Key: Bb major
Verse 1
E
B
F#sus4
F#
E
As I was walking down
C#m
F#
by the Royal Albion
B
Bright was the sunshine
G#m
C#m
and warm was the day
F#
B
E
I spied a young woman
B
E
wrapped up in white linen
F#
C#m
Wrapped up in white linen
F#
B
E
C#m
F#
F#sus4
and cold as the clay
F#
B
E
I asked her what ailed her
C#m
F#
I asked her what failed her
B
G#m
I asked her the cause of
E
F#
all her complaints
B
E
Well, it's all on account
F#
B
E
F#
of a handsome young sailor
F#sus4
F#
C#m
But she then has caused me
F#
B
E
to weep and lament
B
E
When I was a young girl,
C#m
F#
I used to seek pleasure
B
G#m
When I was a young girl,
C#m
F#
I used to drink ale
B
It was out of the alehouse
G#m
F#
an d into the jailhouse
C#m
Right out of the barroom
F#
B
E
C#m
and into my grave
F#
B
E
When I was a young girl
C#m
F#
I used to go dashing
B
G#m
Oh, in my young days
E
when I used to be gay
F#
B
E
Down on the docks
F#
B
E
F#
with the handsome young sailors
C#m
Those boys ought to carry me,
F#
B
E
C#m
F#
fol low me to my grave
B
E
Mother, oh mother,
C#m
F#
come sit down beside me
B
E
G#m
Send for my sister to
C#m
F#
curl my blonde hair
B
And tell my brother to play
G#m
E
the pipes slowly
F#
C#m
And sound the dead march
F#
E
C#m
as they carry me there
F#
B
E
And send for the minister
C#m
F#
to come and pray for me
B
E
G#m
Send for the doctor al
E
F#
though it's too late
B
E
My poor head is aching,
F#
B
E
my sad heart is breaking
F#sus4
F#
C#m
My body's salvating
F#
B
E
C#m
F#
and hell is my fate
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B F#sus4 F# C#m...
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