Tam Lin chords by Fairport Convention
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Intro 1
(E minor) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 1
(E minor) "I forbid (D major) you
maidens all (G major) (E minor) that wear gold (D major) in your hair
(E minor) To travel to (D major) Carterhaugh (G major) (E minor) for young
Tam (D major) Lin is there (E minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
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Verse 2
(E minor) None that go by (D major) Carterhaugh (G major)
(E minor) but they leave him (D major) a pledge
(E minor) Either their mantles (D major) of green (G major) (E minor) or else
their maidenhead" (D major)
(E minor) (B minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 3
Janet tied (D major) her kirtle green
(G major) (E minor) a bit above (D major) her knee
(E minor) And she's gone (D major) to Carterhaugh
(G major) (E minor) as fast as go (D major) can she (E minor) (G major)
(D major) She'd
Verse 4
(E minor) not pulled (D major) a double rose,
(G major) (E minor) a rose but (D major) only two
(E minor) When up there came (D major) young Tam Lin (G major) (E minor) says "Lady,
pull (D major) no more" (E minor)
Verse 5
"And why (E minor) come you (D major) to Carterhaugh
(G major) (E minor) without command (D major) from me?"
(E minor) "I'll come and go", (D major) young Janet said,
(G major) (E minor) "and ask no leave (D major) of thee" (E minor)
Interlude 1
(E minor) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (E minor) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 6
(E minor) Janet tied (D major) her kirtle green (G major)
(E minor) a bit above (D major) her knee
(E minor) And she's gone (D major) to her father (G major)
(E minor) as fast as go (D major) can she (E minor)
Verse 7
Well, up (E minor) then spoke her (D major) father dear (G major)
(E minor) and he spoke meek (D major) and mild
(E minor) "Oh, and alas, (D major) Janet," he said,
(G major) (E minor) "I think you go (D major) with child" (E minor)
Verse 8
"Well, (E minor) if that be so," (D major) Janet said,
(G major) (E minor) "myself shall (D major) bear the blame
(E minor) There's not a knight (D major) in all your hall (G major)
(E minor) shall get the baby's (D major) name (E minor) (A major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 9
(E minor) For if my love (D major) were an earthly
knight (G major) (E minor) as he is an elfin (D major) grey
(E minor) I'd not change (D major) my own true love (G major) (E minor) for
any knight (D major) you have" (E minor)
Interlude 2
(E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 10
Janet (E minor) tied (D major) her kirtle green
(G major) (E minor) a bit above (D major) her knee
(E minor) And she's gone (D major) to Carterhaugh (G major)
(E minor) as fast as (D major) go can she (E minor)
Verse 11
"Oh, tell (E minor) to me, Tam (D major) Lin," she said,
(G major) (E minor) "why came you here (D major) to dwell?"
(E minor) "The Queen of Faer (D major) ies caught me
(G major) when (E minor) from my horse (D major) I fell (E minor) (A major) (E minor)
Verse 12
And (E minor) at the end (D major) of seven years (E minor)
she pays a tithe (D major) to hell (E minor)
I so fair (D major) and full of flesh (E minor) and
feared it be (D major) myself
(E minor) (B minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 13
But tonight (D major) is Hallowe'en (G major) (E minor) and
the faerie (D major) folk ride (E minor)
Those that would (D major) their true love win
(G major) (E minor) at Miles Cross they (D major) must buy
So (E minor)
Verse 14
first let past (D major) the horses black (G major)
(E minor) and then let pas (D major) t the brown
(E minor) Quickly run (D major) to the white steed (G major)
(E minor) and pull the (D major) rider down (E minor) (A major)
For (E minor)
Verse 15
I'll ride on (D major) the white (E minor) steed,
(G major) (E minor) the nearest to the (D major) town (E minor)
For I was an (D major) earthly knight,
(G major) (E minor) they give me that (D major) renown
(E minor)
Verse 16
Oh, they will turn me (D major) in your arms (G major)
(E minor) to a newt or (D major) a snake
(E minor) But hold me tight (D major) and fear not,
(G major) I (E minor) am your baby's (D major) father (E minor)
Verse 17
And (E minor) they will turn (D major) me in your
arm (G major) s (E minor) into a li (D major) on bold
(E minor) But hold me tight (D major) and fear not (G major) and (E minor)
you will love (D major) your child (E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 18
And (E minor) they will turn (D major) me in your arms (G major)
(E minor) into a (D major) naked knight (E minor)
But cloak me (D major) in your mantle (G major) (E minor) and keep me (D major) out
of sight" (E minor)
Interlude 3
(E minor) (D major) (B minor) (E minor) (B minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(E minor)
In the middle (D major) of
Verse 19
the night (E minor)
she heard the bridle (D major) ring
(E minor) She heeded what (D major) he did say (G major) (E minor) and
young Tam (D major) Lin did win (E minor)
Verse 20
Then (E minor) up spoke (D major) the Faerie Queen,
(G major) (E minor) an angry queen (D major) was she (E minor)
Woe betide (D major) her ill-farred face,
(E minor) an ill death may (D major) she die (E minor)
Verse 21
"Oh, (E minor) had I known, (D major) Tam Lin," she said,
(G major) (E minor) "what this knight (D major) I did see
(E minor) I have looked him (D major) in the eyes (G major) (E minor) and turned him to (D major) a tree" (E minor)
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Tam Lin
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