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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2971130,"song":"Clyde Waters Child 216","artist":"Anaïs Mitchell","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11120191-clyde-waters-child-216-tab-by-anais-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2971130?type=tab","rating":5,"votes":23,"content":"Clyde Waters (Child 216)\r\nAnaïs Mitchell, Jefferson Hamer\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWillie stands in his stable door[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's combing his coal black steed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he's thinking of fair Margaret's love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his heart began to bleed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Mother, fetch my hat and coat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHelp me tie them on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll away to fair Margaret's bower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore the night comes on\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Stay at home with me, dear Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight there comes a storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll lay the table handsomely[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour bed be soft and warm\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Your tables, mother, and your beds[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThey cannot bring me rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll away to fair Margaret's bower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore the night has passed\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"If you go to fair Margaret's bower[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy curse will go with thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the deepest part of the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDrowned you shall be\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"The good steed that I ride upon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCost me thrice thirty pounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll put my trust in his swift feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo take me safe and sound\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's rode over the high, high hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the dewy glen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould have feared five hundred men[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Roaring Clyde, you roar so loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYour streams are wondrous strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMake me a wreck as I come back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSpare me as I'm going\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when he came to fair Margaret's gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's called to her within[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Rise up, rise up, maid Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRise up and let me in!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Who's that stands at my garden gate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCalling maid Margaret's name?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"It's only your first love, sweet William[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis night come to your home -[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOpen your door, maid Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOpen and let me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy boots are full of the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm shivering to the skin\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"My stable is full of horses, Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMy barns are full of hay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd my bowers are full of gentlemen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'll not remove 'til day\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Fare thee well, maid Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFair thee well, adieu[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA curse my mother laid on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor coming this night to you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's rode over the high, high hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDown the dewy glen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie's hat from him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen he's leaned him over the saddlebow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo fetch his hat again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie's coat from him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he's leaned him over his saddlebow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo catch his coat by force[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie from his horse[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe very hour this young man sank[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDown in the water deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen up and rose maid Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut of her drowsy sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Come here, come here, my mother dear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI've dreamed a dreary dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI dreamed my lover was at our gate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody let him in\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Lie down, lie down, maid Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour lover's come and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sport you would have made with him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've played it for my own\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNimbly, nimbly, rose she up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDown to the river's brim[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the louder that this lady cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe louder blew the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe very first step that Margaret took[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe stepped up to her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Oh, and alas\", this lady sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Your water's wondrous deep\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very next step that she went in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe's waded to her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSays she, \"I would wade farther in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I my true lover could see\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very last step that she went in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe stepped up to her chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the deepest part of the Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe found sweet William in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"You have had a cruel mother, Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI have had another[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now we sleep in Clyde Water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike sister and like brother\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Clyde Waters (Child 216)\nAnaïs Mitchell, Jefferson Hamer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nC F C G7 C F C G7 C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G7 C","chords":["C","F","G7","A"]}