Sylvie Chords by Bert Jansch

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A silver was a walking [Eb] down by the river _ _
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And a low king so sadly, _ [F] low king [G] so sadly, low king so sadly [Bb] all upon the sway
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She thought [D] on her lover [Eb] that left [Gm] her in, _ she thought on her lover [Eb] that left [Gm] her in _
On the banks [C] of the meadow, _ on the [Am] banks of the meadow, [A] on the [Bb] banks of the meadow [Gm] she sat [Am] down [G] and _
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And as [A] she sat [G]
weeping her young [Gm] man came [G]
by, and as [Gm] she sat [G]
weeping her young [Gm] man came by
What [A] else you might do well, [Am] what else you [G] might do well, what [Eb] else you might do well, [G] unlike you to [A] cry
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Well I once [D] had a sweetheart and now [Gm] I have none, I once [A] had a [Gm] sweetheart and now I have none
_ He's gone and [C] leave me, _ [Am] gone and [G] leave me, gone [Eb] _ and leave [Bb] me in [G] sorrow to _
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[C] _ _ [G] mourn _
Last [Gm] night in sweet slumber I [G] dreamed that I'd see, last night in [G] sweet slumber I dreamed [Gm] that I'd see _
Mine own [G] dearest true love, [F] mine own [Gm] dearest true love, mine own [Eb] dearest true love [G] comes smiling to _ _
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But when I awoke and I [Eb] found it not so, _ when I awoke and I found [Gm] it not so
Mine eyes [C] were like [A] fountains, mine eyes [Gm] were like fountains, mine [Bb] eyes were like fountains [G] where the waters [Gm] do flow _
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I'll set [D] sail [G] of silver and steer toward [G] the sun, I'll set [D] sail of silver [Eb] and steer [Gm] toward the sun
And my false love [C] will wave, _ my [A] false love will [Gm] wave, my [Bb] false love will wait for me at the ramp
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