Chords for DARK SARAH - A Grim Christmas Story
Tempo:
70.75 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
D
Am
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[A] [Gm]
[Cm] On the first day of [D] Christmas my true love said to me,
Oh Sarah my [Gm] sweet pea, On the second day of Christmas my true love
lied to [D] me, Oh pity now he [Gm] loves the sea.
On the third day of Christmas the mailman came to see,
[D#] If my husband was home for a [D] pint of beer, [Gm] The question he puffed and my trust nearly
[D] dropped, Oh what a pity he had it coming,
Now there's two on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[Am] On the fourth day of Christmas the mailman's wife [F] came by,
Worried to [Am] her bone she was of her husband's life,
[Dm] A blow to her head it made [Am] everything alright, [E] Oh what a pity she had it coming,
A knife cut through through, Now there's three on the bottom [Am] of the sea.
[Fm] [Dm]
[F] [Cm] [F] [Gm]
[D]
[Gm] On the fifth day of Christmas my true love got revealed,
He was keen on something else, [D] That is what that's me.
[Gm] I went to his mistress just to have a [D] talk, Or not, that was not [C] a pity,
Chopped her like [Am] meat, put her in a sack, Now there's one on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
On the sixth day of Christmas a man knocked on my door,
[D] Asked for my husband, [Cm] my [D] true [G] love, Tell what [C] a pity this is getting messy,
Strangled him to death, now there's five on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[F#m] [Gm]
[Gm] On the seventh day of [D] Christmas the police knocked my door,
Told me the mailman's son had given them a call,
By asking some questions they've all done [Gm] what I've done,
[D] Oh what a pity, end of my story, Sarah's going to jail.
[Gm] Quickly I came up [E] with a cunning [A]
[D] plan, Look at time it's almost five,
I'll bring you tea, give a special treat.
The poison made them [C] sleep, a dagger made them bleed,
[Am] Time for me to flee, [C] now there's six on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[D] Yes, there's six.
[C] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[Cm] On the first day of [D] Christmas my true love said to me,
Oh Sarah my [Gm] sweet pea, On the second day of Christmas my true love
lied to [D] me, Oh pity now he [Gm] loves the sea.
On the third day of Christmas the mailman came to see,
[D#] If my husband was home for a [D] pint of beer, [Gm] The question he puffed and my trust nearly
[D] dropped, Oh what a pity he had it coming,
Now there's two on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[Am] On the fourth day of Christmas the mailman's wife [F] came by,
Worried to [Am] her bone she was of her husband's life,
[Dm] A blow to her head it made [Am] everything alright, [E] Oh what a pity she had it coming,
A knife cut through through, Now there's three on the bottom [Am] of the sea.
[Fm] [Dm]
[F] [Cm] [F] [Gm]
[D]
[Gm] On the fifth day of Christmas my true love got revealed,
He was keen on something else, [D] That is what that's me.
[Gm] I went to his mistress just to have a [D] talk, Or not, that was not [C] a pity,
Chopped her like [Am] meat, put her in a sack, Now there's one on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
On the sixth day of Christmas a man knocked on my door,
[D] Asked for my husband, [Cm] my [D] true [G] love, Tell what [C] a pity this is getting messy,
Strangled him to death, now there's five on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[F#m] [Gm]
[Gm] On the seventh day of [D] Christmas the police knocked my door,
Told me the mailman's son had given them a call,
By asking some questions they've all done [Gm] what I've done,
[D] Oh what a pity, end of my story, Sarah's going to jail.
[Gm] Quickly I came up [E] with a cunning [A]
[D] plan, Look at time it's almost five,
I'll bring you tea, give a special treat.
The poison made them [C] sleep, a dagger made them bleed,
[Am] Time for me to flee, [C] now there's six on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
[D] Yes, there's six.
[C] [G]
Key:
Gm
D
Am
C
G
Gm
D
Am
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] On the first day of [D] Christmas my true love said to me,
Oh Sarah my [Gm] sweet pea, On the second day of Christmas my true love
lied to [D] me, Oh pity now he [Gm] loves the sea. _ _
_ _ _ _ On the third day of Christmas the mailman came to see,
[D#] If my husband was home for a [D] pint of beer, [Gm] The question he puffed and my trust nearly
[D] dropped, Oh what a pity he had it coming,
Now there's two on the [Gm] bottom of the sea. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] On the fourth day of Christmas the mailman's wife [F] came by,
Worried to [Am] her bone she was of her husband's life,
[Dm] A blow to her head it made [Am] everything alright, [E] Oh what a pity she had it coming,
A knife cut through through, Now there's three on the bottom [Am] of the sea.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] On the fifth day of Christmas my true love got revealed,
He was keen on something else, [D] That is what that's me.
[Gm] I went to his mistress just to have a [D] talk, _ _ _ Or not, that was not [C] a pity,
Chopped her like [Am] meat, put her in a sack, Now there's one on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ On the sixth day of Christmas a man knocked on my door,
[D] Asked for my husband, [Cm] my [D] true [G] love, Tell what [C] a pity this is getting messy,
Strangled him to death, now there's five on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ [F#m] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Gm] On the seventh day of [D] Christmas the police knocked my door,
Told me the mailman's son had given them a call,
By asking some questions they've all done [Gm] what I've done,
[D] Oh what a pity, end of my story, Sarah's going to jail. _
_ [Gm] _ Quickly I came up [E] with a cunning [A]
[D] plan, Look at time it's almost five,
I'll bring you tea, give a special treat.
The poison made them [C] sleep, a dagger made them bleed,
[Am] Time for me to flee, [C] now there's six on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ [D] Yes, there's six.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] On the first day of [D] Christmas my true love said to me,
Oh Sarah my [Gm] sweet pea, On the second day of Christmas my true love
lied to [D] me, Oh pity now he [Gm] loves the sea. _ _
_ _ _ _ On the third day of Christmas the mailman came to see,
[D#] If my husband was home for a [D] pint of beer, [Gm] The question he puffed and my trust nearly
[D] dropped, Oh what a pity he had it coming,
Now there's two on the [Gm] bottom of the sea. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] On the fourth day of Christmas the mailman's wife [F] came by,
Worried to [Am] her bone she was of her husband's life,
[Dm] A blow to her head it made [Am] everything alright, [E] Oh what a pity she had it coming,
A knife cut through through, Now there's three on the bottom [Am] of the sea.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] On the fifth day of Christmas my true love got revealed,
He was keen on something else, [D] That is what that's me.
[Gm] I went to his mistress just to have a [D] talk, _ _ _ Or not, that was not [C] a pity,
Chopped her like [Am] meat, put her in a sack, Now there's one on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ On the sixth day of Christmas a man knocked on my door,
[D] Asked for my husband, [Cm] my [D] true [G] love, Tell what [C] a pity this is getting messy,
Strangled him to death, now there's five on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ [F#m] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Gm] On the seventh day of [D] Christmas the police knocked my door,
Told me the mailman's son had given them a call,
By asking some questions they've all done [Gm] what I've done,
[D] Oh what a pity, end of my story, Sarah's going to jail. _
_ [Gm] _ Quickly I came up [E] with a cunning [A]
[D] plan, Look at time it's almost five,
I'll bring you tea, give a special treat.
The poison made them [C] sleep, a dagger made them bleed,
[Am] Time for me to flee, [C] now there's six on the [Gm] bottom of the sea.
_ [D] Yes, there's six.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _