Chords for Planxty - Lord Baker
Tempo:
157.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
There was a lord who lived in this land, being [Gm] a lord [C]
of high [Dm] degree.
He left his foot [G] down in a ship's board, and swore strange [Gm] currencies [G] that he would go sea.
[A] He travelled east [G] and he travelled west, [Gm] he travelled north and south also,
[G] until [D] he arrived in [G] Turkey.
[D] There he was taken and bound [G] in prison, [A] till his life it [G] grew weary.
[Gm]
[G]
[D] Oh Turkey [Gm] bold, had one [D] only [C] daughter,
[D] as fair a lady as [G] the eye could see.
She stole the key to her daddo's [C] harbour,
[D] and swore Lord Becker, [G] shh free.
[A] Singing you have [C] house, you [A] have [G] land, and all [D] Northumber [G] belongs to thee.
What would you give to Turkey's daughter, if [Dm] out of prison [D] she'd stay?
[G]
Singing I have houses, and I have land,
[D] all Northumber belongs [G] to me.
I would will them all to you my [C] darling,
[G] if out [D] of
[Dm] prison.
[G]
She's brought him down to her daddo's [D] harbour, and felt [Gm] for him was the ship of fares.
[D] That she did drink [C] round him,
[A] I wish Lord Becker that you [G] were mine.
[Gm] She's brought him [D] down to her daddo's harbour, and [Dm] felt for him was [C] the ship of fares.
[D]
And every toast that she did drink round him, I [Dm] wish Lord Becker [C] that you [G] were mine.
They made a vow for seven years, and seven more for to keep it strong.
Saying if you don't wed with no other woman, I'm sure he'll wed with no other man.
[Gm] [G]
And seven years been passed and over, and seven more they were old.
She's bundled up her golden clothing, and swore Lord Becker she would go.
She
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[A]
travelled East and [G] travelled West, [Em] [D] till she came to the Palace of Fame.
Who is that, who is that, [Gm] great, bold, young [G] porter, who [D] knocks so [F] gently [E] [G] and can't get in?
Is this Lord Becker's Palace, [Gm] replied the lady, [C] [D]
or is this [Dm] Lord's ship [D]
himself within?
[Dm]
[Gm] This is Lord Becker's Palace, [D]
replied the [C] porter.
This [E] very [F] day, talking you, [G] [D] bridey, well ask him send [Gm] me [Dm] a cut of his wedding [D] cake,
a glass of his wine, it been air so [C] strong.
And to [G] remember [Dm] the brave young [D]
lady, who did [Dm]
release him in [C] Turkey land.
[G]
[D] [G] In [D] goes, in [G] [D] goes, in goes the [C] porter, and [Dm] kneels down gently on [D] his right knee.
Rise up, rise up [G] now, my bold young [C] porter.
[D] What news, what news have you [G] brought to me?
Singing [Gm] I have news [G] of a grand [C] arrival, [D] as fair a [Dm] lady as the eye [C] could see.
She is [G] at the [Dm] gate, waiting for your [Gm] charity.
She wears a gold ring [G] on every [C] finger, and [D] on the middle one where she wears [C] three.
She [D] has more gold hung around her [C] middle, than I'd buy [D] in our [G] tumbler and family.
She asks you send
[Gm] her [G] a cut of your wedding
[C] cake, a [Dm] glass of your [D] wine, it been air [C] so strong.
[D] And to remember that brave young lady, who [Dm] did release you [D] in Turkey [G] land.
[D]
[G] He took his [A] sword, all [Dm] by the [G] hand.
[D] Cut the wedding cake in [G] pieces three.
[D] [Dm] Singing [G] here's a piece [D] for Turkey's daughter.
Here's a piece for the [Dm] new bride [G] and one for me.
Down comes, down comes [D] the new bride's [G] mother.
[C] What [D] will I [Dm] do, my [G] daughter dear?
Your daughter came with one pack [C] of gold.
[D] I left her to her home love with [G] thirty three.
And then Lord Baker [D] ran to his darling.
Of twenty one steps, he made but [C] three.
He [G] caught his [Dm]
arms, [G] round Turkey's [C] daughter.
[A] And kissed his true love.
[G] [N]
of high [Dm] degree.
He left his foot [G] down in a ship's board, and swore strange [Gm] currencies [G] that he would go sea.
[A] He travelled east [G] and he travelled west, [Gm] he travelled north and south also,
[G] until [D] he arrived in [G] Turkey.
[D] There he was taken and bound [G] in prison, [A] till his life it [G] grew weary.
[Gm]
[G]
[D] Oh Turkey [Gm] bold, had one [D] only [C] daughter,
[D] as fair a lady as [G] the eye could see.
She stole the key to her daddo's [C] harbour,
[D] and swore Lord Becker, [G] shh free.
[A] Singing you have [C] house, you [A] have [G] land, and all [D] Northumber [G] belongs to thee.
What would you give to Turkey's daughter, if [Dm] out of prison [D] she'd stay?
[G]
Singing I have houses, and I have land,
[D] all Northumber belongs [G] to me.
I would will them all to you my [C] darling,
[G] if out [D] of
[Dm] prison.
[G]
She's brought him down to her daddo's [D] harbour, and felt [Gm] for him was the ship of fares.
[D] That she did drink [C] round him,
[A] I wish Lord Becker that you [G] were mine.
[Gm] She's brought him [D] down to her daddo's harbour, and [Dm] felt for him was [C] the ship of fares.
[D]
And every toast that she did drink round him, I [Dm] wish Lord Becker [C] that you [G] were mine.
They made a vow for seven years, and seven more for to keep it strong.
Saying if you don't wed with no other woman, I'm sure he'll wed with no other man.
[Gm] [G]
And seven years been passed and over, and seven more they were old.
She's bundled up her golden clothing, and swore Lord Becker she would go.
She
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[A]
travelled East and [G] travelled West, [Em] [D] till she came to the Palace of Fame.
Who is that, who is that, [Gm] great, bold, young [G] porter, who [D] knocks so [F] gently [E] [G] and can't get in?
Is this Lord Becker's Palace, [Gm] replied the lady, [C] [D]
or is this [Dm] Lord's ship [D]
himself within?
[Dm]
[Gm] This is Lord Becker's Palace, [D]
replied the [C] porter.
This [E] very [F] day, talking you, [G] [D] bridey, well ask him send [Gm] me [Dm] a cut of his wedding [D] cake,
a glass of his wine, it been air so [C] strong.
And to [G] remember [Dm] the brave young [D]
lady, who did [Dm]
release him in [C] Turkey land.
[G]
[D] [G] In [D] goes, in [G] [D] goes, in goes the [C] porter, and [Dm] kneels down gently on [D] his right knee.
Rise up, rise up [G] now, my bold young [C] porter.
[D] What news, what news have you [G] brought to me?
Singing [Gm] I have news [G] of a grand [C] arrival, [D] as fair a [Dm] lady as the eye [C] could see.
She is [G] at the [Dm] gate, waiting for your [Gm] charity.
She wears a gold ring [G] on every [C] finger, and [D] on the middle one where she wears [C] three.
She [D] has more gold hung around her [C] middle, than I'd buy [D] in our [G] tumbler and family.
She asks you send
[Gm] her [G] a cut of your wedding
[C] cake, a [Dm] glass of your [D] wine, it been air [C] so strong.
[D] And to remember that brave young lady, who [Dm] did release you [D] in Turkey [G] land.
[D]
[G] He took his [A] sword, all [Dm] by the [G] hand.
[D] Cut the wedding cake in [G] pieces three.
[D] [Dm] Singing [G] here's a piece [D] for Turkey's daughter.
Here's a piece for the [Dm] new bride [G] and one for me.
Down comes, down comes [D] the new bride's [G] mother.
[C] What [D] will I [Dm] do, my [G] daughter dear?
Your daughter came with one pack [C] of gold.
[D] I left her to her home love with [G] thirty three.
And then Lord Baker [D] ran to his darling.
Of twenty one steps, he made but [C] three.
He [G] caught his [Dm]
arms, [G] round Turkey's [C] daughter.
[A] And kissed his true love.
[G] [N]
Key:
G
D
C
Dm
Gm
G
D
C
_ There was a lord who lived in this land, _ _ _ being [Gm] a _ lord [C] _
of high [Dm] degree. _ _ _
He left his foot [G] down in a ship's _ board, and swore strange [Gm] _ currencies [G] that he would go sea.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] He travelled _ east [G] and he travelled west, _ _ [Gm] he travelled north and south _ also,
_ _ [G] _ until [D] he arrived in [G] Turkey. _ _ _
[D] _ _ There he was taken _ _ and bound [G] in prison, _ _ _ [A] till his life it [G] grew weary.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ Oh Turkey [Gm] bold, had one [D] only [C] daughter, _ _ _
_ _ [D] as fair a _ lady _ as [G] the eye could _ see.
_ She stole the key _ to her _ daddo's [C] harbour, _ _
_ [D] and swore Lord _ Becker, _ _ [G] _ shh free. _ _
_ [A] Singing you have [C] house, you [A] _ _ have [G] land, _ _ _ _ _ _ and all [D] _ _ Northumber _ [G] _ belongs to thee.
_ _ What would you give to _ Turkey's daughter, _ _ _ _ _ if [Dm] out of _ prison _ [D] she'd stay?
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Singing I have houses, _ _ and I have land, _
_ _ _ _ [D] all _ Northumber _ _ belongs [G] to me.
_ _ I would will them all to you my [C] darling, _
_ _ [G] _ if out [D] of _
[Dm] prison.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's brought him down to her _ daddo's [D] harbour, _ _ _ _ and felt [Gm] for him _ was the ship of fares. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ That she did drink [C] round him, _
[A] _ I wish Lord _ Becker that you [G] were mine. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] She's brought him [D] down to her _ daddo's harbour, _ _ _ and [Dm] felt for him _ was [C] the ship of fares.
_ _ [D] _
And every toast that she did drink round _ him, _ I [Dm] wish Lord Becker _ [C] that you [G] were mine. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
They made a vow _ for _ _ _ _ seven _ _ _ _ years, _ and seven _ more _ for to keep it _ strong. _ _ _ _
Saying if you don't _ _ wed _ with no _ other woman, _ _ _ _ _ I'm sure he'll wed _ _ with no other man. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And seven _ _ years _ _ been passed and _ over, _ _ _ _ and _ seven _ _ more they were _ old. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She's bundled up _ _ _ _ _ her golden _ _ clothing, _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ swore Lord Becker _ _ _ she would go.
_ _ _ She _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
travelled _ East _ and [G] travelled West, [Em] _ _ _ [D] till she came to the Palace of _ Fame.
_ _ Who is that, who is that, [Gm] great, bold, young [G] porter, _ _ _ _ who [D] knocks so _ [F] gently _ [E] [G] and can't get in? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Is this Lord Becker's _ Palace, _ [Gm] replied the lady, [C] _ _ _ [D] _
or is this [Dm] Lord's ship [D] _ _
himself within?
_ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] This is Lord Becker's Palace, [D] _
replied the [C] porter. _ _ _
_ _ This [E] very [F] day, talking you, [G] _ _ _ _ [D] bridey, _ _ _ _ well ask him send _ [Gm] me [Dm] a cut of his wedding [D] _ cake,
_ _ a glass of his wine, it been air so [C] strong.
_ _ _ And to [G] remember _ [Dm] the brave young [D]
lady, _ _ who did [Dm] _
release him in [C] Turkey land.
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ In [D] goes, in [G] _ _ [D] goes, in goes the [C] porter, _ _ _ _ and [Dm] kneels down gently _ _ on [D] his right knee. _ _
Rise up, rise up [G] now, my bold young [C] porter. _ _ _ _
[D] What news, what news have you [G] brought to me? _ _ _ _
_ _ Singing [Gm] I have _ _ news _ [G] of a grand _ [C] arrival, _ _ [D] as fair a [Dm] lady as the eye [C] could see. _
_ She is [G] at the [Dm] gate, waiting for your _ [Gm] charity. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She wears a gold _ ring [G] on every _ [C] finger, _ _ and [D] on the middle one where she wears [C] three.
_ _ _ She [D] has more gold hung around her _ [C] middle, _ than I'd buy [D] in our _ _ [G] tumbler and family. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She asks you send _
[Gm] her [G] a cut of your wedding _
[C] _ cake, a [Dm] glass of your _ [D] wine, it been air [C] so strong. _ _
_ [D] And to _ remember that brave young _ lady, _ who [Dm] did _ release you [D] in Turkey [G] land.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] He took his _ [A] _ sword, all [Dm] by the [G] hand. _ _ _ _
[D] _ Cut the wedding cake in [G] pieces three.
[D] _ _ [Dm] Singing [G] here's a piece _ _ [D] for _ Turkey's daughter. _ _
Here's a piece for the [Dm] new bride [G] and one for me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Down comes, down _ comes [D] the new bride's [G] mother.
[C] _ _ _ _ What [D] will I [Dm] do, my [G] daughter dear? _
_ _ Your daughter came with one pack [C] of gold. _
_ _ [D] I left her to her home love _ with [G] thirty three.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then Lord Baker _ _ [D] ran to his darling.
_ _ _ _ Of twenty one _ steps, he made but [C] three. _ _ _ _ _
_ He [G] caught his _ [Dm]
arms, _ [G] round Turkey's [C] daughter.
_ _ [A] _ _ And kissed his true _ love.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
of high [Dm] degree. _ _ _
He left his foot [G] down in a ship's _ board, and swore strange [Gm] _ currencies [G] that he would go sea.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] He travelled _ east [G] and he travelled west, _ _ [Gm] he travelled north and south _ also,
_ _ [G] _ until [D] he arrived in [G] Turkey. _ _ _
[D] _ _ There he was taken _ _ and bound [G] in prison, _ _ _ [A] till his life it [G] grew weary.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ Oh Turkey [Gm] bold, had one [D] only [C] daughter, _ _ _
_ _ [D] as fair a _ lady _ as [G] the eye could _ see.
_ She stole the key _ to her _ daddo's [C] harbour, _ _
_ [D] and swore Lord _ Becker, _ _ [G] _ shh free. _ _
_ [A] Singing you have [C] house, you [A] _ _ have [G] land, _ _ _ _ _ _ and all [D] _ _ Northumber _ [G] _ belongs to thee.
_ _ What would you give to _ Turkey's daughter, _ _ _ _ _ if [Dm] out of _ prison _ [D] she'd stay?
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Singing I have houses, _ _ and I have land, _
_ _ _ _ [D] all _ Northumber _ _ belongs [G] to me.
_ _ I would will them all to you my [C] darling, _
_ _ [G] _ if out [D] of _
[Dm] prison.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's brought him down to her _ daddo's [D] harbour, _ _ _ _ and felt [Gm] for him _ was the ship of fares. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ That she did drink [C] round him, _
[A] _ I wish Lord _ Becker that you [G] were mine. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] She's brought him [D] down to her _ daddo's harbour, _ _ _ and [Dm] felt for him _ was [C] the ship of fares.
_ _ [D] _
And every toast that she did drink round _ him, _ I [Dm] wish Lord Becker _ [C] that you [G] were mine. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
They made a vow _ for _ _ _ _ seven _ _ _ _ years, _ and seven _ more _ for to keep it _ strong. _ _ _ _
Saying if you don't _ _ wed _ with no _ other woman, _ _ _ _ _ I'm sure he'll wed _ _ with no other man. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And seven _ _ years _ _ been passed and _ over, _ _ _ _ and _ seven _ _ more they were _ old. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She's bundled up _ _ _ _ _ her golden _ _ clothing, _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ swore Lord Becker _ _ _ she would go.
_ _ _ She _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
travelled _ East _ and [G] travelled West, [Em] _ _ _ [D] till she came to the Palace of _ Fame.
_ _ Who is that, who is that, [Gm] great, bold, young [G] porter, _ _ _ _ who [D] knocks so _ [F] gently _ [E] [G] and can't get in? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Is this Lord Becker's _ Palace, _ [Gm] replied the lady, [C] _ _ _ [D] _
or is this [Dm] Lord's ship [D] _ _
himself within?
_ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] This is Lord Becker's Palace, [D] _
replied the [C] porter. _ _ _
_ _ This [E] very [F] day, talking you, [G] _ _ _ _ [D] bridey, _ _ _ _ well ask him send _ [Gm] me [Dm] a cut of his wedding [D] _ cake,
_ _ a glass of his wine, it been air so [C] strong.
_ _ _ And to [G] remember _ [Dm] the brave young [D]
lady, _ _ who did [Dm] _
release him in [C] Turkey land.
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ In [D] goes, in [G] _ _ [D] goes, in goes the [C] porter, _ _ _ _ and [Dm] kneels down gently _ _ on [D] his right knee. _ _
Rise up, rise up [G] now, my bold young [C] porter. _ _ _ _
[D] What news, what news have you [G] brought to me? _ _ _ _
_ _ Singing [Gm] I have _ _ news _ [G] of a grand _ [C] arrival, _ _ [D] as fair a [Dm] lady as the eye [C] could see. _
_ She is [G] at the [Dm] gate, waiting for your _ [Gm] charity. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She wears a gold _ ring [G] on every _ [C] finger, _ _ and [D] on the middle one where she wears [C] three.
_ _ _ She [D] has more gold hung around her _ [C] middle, _ than I'd buy [D] in our _ _ [G] tumbler and family. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She asks you send _
[Gm] her [G] a cut of your wedding _
[C] _ cake, a [Dm] glass of your _ [D] wine, it been air [C] so strong. _ _
_ [D] And to _ remember that brave young _ lady, _ who [Dm] did _ release you [D] in Turkey [G] land.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] He took his _ [A] _ sword, all [Dm] by the [G] hand. _ _ _ _
[D] _ Cut the wedding cake in [G] pieces three.
[D] _ _ [Dm] Singing [G] here's a piece _ _ [D] for _ Turkey's daughter. _ _
Here's a piece for the [Dm] new bride [G] and one for me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Down comes, down _ comes [D] the new bride's [G] mother.
[C] _ _ _ _ What [D] will I [Dm] do, my [G] daughter dear? _
_ _ Your daughter came with one pack [C] of gold. _
_ _ [D] I left her to her home love _ with [G] thirty three.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then Lord Baker _ _ [D] ran to his darling.
_ _ _ _ Of twenty one _ steps, he made but [C] three. _ _ _ _ _
_ He [G] caught his _ [Dm]
arms, _ [G] round Turkey's [C] daughter.
_ _ [A] _ _ And kissed his true _ love.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _