Chords for The White Cockade
Tempo:
54 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Cm]
One day as I was walking, all I on [Em] fields of [Cm] moss, I had no [C] thoughts of enlisted until
some soldiers did me [G] cross.
They [C] kindly did invite me to [F] a flowing ball [C] and down they advanced.
They [F] advanced [G]
me [C] some money, a shilling from the [G] crown.
[C] My true love is enlisted and he wears a white cockade.
He is a handsome young man, likewise a [G] roving blade.
[C] He is a handsome young man, [F] he's gone to [G] serve the king.
Oh my [C] very, oh my [Dm] very heart [C] is aching, [F] all for the love of [C] him.
My true love is handsome and [A] comely for to [C] see.
Oh my sad [G] misfortune, a soldier now is he.
I wish the man that enlisted him might prosper night nor day.
[C] And I wish that, [F] and I wish [G] that the whole [C] landers might sink [G] him in the sea.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] And he took out his handkerchief to [G] wipe my [C] flowing eye.
Leave off your lamentations, [F] likewise your [G] mournful sighs.
Leave off your [C] grief and sorrow until [F] I, my [G] joy on plane, [C] will be married.
[F] Will be married [G]
in the [C] springtime when I return again.
My true love he's handsome [G] and it's all [D] for him I'll [C] rove.
I'll write his name on every tree that [F] grows in your [C] grove.
My poor heart it does hollow [F] how my poor heart [G] it does cry.
To [C] remind me, to [D] remind me of my [C] palau boy until the day I die.
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [N]
One day as I was walking, all I on [Em] fields of [Cm] moss, I had no [C] thoughts of enlisted until
some soldiers did me [G] cross.
They [C] kindly did invite me to [F] a flowing ball [C] and down they advanced.
They [F] advanced [G]
me [C] some money, a shilling from the [G] crown.
[C] My true love is enlisted and he wears a white cockade.
He is a handsome young man, likewise a [G] roving blade.
[C] He is a handsome young man, [F] he's gone to [G] serve the king.
Oh my [C] very, oh my [Dm] very heart [C] is aching, [F] all for the love of [C] him.
My true love is handsome and [A] comely for to [C] see.
Oh my sad [G] misfortune, a soldier now is he.
I wish the man that enlisted him might prosper night nor day.
[C] And I wish that, [F] and I wish [G] that the whole [C] landers might sink [G] him in the sea.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] And he took out his handkerchief to [G] wipe my [C] flowing eye.
Leave off your lamentations, [F] likewise your [G] mournful sighs.
Leave off your [C] grief and sorrow until [F] I, my [G] joy on plane, [C] will be married.
[F] Will be married [G]
in the [C] springtime when I return again.
My true love he's handsome [G] and it's all [D] for him I'll [C] rove.
I'll write his name on every tree that [F] grows in your [C] grove.
My poor heart it does hollow [F] how my poor heart [G] it does cry.
To [C] remind me, to [D] remind me of my [C] palau boy until the day I die.
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [N]
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
D
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
One day as I was walking, all I on [Em] fields of [Cm] moss, I had no [C] thoughts of enlisted until
some soldiers did me [G] cross.
They [C] kindly did invite me to [F] a flowing ball [C] and down they advanced.
_ They [F] advanced _ [G]
me [C] some money, a shilling from the [G] crown. _
_ _ _ _ [C] My true love is enlisted and he wears a white cockade.
He is a handsome young man, likewise a [G] roving blade.
[C] He is a handsome young man, [F] he's gone to [G] serve the king.
Oh my [C] very, _ oh my [Dm] very heart [C] is aching, [F] all for the love of [C] him.
_ My true love is handsome and [A] comely for to [C] see.
Oh my sad [G] misfortune, a soldier now is he.
I wish the man that enlisted him might prosper night nor day.
[C] And I wish that, [F] and I wish [G] that the whole [C] landers might sink [G] him in the sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[C] And he took out his handkerchief to [G] wipe my [C] flowing eye.
Leave off your lamentations, [F] likewise your [G] mournful sighs.
Leave off your [C] grief and sorrow until [F] I, my [G] joy on plane, [C] will be married.
_ [F] Will be married [G]
in the [C] springtime when I return again. _
My true love he's handsome [G] and it's all [D] for him I'll [C] rove.
I'll write his name on every tree that [F] grows in your [C] grove.
My poor heart it does hollow [F] how my poor heart [G] it does cry.
To [C] remind me, to [D] remind me of my [C] palau boy until the day I die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _
One day as I was walking, all I on [Em] fields of [Cm] moss, I had no [C] thoughts of enlisted until
some soldiers did me [G] cross.
They [C] kindly did invite me to [F] a flowing ball [C] and down they advanced.
_ They [F] advanced _ [G]
me [C] some money, a shilling from the [G] crown. _
_ _ _ _ [C] My true love is enlisted and he wears a white cockade.
He is a handsome young man, likewise a [G] roving blade.
[C] He is a handsome young man, [F] he's gone to [G] serve the king.
Oh my [C] very, _ oh my [Dm] very heart [C] is aching, [F] all for the love of [C] him.
_ My true love is handsome and [A] comely for to [C] see.
Oh my sad [G] misfortune, a soldier now is he.
I wish the man that enlisted him might prosper night nor day.
[C] And I wish that, [F] and I wish [G] that the whole [C] landers might sink [G] him in the sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[C] And he took out his handkerchief to [G] wipe my [C] flowing eye.
Leave off your lamentations, [F] likewise your [G] mournful sighs.
Leave off your [C] grief and sorrow until [F] I, my [G] joy on plane, [C] will be married.
_ [F] Will be married [G]
in the [C] springtime when I return again. _
My true love he's handsome [G] and it's all [D] for him I'll [C] rove.
I'll write his name on every tree that [F] grows in your [C] grove.
My poor heart it does hollow [F] how my poor heart [G] it does cry.
To [C] remind me, to [D] remind me of my [C] palau boy until the day I die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _