Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Ab
G
William Taylor
C
G
was a brisk young sailor,
Ab
G
C
To a youthful lady gay.
G
D
Four -and -twenty British sailors
G
D
Met him on the King's Highway,
G
D
As he went forth to be married,
G
C
G
Pressed he was and sent away.
C
Em
Fal -de -re -de -dum
Bm
G
-de -de -re -de -dum
C
G
Fal -de -re -de -dum -dum -de -de -re -de
Em
G
Fal -de -re -de -dum -de -de -re -de -dum
G
C
-de -re -de
Ab
Eb
The wind blew off her sil ver buttons,
Ab
G
C
breasts were bared all snowy -white.
G
C
-de -ri -de -de -ro
C
G
C
Fm
G
C
G
Fm
Fal -de -re -do -dum -dum -ba -de -ri -de
Ab
G
C
G
C
Fm
G
C
Db
G
Fm
Ab
Db
Ab
G
Db
Eb
C
D
He says, Fair maid, what brought you here?
D
G
C
Pressed he was by you last year
G
Eb
G
If you rise up in the morning Ernie,
D
Eb
at the break of day
G
Ab
G
There you'll spy young William Taylor
Ab
G
walking with his lady gay
C
Em
Fal -de -re -do -dum -a
Fal -de -re -do -dum -a -de -ra -de
G
Fm
C
Fal -de -re -do -dum -a -de -ra -de -de -ro
C
Ab
G
She rose early in the morning gurney
Ab
G
at the break of day
There she spied young William Taylor
walking with his lady gay
D
Eb
She procured a pair of pistols
G
Eb
on the ground where she did stand
Ab
G
There she shot Paul William Taylor
C
G
C
and the radio to his right hand
Bm
G
my dear, I did the row
C
G
For the riddle's done, no, my dear, I did
For the riddle's done, no, my dear, I did
Em
Fm
For the riddle's done, no,
For the riddle's done, no, my dear, I did
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