Chords for Robin Hood and the Tanner

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In [E] Nottingham there lived a [A] jolly tanner With a hey down, down, hey [Dm] down, down
His name it [G] was Arthur of Land [D] There was never a squire in Nottingham [E] shire
There'd be a bold [Dm] Arthur to stand _
And as he went forth on a [D] summer's morning With a hey down, down, hey down, down
In the forest of Mareeshaward To view the red deer and a reindeer in red
They're perky with bold Robin Hood _
As soon as bold Robin [E] Hood did him astide With a hey down, down, hey down, down
He [Gm] thought some sport he would [D] make
There followed a fiend, he bid him [A] to stand And thus to him [D] he spake
_ Why what have thou, thou bold fellow With a hey down, down, hey down, down
That ranger's so boldly here In soot to be brief, thou look'st like a [G] thief
Thus come to steal our king's deer For I am the keeper and he is for risk
[D] With a hey down, down, hey down, [A] down The king put me in [D] trust
To look to his dear, that ranger in red [G] Therefore stay thee I must
_ [A] Then Robin Hood he unbuckled his belt With [D] a hey down, down, hey down, down
Laid [A] down his bow so [D] long
He took up a staff of another oak [G] graft That was both [D] stiff and strong
_ [Dm] Then knock for knock [D] they lost the lead out With a hey [A] down, down, hey down, down
Kept [G] for two hours and [D] more Till all the wood rang a chevery [E] bang
They plied their work so [Dm] sore
Hold thy hand, hold [C] thy hand, cried old [E] Robin Hood
With a hey [D] down, down, hey down, down Let our quarrel [Dm] fall
For here we may thrash our bones into mash [D] And get no [D] coin at all
[Dm] And in the [E] forest, Lord, nourish our [D] wood With a [Gm] hey down, down, hey down, down
Hereafter [D] thou shalt be free
God have mercy, for not [G] my freedom, my God I may thank my good staff [D] and not thee
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