Tam Lin Chords by Fairport Convention

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[Bm] _ _ I [D] forbid you [G] maidens all That wear [D] gold in your [Em] hair
To [D] travel to Carter [G] Hoar [Em] For [D] young Tamlin is [E] there
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[D] _ _ [G] None that [D] go by Carter [G] [Em] Hoar But [D] they leave him a [Em] pledge
[D] Either their mantles of [G] green [Em] Or else [D] their _ [E] maidenhead
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[G] _ _ And it [D] died, her [G] curtail [Em] green A bit [D] above her [Em] knee
And she's [D] gone to Carter [G] Hoar [Em] As fast [D] as gold can [E] [G] cheat
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[G] _ [F#] [Em] She not [D] pulled a double [G] rose A [D] rose but only [Em] two
And up [D] then came young [G] Tamlin [Em]
Says [D] lady pull no [Bm] more
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[G] Carter [Em] Hoar without [D] command from [Em] me I'll come and [D] go young [G] Janet said
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And I'll snow [D] leave or [E] flee _ _
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[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] it [D] died, her curtail [G] [Em] green A bit [D] above her [Em] knee
And she's [D] gone to her [G] father [Em] As fast [D] as gold can [E] cheat
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [Em] Well up then spoke [D] her father [G] dear [Em] And he [D] spoke meek and [Em] mild
Oh _ [D] Janet he [G] [Em] said I think you [D] go with [Em] child _ [A] _ [Bm] Well that be [D] _ so [G] Janet said
[Em] _ [D] Myself shall [F#m] bear the [Em] blame There's not a [D] knight in all [G] your hall
[C] Shall get [D] the baby's [E] [Bm] name
_ [A] _ _ [D] [Em] For if my [D] love were an earthly [G] knight As he is [D] an elf in [G] grey
I'd not [D] change my [G] own shall love For any [D] knight you [Em] _ _ have
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_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ And it died, _
[D] her curtail [G] [Em] green A bit [D] above her [Em] knee
And she's [D] gone to [G] Carter [Em] Hoar As fast [D] as gold can [E]
cheat
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] Oh [Em] tell to [D] me Tamlin [G] she said [Em] Why came you [D] here to dwell
[Em] The queen [D] of fairies caught [G] me [Em] When from [D] my horse I [E] fell
And [A] _ [Em] _ _ at the [D] end of [A] seven [Em] years She [D] paid the tithe to [B] hell
I [D] so fair [A] and full of [Em] flesh And feared it [Bm] be myself
_ _ [Am] But [Em] _ _ _
[D] tonight is Halloween [Em] _ And the [D] fairy folk [Em] ride
Those that [D] would their true [Em] love win At miles [D] cross they must [Em] hide
[Am] So _ [Em] _ first let [D] past the [G] horse's [Em] black And then [D] let past the [Em] brown
Quickly [D] run to the [G] white steed [Em] And [D] pull the rider [E] down
_ [A] For [E] _ I'll [Em] ride [D] on [G] the white steed The nearest [D] to the [Em] town
For I [D] was [G] an earthly knight They give [D] me that renown
_ [Em] _ [A] _ [Em] Oh they will [D] turn me in [G] your [Em] arms To a [D] mute or a [Em] snake
But hold [D] me tight and [G] fear not [Em] I am [D] your _ baby's [Em] father
_ _ _ _ And they will [D] turn me in [Em] your arms Into [D] a lion [Em] bold
But hold [D] me tight and [G] fear [Em] not And you [D] will love your [Em] [Bm] child
_ _ _ [Em] And they will [D] turn me in [G] your [Em] arms Into [D] a naked [Em] knight
Cloak [D] me in your [G] mantle [Em] And keep [D] me out of [E] sight
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_ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] [D] the middle [G] of the [Em] night She heard [D] the bridal ring
[Em] She [D] heeded what he [G] did say And [D] young Tamlin did [Em] win _
_ _ Then up [D] spoke the [G] fairy queen An [D] angry queen [Em] was she
Woe [D] betide her ill [G]-fought face And [D] death may she [Em] _ _
[A] die
[Bm] _ [Em] Oh and _ [D] _
Tamlin [G] she said What this [D] night I did [Em] see
I have [D] looked him in [G] the [Em] eyes And [D] turned him to a [E] tree
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