Key: Db major
Verse 1
Gb
Said Willie to John, can you throw a stone
Abm
Gb
Or can you play at a ball, a ball
Or can you play at ball?
Said John to Willie, I can't throw a stone
Mary Greenwood
Ab
Abm
Db
I'll try you a wrestle and fall fall
Gb
Ab
Gb
I'll try you a slum for when I got down to young Mary
Db
Gb
E
Greenwood beneath the spreading moon
Gb
a dirk fell out of William's pooch which gave John is deadly wound,
wound,
Ab
Gb
which gave John his deadly wound.
You can take off your white holland shirt,
Ab
E
and tear it gore by gore,
Ab
Gb
and they will blood no more.
He's ta 'en off his little Holland shirt,
Db
E
Db
and he's tore it gore by gore,
Ab
Gb
but they bled ten times more, more,
Db
Ab
Gb
but they bled ten times more. home.
What will I tell to your father, dear,
Db
E
this night as I go home?
Db
Gb
Db
bring home home
Gb
Ab
Gb
and the good books I'll bring home.
What will I tell to your sweetheart dear
Db
Gb
this night as I go home?
Tell her I'm away to a London school,
Ab
Bbm
Ab
and the good scholar I'll
Db
Gb
come home, home,
Ab
Gb
Ab
I'll come home.
dear,
Db
Ab
this night as I go home?
Gb
Gb
Tell her I am dead
Bbm
Ab
Gb
and in my grave laid
Ab
Bbm
Ab
Db
Bbm
For she's prayed I might ne 'er come home,
Gb
home
Gb
Bbm
ne 'er come home you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGb Db Abm Ab E...
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