Dark Eyed Sailor Chords by Steeleye Span
Tempo:
103.2 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
A#m
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[A#m]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
As I [F#] roped out [C#] one evening fair, it beamed the summertime to [F#] take [C#] the air.
I spied a sailor and a lady gay, and I [A#m] stood [C#] to listen, and I [F#] stood to [C#] listen to [G#] hear what they [C#] were saying.
He said, fair [F#] [C#] lady, why do you roam?
For the day is spent and the [F#] [C#] night is all.
She heaved a sigh while we [G#] [C#] chiseled on.
For my [A#m] dark-eyed [C#] sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor, so young [G#] and stout and [C#] [F#] bold.
[C#]
It's seven long [F#] years since [C#] you left [A#m] this land.
[C#] A ring he took from off [F#] his lily [C#]-white hand.
One half of [A#m] the lady is [G#] still [C#] here with me.
But the [A#m] others [C#] roam, but the [F#] others [C#] roam at the [G#] bottom [C#] of the sea.
He said, [F#] you may drive [C#] him out of your [A#m] mind.
Some [C#] other young man you [F#] will [C#] surely find.
Love turns [A#m] the sun and [G#] sings over [C#] the snow.
Like [A#m] a winter's [C#] morning, like a winter's morning, the hills [G#] go [C#] white with snow.
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[A#m]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Said, [G#] [C#]
[F#] I'll [C#] never forsake my dear, [F#] although [C#]
we're parted this [F#] [C#] many a year.
Then [A#m] feel he was [G#] and a [F#] rake [C#] like you to induce a maiden, to induce [F#] a [C#] maiden to slide the [G#] jacket [C#] blue.
[F#]
[C#] One half of [F#] the ring did [C#] young William [A#m] show.
She [C#] ran distracted in [F#] grief [C#] and woe.
Saying, [A#m] William, William, I [G#] have fallen [C#] in snow.
For [A#m] my dark [C#]-eyed sailor, for my [F#] dark-eyed [C#] sailor has proved [G#] his [C#] own.
November is [F#] a [C#] godly triumph [A#m]
day.
[F#] This love [C#] was married [F#] and [C#] does agree.
Snow [A#m] makes me loyal when [C#] you're out at sea.
What [A#m] a cloudy [C#] morning, what a cloudy morning brings [G#] in a [C#] godly day.
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[A#m]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
As I [F#] roped out [C#] one evening fair, it beamed the summertime to [F#] take [C#] the air.
I spied a sailor and a lady gay, and I [A#m] stood [C#] to listen, and I [F#] stood to [C#] listen to [G#] hear what they [C#] were saying.
He said, fair [F#] [C#] lady, why do you roam?
For the day is spent and the [F#] [C#] night is all.
She heaved a sigh while we [G#] [C#] chiseled on.
For my [A#m] dark-eyed [C#] sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor, so young [G#] and stout and [C#] [F#] bold.
[C#]
It's seven long [F#] years since [C#] you left [A#m] this land.
[C#] A ring he took from off [F#] his lily [C#]-white hand.
One half of [A#m] the lady is [G#] still [C#] here with me.
But the [A#m] others [C#] roam, but the [F#] others [C#] roam at the [G#] bottom [C#] of the sea.
He said, [F#] you may drive [C#] him out of your [A#m] mind.
Some [C#] other young man you [F#] will [C#] surely find.
Love turns [A#m] the sun and [G#] sings over [C#] the snow.
Like [A#m] a winter's [C#] morning, like a winter's morning, the hills [G#] go [C#] white with snow.
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[A#m]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Said, [G#] [C#]
[F#] I'll [C#] never forsake my dear, [F#] although [C#]
we're parted this [F#] [C#] many a year.
Then [A#m] feel he was [G#] and a [F#] rake [C#] like you to induce a maiden, to induce [F#] a [C#] maiden to slide the [G#] jacket [C#] blue.
[F#]
[C#] One half of [F#] the ring did [C#] young William [A#m] show.
She [C#] ran distracted in [F#] grief [C#] and woe.
Saying, [A#m] William, William, I [G#] have fallen [C#] in snow.
For [A#m] my dark [C#]-eyed sailor, for my [F#] dark-eyed [C#] sailor has proved [G#] his [C#] own.
November is [F#] a [C#] godly triumph [A#m]
day.
[F#] This love [C#] was married [F#] and [C#] does agree.
Snow [A#m] makes me loyal when [C#] you're out at sea.
What [A#m] a cloudy [C#] morning, what a cloudy morning brings [G#] in a [C#] godly day.
Key:
C#
F#
A#m
G#
C#
F#
A#m
G#
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ As I [F#] roped out [C#] one evening fair, _ _ it beamed the summertime to [F#] take [C#] the air.
_ _ _ I _ spied a sailor and a lady gay, _ _ _ _ and I [A#m] stood [C#] to listen, and I [F#] stood to [C#] listen to [G#] hear what they [C#] were saying.
_ He _ said, fair [F#] [C#] lady, why do you roam?
_ For the day is spent and the [F#] [C#] night is _ _ all.
She heaved a sigh while we [G#] [C#] chiseled _ _ on. _ _
For my [A#m] dark-eyed [C#] sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor, so young [G#] and stout and [C#] _ _ [F#] bold.
[C#] _
It's seven long [F#] years since [C#] you left [A#m] this _ land.
_ [C#] A ring he took from off [F#] his lily [C#]-white _ hand.
_ One half of [A#m] the lady is [G#] still [C#] here with me. _ _ _
But the [A#m] others [C#] roam, _ but the [F#] others [C#] roam at the [G#] bottom [C#] of the sea. _ _
He said, [F#] you may drive [C#] him out of your [A#m] _ mind.
_ Some [C#] other young man you [F#] will [C#] surely _ _ find.
Love turns [A#m] the sun and [G#] sings over [C#] the _ _ snow.
_ Like [A#m] a winter's [C#] morning, _ like a winter's morning, the hills [G#] go [C#] white with snow. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ Said, [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] I'll [C#] never forsake my dear, _ _ _ [F#] although [C#]
we're parted this [F#] [C#] many a year.
_ Then [A#m] feel he was [G#] and a [F#] rake [C#] like _ you _ _ to induce a maiden, _ _ to induce [F#] a [C#] maiden to slide the [G#] jacket [C#] blue.
[F#] _
[C#] One _ half of [F#] the ring did [C#] young William [A#m] show.
_ _ She [C#] ran distracted _ in [F#] grief [C#] and _ _ _ woe.
Saying, [A#m] William, William, I [G#] have fallen [C#] in _ snow. _
_ For [A#m] my dark [C#]-eyed sailor, for my [F#] dark-eyed [C#] sailor has proved [G#] his [C#] own. _ _ _ _
November is [F#] a [C#] godly triumph _ [A#m]
day.
_ _ _ [F#] This love [C#] was married [F#] and [C#] does agree. _
_ Snow [A#m] makes me loyal when [C#] you're out at _ sea. _ _
What [A#m] a cloudy [C#] morning, _ what a cloudy _ morning brings [G#] in a [C#] godly day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ As I [F#] roped out [C#] one evening fair, _ _ it beamed the summertime to [F#] take [C#] the air.
_ _ _ I _ spied a sailor and a lady gay, _ _ _ _ and I [A#m] stood [C#] to listen, and I [F#] stood to [C#] listen to [G#] hear what they [C#] were saying.
_ He _ said, fair [F#] [C#] lady, why do you roam?
_ For the day is spent and the [F#] [C#] night is _ _ all.
She heaved a sigh while we [G#] [C#] chiseled _ _ on. _ _
For my [A#m] dark-eyed [C#] sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor, so young [G#] and stout and [C#] _ _ [F#] bold.
[C#] _
It's seven long [F#] years since [C#] you left [A#m] this _ land.
_ [C#] A ring he took from off [F#] his lily [C#]-white _ hand.
_ One half of [A#m] the lady is [G#] still [C#] here with me. _ _ _
But the [A#m] others [C#] roam, _ but the [F#] others [C#] roam at the [G#] bottom [C#] of the sea. _ _
He said, [F#] you may drive [C#] him out of your [A#m] _ mind.
_ Some [C#] other young man you [F#] will [C#] surely _ _ find.
Love turns [A#m] the sun and [G#] sings over [C#] the _ _ snow.
_ Like [A#m] a winter's [C#] morning, _ like a winter's morning, the hills [G#] go [C#] white with snow. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ Said, [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] I'll [C#] never forsake my dear, _ _ _ [F#] although [C#]
we're parted this [F#] [C#] many a year.
_ Then [A#m] feel he was [G#] and a [F#] rake [C#] like _ you _ _ to induce a maiden, _ _ to induce [F#] a [C#] maiden to slide the [G#] jacket [C#] blue.
[F#] _
[C#] One _ half of [F#] the ring did [C#] young William [A#m] show.
_ _ She [C#] ran distracted _ in [F#] grief [C#] and _ _ _ woe.
Saying, [A#m] William, William, I [G#] have fallen [C#] in _ snow. _
_ For [A#m] my dark [C#]-eyed sailor, for my [F#] dark-eyed [C#] sailor has proved [G#] his [C#] own. _ _ _ _
November is [F#] a [C#] godly triumph _ [A#m]
day.
_ _ _ [F#] This love [C#] was married [F#] and [C#] does agree. _
_ Snow [A#m] makes me loyal when [C#] you're out at _ sea. _ _
What [A#m] a cloudy [C#] morning, _ what a cloudy _ morning brings [G#] in a [C#] godly day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _