Lily of Barbary Chords by Little Johnny England
Tempo:
130.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] [D]
[A] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[Em] [A] [Bm] Just a cabin [D] boy on a Yarmouth trade, [Bm]
Mediterranean [D] sea, bound for [Bm] Malta's Strand.
The fifteenth day of [G] June, 1680, [D] the day [A] my second [G] life began.
[Em] [Bm]
We were caught [D] and boarded by a Moorish [Bm] galley, the battle shortly [D] had come clear.
[Bm] My shipmates died in [G] pain, only I was spared.
[D] Sold [A] in a pocket in [G] Algiers,
[A] they say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind,
[A] and no one knows where they [G] may go.
I [Bm] was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found,
my [G] lily fair.
[A] [Bm] But luck was [D] with me, I found a kindly [Bm] Maslip, I learned to serve [D] him, learned to serve him well.
[Bm] And with my [A] new [G] name, clothes and language, [D] the little of [A] my homeland [G] truth to tell.
[Bm]
When my master [D] died, his testament did [Bm] free, with a gift [D] of gold besides.
[Bm] I became a [G] merchant, a man of consequence, [D] everything [A] a rich man's [G] life provides.
[D] [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, my [G] lily fair.
[A] [Bm] And then one [D] day, in the slavers' [Bm] market, wide-eyed and trembling [D] there among the goods on show,
[Bm] a bright and cornish [G] girl snatched from her little [D] home, and pity in [A] my heart did [G] overflow.
[A] [Bm]
So I sent [D] for gold, and I bought her [Bm] freedom, I gave her shelter in [D] my home.
[A] [Bm] And in a few [G] short weeks, love between us grew, [D] from each [F#m] other's sides, war [G] we'd never rose.
[A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, [G] my lily fair.
[A] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[D] [A]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[Bm] But she missed [D] her home, and she missed her [Bm] family, missed the deep [D] green hills of England's shore.
[Bm]
And I knew I must [G] leave this home of twenty [D] years, I [A] couldn't live without her [G] any more.
[Bm] Now before the [D] wind, down for northern [Bm] waters, watching Barbary's [D] shores upside,
[Bm] I don't know if man may [G] know what the future [D] holds, I'll sail [A] my lily [G] by my side.
[A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where they [G] may go.
[Bm] I was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, my [G] lily fair.
[A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was taken in [G] chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, [G] my lily fair.
[D]
[B]
[Bm] [D]
[A] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[Em] [A] [Bm] Just a cabin [D] boy on a Yarmouth trade, [Bm]
Mediterranean [D] sea, bound for [Bm] Malta's Strand.
The fifteenth day of [G] June, 1680, [D] the day [A] my second [G] life began.
[Em] [Bm]
We were caught [D] and boarded by a Moorish [Bm] galley, the battle shortly [D] had come clear.
[Bm] My shipmates died in [G] pain, only I was spared.
[D] Sold [A] in a pocket in [G] Algiers,
[A] they say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind,
[A] and no one knows where they [G] may go.
I [Bm] was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found,
my [G] lily fair.
[A] [Bm] But luck was [D] with me, I found a kindly [Bm] Maslip, I learned to serve [D] him, learned to serve him well.
[Bm] And with my [A] new [G] name, clothes and language, [D] the little of [A] my homeland [G] truth to tell.
[Bm]
When my master [D] died, his testament did [Bm] free, with a gift [D] of gold besides.
[Bm] I became a [G] merchant, a man of consequence, [D] everything [A] a rich man's [G] life provides.
[D] [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, my [G] lily fair.
[A] [Bm] And then one [D] day, in the slavers' [Bm] market, wide-eyed and trembling [D] there among the goods on show,
[Bm] a bright and cornish [G] girl snatched from her little [D] home, and pity in [A] my heart did [G] overflow.
[A] [Bm]
So I sent [D] for gold, and I bought her [Bm] freedom, I gave her shelter in [D] my home.
[A] [Bm] And in a few [G] short weeks, love between us grew, [D] from each [F#m] other's sides, war [G] we'd never rose.
[A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, [G] my lily fair.
[A] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[D] [A]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm]
[G] [D]
[A] [G]
[Bm] But she missed [D] her home, and she missed her [Bm] family, missed the deep [D] green hills of England's shore.
[Bm]
And I knew I must [G] leave this home of twenty [D] years, I [A] couldn't live without her [G] any more.
[Bm] Now before the [D] wind, down for northern [Bm] waters, watching Barbary's [D] shores upside,
[Bm] I don't know if man may [G] know what the future [D] holds, I'll sail [A] my lily [G] by my side.
[A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where they [G] may go.
[Bm] I was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, my [G] lily fair.
[A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] I was taken in [G] chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, [G] my lily fair.
[D]
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ Just a cabin [D] boy _ on a Yarmouth trade, [Bm] _
Mediterranean _ [D] sea, bound for [Bm] Malta's Strand.
The fifteenth day of [G] June, _ _ 1680, [D] the day [A] my second [G] life began.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
We were caught [D] and boarded _ by a Moorish [Bm] galley, the battle shortly [D] had come clear.
_ _ [Bm] My shipmates died in [G] pain, only I was spared.
[D] Sold [A] in a pocket in [G] _ Algiers, _ _
[A] _ they say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind,
_ [A] _ and no one knows where they [G] may go.
_ I [Bm] was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found,
_ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ But luck was [D] with me, _ I found a kindly [Bm] Maslip, I learned to serve [D] him, learned to serve him well. _
[Bm] _ And with my [A] new [G] name, clothes and language, [D] the little of [A] my homeland [G] truth to tell.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
When my master [D] died, his testament did [Bm] free, _ with a gift [D] of gold besides.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ I became a [G] merchant, a man of consequence, [D] everything [A] a rich man's [G] life provides. _ _
[D] _ [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
_ [Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ And then one [D] day, _ in the slavers' [Bm] market, wide-eyed and trembling [D] there among the goods on show,
[Bm] _ a bright and cornish [G] girl snatched from her little [D] home, and pity in [A] my heart did [G] overflow.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
So I sent [D] for gold, _ and I bought her [Bm] freedom, I gave her shelter in [D] my home.
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ And in a few [G] short weeks, love between us grew, [D] from each [F#m] other's sides, war [G] we'd never rose. _
_ [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
_ [Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] my lily fair. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ But she missed [D] her home, and she missed her [Bm] family, missed the deep [D] green hills of England's shore.
_ [Bm] _
And I knew I must [G] leave this home of twenty [D] years, I [A] couldn't live without her [G] any more.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Now before the [D] wind, _ down for northern [Bm] waters, watching Barbary's [D] shores upside, _ _
_ [Bm] I don't know if man may [G] know what the future [D] holds, I'll sail [A] my lily [G] by my side.
_ _ [A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] _ and no one knows where they [G] may go.
_ _ [Bm] I was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] _ I was taken in [G] chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] my lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ Just a cabin [D] boy _ on a Yarmouth trade, [Bm] _
Mediterranean _ [D] sea, bound for [Bm] Malta's Strand.
The fifteenth day of [G] June, _ _ 1680, [D] the day [A] my second [G] life began.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
We were caught [D] and boarded _ by a Moorish [Bm] galley, the battle shortly [D] had come clear.
_ _ [Bm] My shipmates died in [G] pain, only I was spared.
[D] Sold [A] in a pocket in [G] _ Algiers, _ _
[A] _ they say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind,
_ [A] _ and no one knows where they [G] may go.
_ I [Bm] was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found,
_ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ But luck was [D] with me, _ I found a kindly [Bm] Maslip, I learned to serve [D] him, learned to serve him well. _
[Bm] _ And with my [A] new [G] name, clothes and language, [D] the little of [A] my homeland [G] truth to tell.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
When my master [D] died, his testament did [Bm] free, _ with a gift [D] of gold besides.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ I became a [G] merchant, a man of consequence, [D] everything [A] a rich man's [G] life provides. _ _
[D] _ [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
_ [Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ And then one [D] day, _ in the slavers' [Bm] market, wide-eyed and trembling [D] there among the goods on show,
[Bm] _ a bright and cornish [G] girl snatched from her little [D] home, and pity in [A] my heart did [G] overflow.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
So I sent [D] for gold, _ and I bought her [Bm] freedom, I gave her shelter in [D] my home.
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ And in a few [G] short weeks, love between us grew, [D] from each [F#m] other's sides, war [G] we'd never rose. _
_ [A] They say the fates of men [G] are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
_ [Bm] I was [G] taken in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] my lily fair. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ But she missed [D] her home, and she missed her [Bm] family, missed the deep [D] green hills of England's shore.
_ [Bm] _
And I knew I must [G] leave this home of twenty [D] years, I [A] couldn't live without her [G] any more.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Now before the [D] wind, _ down for northern [Bm] waters, watching Barbary's [D] shores upside, _ _
_ [Bm] I don't know if man may [G] know what the future [D] holds, I'll sail [A] my lily [G] by my side.
_ _ [A] They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, [A] _ and no one knows where they [G] may go.
_ _ [Bm] I was taken [G] in chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my [G] lily fair.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ They say the fates of [G] men are written on the wind, _ [A] _ and no one knows where [G] they may go.
[Bm] _ I was taken in [G] chain [A] by a Barbary [G] corsair, [D] _ it [G] wasn't Barbary [A] I found, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] my lily fair. _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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