Chords for Lady Margaret (Mark Hiscock & Allison Walsh)
Tempo:
99.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [B] [Am] [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[B] [C] Lady Margaret was sitting [G] in [C] her own home, [F] was built of lime [C] and stone.
[Am] Lady Margaret was sitting [C] in her own lone home, when she [G] heard a dead [C] man.
Oh, is it my [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, she cried?
[F] Or is it my [C]
[G] [Am] [C]
brother, William, from [G] Scotland, [C] lately come?
No, it's not your [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, he cried.
[F] Nor it's not your [C] brother, John.
But [Am] it is your [C] own true love, like [G] Scotland, [C] lately.
Did you bring to [G] me [C] any token of love?
[F] Did you bring [C]
[Am] [C]
anything of that [G] true love of [C] to me?
No, I haven't brought you any token of love.
[F] Haven't brought to you [C] any eels.
But [Am] I've brought to you the [C] white linen sheet that my [G] body lies [C] buried in.
She took her [G] apron [C]
to his.
An [F]
inch above [G] her [C] knee, [Bm] [Am] staying on [C] a cold wintery night, keeping a [G] dead man [C] company.
They talked and they [G] walked [C]
along together, [F] till the cogs began [C] to crow,
saying [Am] it's time for the living [Em]
[C] and the dead to part.
Lady [G]
Margaret, I [C] must go.
[G] Is [C] there any [G] room at [C] your head, she cried?
[F]
[C]
[Am]
[C] How do you not [G]
[C] take a sleep?
My mother is [G] at [C] my head, he cried.
[F] And my father is at [C] my feet.
There [Am] are three [Em] hellhounds [C] at my left side, for [G] my poor heart [C] to keep.
One is [G] for [C] my drunkenness, [F] and the other is [Em] for [C] my pride.
[Bm] But [Am] the other is for the [Em] losing [C] of a pretty fair girl, for [G] staying out [C] late at night.
She took a cross down from her breast, [F] and gave it [G] on to [C] him,
[Em] [Am] saying if the dead [C] must pray for the living, we shall do [G] the same [C] for them.
[Em] [Am] [C]
[G]
[C]
[C] [G]
[C]
[B] [C] Lady Margaret was sitting [G] in [C] her own home, [F] was built of lime [C] and stone.
[Am] Lady Margaret was sitting [C] in her own lone home, when she [G] heard a dead [C] man.
Oh, is it my [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, she cried?
[F] Or is it my [C]
[G] [Am] [C]
brother, William, from [G] Scotland, [C] lately come?
No, it's not your [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, he cried.
[F] Nor it's not your [C] brother, John.
But [Am] it is your [C] own true love, like [G] Scotland, [C] lately.
Did you bring to [G] me [C] any token of love?
[F] Did you bring [C]
[Am] [C]
anything of that [G] true love of [C] to me?
No, I haven't brought you any token of love.
[F] Haven't brought to you [C] any eels.
But [Am] I've brought to you the [C] white linen sheet that my [G] body lies [C] buried in.
She took her [G] apron [C]
to his.
An [F]
inch above [G] her [C] knee, [Bm] [Am] staying on [C] a cold wintery night, keeping a [G] dead man [C] company.
They talked and they [G] walked [C]
along together, [F] till the cogs began [C] to crow,
saying [Am] it's time for the living [Em]
[C] and the dead to part.
Lady [G]
Margaret, I [C] must go.
[G] Is [C] there any [G] room at [C] your head, she cried?
[F]
[C]
[Am]
[C] How do you not [G]
[C] take a sleep?
My mother is [G] at [C] my head, he cried.
[F] And my father is at [C] my feet.
There [Am] are three [Em] hellhounds [C] at my left side, for [G] my poor heart [C] to keep.
One is [G] for [C] my drunkenness, [F] and the other is [Em] for [C] my pride.
[Bm] But [Am] the other is for the [Em] losing [C] of a pretty fair girl, for [G] staying out [C] late at night.
She took a cross down from her breast, [F] and gave it [G] on to [C] him,
[Em] [Am] saying if the dead [C] must pray for the living, we shall do [G] the same [C] for them.
[Em] [Am] [C]
[G]
[C]
Key:
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[C] _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C] Lady Margaret was sitting [G] in [C] her own home, _ _ [F] was built of lime [C] and stone.
_ [Am] Lady Margaret was sitting [C] in her own lone home, when she [G] heard a dead [C] man. _ _
Oh, is it my [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, she cried?
_ [F] Or is it my _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
brother, William, from [G] Scotland, _ [C] lately come? _
No, it's not your [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, he cried.
_ [F] Nor it's not your [C] brother, John. _
But [Am] it is your [C] own true love, like _ [G] Scotland, _ [C] lately. _ _
Did you bring to [G] me [C] any token of love?
_ [F] Did you bring _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
anything of that [G] true love of [C] to me?
No, I haven't brought you any token of love.
_ [F] Haven't brought to you [C] any eels. _
But [Am] I've brought to you the [C] white linen sheet that my [G] body lies [C] buried in. _
She took her [G] apron [C]
to his.
_ An [F] _
inch above [G] her [C] knee, _ [Bm] [Am] staying on [C] a cold wintery night, keeping a [G] dead man [C] company. _ _
They talked and they [G] walked [C]
along together, _ [F] till the cogs began [C] to crow, _
saying [Am] it's time for the living [Em]
[C] and the dead to part.
Lady [G]
Margaret, I [C] must go. _
[G] Is [C] there any [G] room at [C] your head, she cried?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] How do you not _ _ [G] _
_ [C] take a sleep? _ _
My mother is [G] at [C] my head, he cried.
_ [F] And my father is at [C] my feet.
There [Am] are three [Em] hellhounds [C] at my left side, for [G] my poor heart [C] to keep. _
One is [G] for [C] my _ _ drunkenness, [F] and the other is [Em] for [C] my pride.
[Bm] But [Am] the other is for the [Em] losing [C] of a pretty fair girl, for [G] staying out [C] late at night. _ _
She took a cross down from her breast, _ [F] and gave it [G] on to [C] him, _
_ [Em] [Am] saying if the dead [C] must pray for the living, we shall do [G] the same [C] for them. _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C] Lady Margaret was sitting [G] in [C] her own home, _ _ [F] was built of lime [C] and stone.
_ [Am] Lady Margaret was sitting [C] in her own lone home, when she [G] heard a dead [C] man. _ _
Oh, is it my [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, she cried?
_ [F] Or is it my _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
brother, William, from [G] Scotland, _ [C] lately come? _
No, it's not your [G] father, [C] Lady Margaret, he cried.
_ [F] Nor it's not your [C] brother, John. _
But [Am] it is your [C] own true love, like _ [G] Scotland, _ [C] lately. _ _
Did you bring to [G] me [C] any token of love?
_ [F] Did you bring _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
anything of that [G] true love of [C] to me?
No, I haven't brought you any token of love.
_ [F] Haven't brought to you [C] any eels. _
But [Am] I've brought to you the [C] white linen sheet that my [G] body lies [C] buried in. _
She took her [G] apron [C]
to his.
_ An [F] _
inch above [G] her [C] knee, _ [Bm] [Am] staying on [C] a cold wintery night, keeping a [G] dead man [C] company. _ _
They talked and they [G] walked [C]
along together, _ [F] till the cogs began [C] to crow, _
saying [Am] it's time for the living [Em]
[C] and the dead to part.
Lady [G]
Margaret, I [C] must go. _
[G] Is [C] there any [G] room at [C] your head, she cried?
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] How do you not _ _ [G] _
_ [C] take a sleep? _ _
My mother is [G] at [C] my head, he cried.
_ [F] And my father is at [C] my feet.
There [Am] are three [Em] hellhounds [C] at my left side, for [G] my poor heart [C] to keep. _
One is [G] for [C] my _ _ drunkenness, [F] and the other is [Em] for [C] my pride.
[Bm] But [Am] the other is for the [Em] losing [C] of a pretty fair girl, for [G] staying out [C] late at night. _ _
She took a cross down from her breast, _ [F] and gave it [G] on to [C] him, _
_ [Em] [Am] saying if the dead [C] must pray for the living, we shall do [G] the same [C] for them. _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _