Yarmouth Town chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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In  (D major)  (E minor) Yar mouth town there lived a man
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Who  (D major) kept a  (E minor) tavern by the sand
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This landlord  (D major) had  (E minor) a daughter  (D major) fair
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A plump little  (E major) thing with a golden  (D major) hair
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Oh,  (E major) won't you come down,
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won't you come  (D major) down
Won't you come down
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to  (B minor) Yarmouth town?
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 (D major) Well,  (E minor) to this  (D major) tavern came a  (E major) sailor man
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He  (D major) asked the daughter for her hand
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Why should I marry  (E major) you, she says,
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I get all I  (F sharp minor) want without  (E minor) being  (D major) wed
And won't you come down,
won't you come down
Won't you come down
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to Yarmouth  (F sharp minor) town
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 (D major) But, she says,
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 (E major) if you want  (D major) with me to linger
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 (F sharp minor) I'll   (E major) tie a bit of string all around my finger
You come by and you pull on the string
I'll come down and I'll let you in
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Oh,  (D major) won't you come down,
won't you come down,
Won't you come down
to Yarmouth town?
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So the  (A major) very next  (E major) night that Salem man
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He went to the  (A major) tavern  (E major) by the sand
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And he went  (D major) by and he  (E major) pulled on the  (D major) string
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She came  (E major) down and she let him in
Oh, won't you come down,
won't you come down,
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 (D major) Won't you come down
to Yarmouth town?
Well, he'd never seen such a sight before
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For the  (F sharp minor) string around her finger was  (D major) all she
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 (E major) And  (D major) when he went and he  (E major) pulled on the string,
She pulled by the blankets
and let Jack in.
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Oh, won't you come  (D major) down,
won't you come down,
Won't you come down
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to  (F sharp minor) Yarmouth Town?
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And they spent  (D major) the
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whole night  (F sharp minor) through.
Early in the morning went
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 (D major) back to his crew,
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Where he  (E major) told them all  (D major) about that maiden fair,
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 (E major) The plump little thing with the golden hair.
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Oh,  (D major) won't you come down,
won't you come down,
Won't you come down
to Yarmouth Town?
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And the word, it  (E major) soon got around
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 (D major) And the very nex (F sharp minor) t night in Yar
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 (A major) mouth town
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 (E major) There were  (D major) fifteen sailors
pulling on the string
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She  (F sharp minor) came   (E major) down and she  (D major) let them in
Oh, won't you come down,
won't you come down
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Won't you come down to Yarmouth  (F sharp minor) town
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So  (D major) come on, young sailors,
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we're down  (E major) to Yarmouth  (D major) to go
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Do you see a plump little  (E major) thing
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with her  (D major) hair hanging low
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Well,  (A major) all you've got to do is
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 (D major) pull on the string
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She'll come  (E major) down and let you in,
won't you come down
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 (D major) Won't you come  (F sharp minor) down,
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 (D major) won't you come down
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to  (F sharp minor) Yarmouth  (D major) town
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