Chords for Cruel Sister

[C] _ _ _ There [Gm]
[Cm] lived a lady by the North [Bb] _ _ Seashore
Lay [Fm] the bend [Ab] to the bonnie [Gm] _ broom
Two daughters [Cm] were the babes [Bb] she _ bore
[Cm] Fa la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la la la
_ As one [Cm] grew bright as is [Bb] the sun _
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ So cold [Cm] black grew _ the [Bb] elder _ one
[Cm]
Fa la la la [Bb] la la la [C]
la la
A [Gm] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
knight [Cm] came riding to the _ [Bb] lady's door _
Lay [C] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
He travelled [Cm] _ _ far to be [Bb] their _ wooer
[Cm]
Fa la la la [Bb] la la [C] la la la
_ _ He courted one [Cm] with gloves [Bb] and _ rings
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ But he left [Cm] the other _ above [Bb] all _ things
[C]
Fa la la la [Bb] la la [Cm] la la la la _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Sister will you go [Bb] with me
Lay [Fm] the bend to the bonnie [Gm] _ broom
To [Cm] watch the _ ships sail on [Bb] the _ sea
[A] Fa la la la la [Bb] la [C] la la la la
She took her sister _
[Cm] by [Bb] the hand _
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And led [Cm] her _ down to the North [Bb] Sea _ Strand
[A] Fa la la la [Bb] la la [Cm] la la la _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ la
And as they stood on the [Bb] windy _ shore _
[F] Lay the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
The [Cm] dark girl threw _ her sister [Bb] o _ [Gm]'er
Fa la la la la la [Cm] la la la la _ _
Sometimes she sang, sometimes [Bb] she _ swang
Lay [F] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom _
Crying [C] sister _ reach to me [Bb] your _ hand
Fa la la la la la la [Cm] _
_ _ _ la la
Oh sister, _ sister let [Bb] me _ live
Lay [F] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And all [Cm] that's mine I'll [Bb] surely _ give
[Gm]
Fa [Bb] la la la la la [C] la la la la
_ _ Your own true love that I'll have [Bb] and more _
Lay [Fm] the bend to the bonnie [Gm] broom
But thou [C] shalt _ _ never come [Bb] _ _ ashore
[Dm] Fa la la la la [C] la la la la la
_ And [Gm] there [Cm] she _ floated like [Bb] a swan _
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
The salt [Cm] sea bore her [Bb] body _ on
Fa la la la la la [C] la la la
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Two minstrels walked _ [Bb] along the _ strand
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm]
bonnie broom
_ And saw [Cm] the _ maiden float [Bb] to _ land
[A] Fa la la la [Bb] la la [C] la la la la
They'd made a harp of [Gm] her _ breastbone
_ [C] Lay the bend [Cm] to the bonnie [Gm] _ broom
Whose sound [Cm] would _ melt a heart [Bb] of _ [Cm] stone
Fa la la [Bb] la la la [Cm] la la la la
_ They took three logs of her [Bb] yellow _ hair
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And with [Cm] them _ strung the harp [Bb] so _ rare
[A] Fa la la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la la
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ They went _ into her _ [Bb] father's _ hall
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ To play [Cm] the harp _ before [Bb] them _ all
[Cm] Fa la [Bb] la la la [C] la la la la la
_ But as they [Cm]
laid it on [Bb] a _ stone
Lay [Fm] the bend to [Cm] the [Gm] bonnie broom _
The harp [Cm] began _ _ to play [Bb] _ _
alone
[G] Fa [Dm] la la la la la [Gm] la la la la _
[Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ The first string _ sang a [Cm] [Bb] doleful _ sound
Lay [C] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
The [Cm] bright her _ _ younger [Bb] sister drowned
_ [C]
Fa la la la la la la la la la
The second _ string as [Gm] that they _ tried
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ In [Cm] terrace _ sits the [Bb] black haired bride
[Cm] Fa la la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la
_ _ _ The third string [Cm] sang beneath [Bb] their bow
_ Lay [Fm] the bend to the bonnie [Gm] broom
_ And surely [Cm] _ now her [Bb] tears will _ flow
[Cm] Fa la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la [Bb] la [Cm] la
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _