Key: C# minor
Intro 1
Am
C
Am
Verse 1
C
Am
Came to me last night
C
Am
C
Am
Last night
C
Am
C
They said, "There's a boat
C
Am
C
Am
A gas lantern and one oar
C
Am
For your trip
Go home
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Am
C
Am
And tell your mother don't
C
Am
Don't weep for me
C
Am
Leave everything you have there
For beasts of the field and
G
Am
C
birds of the air
Am
C
Am
C
Am
To trample and steal."
C
Am
A
Am
"Three sisters
Tell me what you're called
You're named by men."
Am
A
Said the first
C
Am
And I am known by all."
"Want of wealth,"
Said the next
"So your work's not meaningless
Am
C
Am
"Want of none,"
C
Am
Said the third
C
Am
As her sisters' faces turned
C
Am
And they seemed to forget me
"With one of us
You must sail
G
Am
It's always been and always
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C
will
Am
C
Am
Though no one's ever told you."
"My mother lived alone
So I have no need of love
And I have no wish to conquer man
G
Am
I see no need for needy
friends."
G
Am
The sisters laughed
"There's truly nothing that you need
G
Am
You won't miss us when
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C
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we leave,"
C
Am
C
And I had cast them out
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A
To the boat I was led
C
Am
I turned and said "Wait
A
Am
I need some oil."
C
Am
I said, "To light the lamp
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A
I need some oil
Am
G
To steer the boat I need
Am
C
two oars."
C
Am
The sisters said,
"Money can buy you oil
C
G
Am
And a friend can man an oar."
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