Alison Gross Chords by Steeleye Span

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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] Alison [C] grows, but [E] lives in yonder, [Am] The [G] ugliest witch in [D] the [E] Northern [G] tree,
Has twisted me [Am] one day [E] after her power, [Am] And many a [E] fair speech she made to [A] me.
She [G] stroked my head and she's [E] combed my hair, She [Am] set [G] me down softly [D] on [E] her knee,
[G] Saying if you will be [Am] my [E] lover so true, [Am] So [E] many good things I would give [A] to you.
_ [G] Away, oh, daddy, [C] you [Em] ugly witch, [A] Go [G] far away [C] and [D] let [C] me be,
I never [G] will be [A] your lover [E] so true, [Am] And I wish I were [D] out of [A] your company.
_ _ Alison grows, [G] she must be, [A] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the North [D] Country.
[A] _ Alison _ grows, [G] she must be, [Am] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the North [D] Country.
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_ _ [Am] She showed [G] me a man full of red [E] scarlet, With [G] golden flowers and [D] [E] fringes [C] fine,
Says if [G] you will be [Am] my lover [E] so true, [Am] This [E] goodly gift it shall [A] be thine.
She showed [G] me a shirt of their [C] [E] softer silk, [A] Well [G] laughed with [C] pearls [D] about [G] their band,
Said if you will be [A] my [E] lover so true, [Am] This [B] goodly [D] gift [G] you [A] shall command.
_ _ Alison grows, [G] she must [Am] be, The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the [D] North Country.
[A] _ Alison grows, [G] she must be, [Am] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the North [D] Country.
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[E] _ _ She [A] showed [G] me a cup [C] of their good [E] red gold, [Am] Well [G] set with jewels [D] of [E] fantasy,
[C] Says [G] if you will [Am] be my [E] lover so true, [Am] This goodly [Em] gift I would give [A] to thee.
_ Away, [G] oh, daddy, [C] you [E] ugly witch, [A] Go [G] far [C] away and [D] let [Em] me be,
[C] I never [G] would kiss [A] your [E] ugly mouth, [Am] For all [E] of their [G] gifts that [A] you could [C] give.
[G] _ [A] Alison grows, [G] she must be, [A] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the North [D] Country.
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[G] She must be, [Am] the [E] ugliest witch [G] in the North [D] _ Country.
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She _ [Am] stood [G] and looked, _ [C] _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] and cried, [G] she blew on her [D] grass [E] green horn.
[C] She [G] swore by the moon [Am] and the stars [E] up above, That [Am] she'd make [B] me [Em] rude the [A] day I was born.
Then out [G] she has taken [C] her silver [E] wand, [A] She's [G] turned her three [C] times, [D] one [Em] and one.
[C] She's lost [Em] at such [A] words, till my [E] strength it did fail,
And [Am] she's turned [D] me into an [A] ugly [G] one.
[A] _ Alison grows, [G] she must be, [Am] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the [C] North [D] Country.
[A] _ Alison grows, [G] she must be, [Am] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the [C] North [D] Country.
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[A] _ _ _ _ Alison [G] grows, she must be, [A] The [E] ugliest witch [G] in the [C] North [D] Country.
[A] _ Alison grows, [G] she must [A] be.
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