{"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":1098792,"song":"Shepherd Lad","artist":"Battlefield Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11244048-shepherd-lad-chords-by-battlefield-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1098792?type=chord","rating":4.98417,"votes":16,"content":"'Tis a fairly easy song with a simple chord progression so I'll omit it for most of the verses.\r\nListen to the song and you'll get the rythm (obviously)\r\n\r\nCapo on 3rd Fret\r\n\r\nIntro\r\n[ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce there was a shepherd lad kept sheep upon the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn he's laid his pipe and his crook aside and there he's slept his fill. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe woke up on a riverbank on a fine May mornin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there he spied a lady swimming in the clothes that she was born in.[/tab]\r\n\r\n         \r\nSo he raised his head from his green bed and he approached the maid.\r\n\"Put on yer claithes, my dear,\" he says, \"and do not be afraid.\r\nIt's fitter for a lady fair to sew a silken seam\r\nThan to rise on a fine May morning and swim against the stream.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Well, if you'll not touch my mantle and you'll leave my claithes alane,\r\nThen I'll give you all the money, sir, that you can carry hame.\"\r\n\"I'll not touch your mantle and I'll leave yer claithes alane,\r\nBut I'll tak you out of the clear water, my dear, to be my ane.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nAn' he's taen her oot o the clear water and he's rowed her in his arms.\r\n\"Put on yer claithes, my dear,\" he says, \"and hide your bounteous charms.\"\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's put her on a milk white steed himself upon another,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nAnd it's all along the way they rode like sister and like brother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental\r\n[ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nShe rode intae her faither's gate and she's tirled at the pin,\r\nAnd ready stood a porter there to let the fair maid in.\r\nWhen the gates were opened, it's so nimbly she stepped in.\r\nShe said, \"Kind sir, you are a fool without and I'm a maid within.\r\n\r\n\r\n\"So fare thee weel, my modest boy. I thank you for your care,\r\nBut had you done as you desired, I'd never have left you there.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nI will sew no silken seam on a fine May morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can bide your time till your time runs out, so take this as fair [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nwarning.\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nI will sew no silken seam on a fine May morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can bide your time till your time runs out, so take this as fair [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nwarning.\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOutro\r\n[ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nBrought to you by ChuffersDanube","plain_text":"'Tis a fairly easy song with a simple chord progression so I'll omit it for most of the verses.\nListen to the song and you'll get the rythm (obviously)\n\nCapo on 3rd Fret\n\nIntro\nC,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,C  C,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,F\n\nVerse\n\n\n\n\n\n         \nSo he raised his head from his green bed and he approached the maid.\n\"Put on yer claithes, my dear,\" he says, \"and do not be afraid.\nIt's fitter for a lady fair to sew a silken seam\nThan to rise on a fine May morning and swim against the stream.\"\n\n\n\"Well, if you'll not touch my mantle and you'll leave my claithes alane,\nThen I'll give you all the money, sir, that you can carry hame.\"\n\"I'll not touch your mantle and I'll leave yer claithes alane,\nBut I'll tak you out of the clear water, my dear, to be my ane.\"\n\n\nAn' he's taen her oot o the clear water and he's rowed her in his arms.\n\"Put on yer claithes, my dear,\" he says, \"and hide your bounteous charms.\"\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental\nC,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,C  C,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,F\n\n\nShe rode intae her faither's gate and she's tirled at the pin,\nAnd ready stood a porter there to let the fair maid in.\nWhen the gates were opened, it's so nimbly she stepped in.\nShe said, \"Kind sir, you are a fool without and I'm a maid within.\n\n\n\"So fare thee weel, my modest boy. I thank you for your care,\nBut had you done as you desired, I'd never have left you there.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro\nC,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,C  C,F,C,G  C,F,C,G,C\n\n\nBrought to you by ChuffersDanube","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}