Chords for Nic Jones - The Lakes Of Shilin

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_ Well it's early one morning, [Bb] Billy Henry _ [C] _
arose
Straight to his comrade's bedchamber he _ [Bb] goes
_ [C] Samurais, love and comrade, let _ [Bb]
nobody know
[C] To the dark and chilly waters of Baden we'll [Bb] go
_ [C] _ _
_ So Billy he _ [Bb] stripped and then [C] he went in
And he swam the dark waters all round and around
[Bb] Saying, oh [C] me love and comrade, oh don't [Bb] you go in
[C] For I see there is a coffin [Bb] in the [C] lake, Shireen
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
But _ the other [F] one he stripped [Bb] and then [C] he went in
And he swam the dark waters all round and around
[Bb] Saying, oh [C] me love and Billy, why did [Bb] you go in
[C] To the dark and chilly waters [Bb] in the [C] lake, _ [F] Shireen
_ _ [C] _ _
_ Now there was an old woman [Bb] who lived [C] there close by
She went to Billy's parents and she made this reply
[Bb] Your son [C] he went to bathe in as I've [Bb] heard them say
[C] And now your Billy Henry [Bb] he's as [C] cold as the clay
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_ _ Down [F] came his mother _ [Bb] like one [C] in despair
_ She's a wringing of her hands and a tearing of her hair
[Bb] Saying, [C] oh me Billy Henry, why did you [Bb] go in
[C] To the dark and chilly waters [Bb] in the [C] lake, Shireen
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
So down came his father [Bb] like one [C] in despair
He's a wringing of his hands and a tearing of his hair
[Bb] Saying, I [C] brought up a family of fine, [Bb] good men
[C] And the best of them drowned [Gm] in the [C] lake, _ Shireen
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
So it's down came [F]
his sweetheart [Bb] like one in [C] despair
_ She's a wringing of her hands and a tearing of her hair
[Bb] Saying, it's [C] six months and better till my [Bb] wedding day
[C] And now me Billy Henry _ [Bb] he's as [C] cold as the clay
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
So _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
we'll go around to [Bb] Martin's, to Martin's [C] by the shore
We'll hire us a small boat as we've done before
[Bb] And we'll search the [F] dark waters all around and [Bb] all round
[C] Till we see that Billy Henry's [Bb] fair [C] body is found
[Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ So they went around to [Bb] Martin's, to Martin's [C] by the shore
And they hired them a small boat as they'd done before
[Bb] And they searched [C] the dark waters all around and [Bb] all round
[C] Till they saw that Billy Henry's [Bb] fair [C] body was [Bb] found
_ [C] _ _ _ For to _ see Billy's funeral [Bb]
was such a fine [C] _ sight
There were six handsome young men all dressed up in white
[Bb] There were six [C] pretty maidens all dressed [Bb] up in green
[C]
Just to show that he'd been drowned in the lake, Shireen
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