    fear 
    not 
    and 

    you 
    will 
    love 
    your 
    child 

    Verse 18
    And 
    they 
    will turn 
    me 
    in 
    your 
    arms 

    into 
    naked 
    knight 

    But cloak 
    me 
    in 
    your 
    mantle 
    and 
    keep 
    me 
    out 

    of 
    sight" 

    Interlude 3


    In 
    the middle 
    of 
    Verse 19
    the 
    night 

    she 
    heard 
    the bridle 
    ring 

    She 
    heeded 
    what 
    he 
    did 
    say 
    and 

    young 
    Tam 
    Lin 
    did 
    win 

    Verse 20
    Then 
    up 
    spoke 
    the Faerie 
    Queen, 

    an 
    angry 
    queen 
    was 
    she 

    Woe 
    betide 
    her 
    ill-farred 
    face, 

    an 
    ill 
    death 
    may 
    she 
    die 

    Verse 21
    "Oh, 
    had 
    known, 
    Tam 
    Lin," 
    she 
    said, 

    "what 
    this 
    knight 
    did see 

    have 
    looked 
    him 
    in the 
    eyes 
    and 
    turned 
    him 
    to 
    tree" 

    Outro 1


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