{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":4654340,"song":"Sir Patrick Spens","artist":"Anaïs Mitchell","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11160987-sir-patrick-spens-tab-by-anais-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/4654340?type=tab","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe king sits in Dumferling town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDrinking the blood-red wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Where can I get a good captain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo sail this ship of mine?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen up and spoke a sailor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSitting at the king's right knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Sir Patrick Spens is the best Captain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat ever sailed to sea\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe king he wrote a broad letter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he sealed it with his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd sent it to Sir Patrick Spens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalking out on the strand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo Norway, to Norway, to Norway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo Norway or the foam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith all my lords and finery[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo bring my new bride home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe first line that Sir Patrick read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe gave a weary sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe next line that Sir Patrick read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA salt tear blinds his eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, who is it, oh, who is it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho told the king of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo set us out this time of year[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo sail across the sea?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut rest you well, my good men all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur ship must sail the morn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith four and twenty noble lords[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDressed up in silk so fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd four and twenty feather beds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo lay their heads upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAway, away, we'll all away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo bring the king's bride home\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"I fear, I fear, my captain dear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI fear we'll come to harm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLast night I saw the new moon clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe old moon in her arm.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, be it fair, or be it foul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr be it deadly storm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, blow the wind where'er it will[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur ship must sail the morn\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey hadn't sailed a day, a day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA day but only one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen loud and boisterous blew the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd made the good ship moan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey hadn't sailed a day, a day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA day but only three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen oh, the waves came o'er the side[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd rolled around their knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey hadn't sailed a league, a league[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA league but only five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the anchor broke and the sails were torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship began to rive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey hadn't sailed a league, a league[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA league but only nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen oh, the waves came o'er the side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDriving to their chins[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Who will climb the top mast high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile I take helm in hand?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will climb the top mast high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo see if there be dry land?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"No shore, no shore, my captain dear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI haven't seen dry land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I have seen a lady fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a comb and a glass in her hand\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Come down, come down, you sailor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI think you tarry long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe salt sea's in at my coat neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd out at my left arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome down, come down, you sailor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Tis here that we must die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur ship is torn at every side[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd now the sea comes in\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLoathe, loathe were those noble lords[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo wet their high-heeled shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut long before the day was o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTheir hats, they swam above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd many were the feathered beds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat fluttered on the foam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many were those noble lords[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho never did come home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's fifty miles shore to shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd fifty fathoms deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there lies good Sir Patrick Spens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe lords all at his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLong, long, may his lady look[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a lantern in her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore she sees Sir Patrick Spens[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome sailing home again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA G F\nA G A\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]","chords":["A","G","F"]}