{"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":1452075,"song":"The Mummers Dance","artist":"Loreena McKennitt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11258628-the-mummers-dance-chords-by-loreena-mckennitt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1452075?type=chord","rating":4.57872,"votes":47,"content":"Pick Am bass and alt for a couple bars(Intro) \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen in the springtime of the year[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the trees are crowned with leaves[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the ash and oak, and the birch and yew[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre dressed in ribbons fair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen owls call the breathless moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the blue veil of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe shadows of the trees appear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAmidst the lantern light[/tab]\r\n\r\n(CHORUS) \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe've been rambling all the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some time of this day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow returning back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe bring a garland gay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho will go down to those shady groves[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd summon the shadows there[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n In the springtime of the year[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe songs of birds seem to fill the wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat when the fiddler plays[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll their voices can be heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong past their woodland days[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat CHORUS)\r\n\r\nVerse 3 \r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so they linked their hands and danced[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRound in circles and in rows[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so the journey of the night descends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen all the shades are gone[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"A garland gay we bring you here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd at your door we stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It is a sprout well budded out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe work of Our Lord's hand\" [/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat CHORUS x2   Am, G, Em, Am to fade","plain_text":"Pick Am bass and alt for a couple bars(Intro) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(CHORUS) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat CHORUS)\n\nVerse 3 \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat CHORUS x2   Am, G, Em, Am to fade","chords":["Am","G","Em","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}