{"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":1721738,"song":"Tam Lin","artist":"Fairport Convention","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365375-tam-lin-chords-by-fairport-convention/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1721738?type=chord","rating":4.91115,"votes":18,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI forbid you maidens, all that wear gold in your hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo travel to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Riff]\r\ne|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|—0-–2--0-----------------|\r\nD|----------2––0-----0-—2--|\r\nA|---------------—2--------|\r\nE|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNone that go by Carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEither their mantles of green or else their maidenhead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJanet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as gold can sheen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen up then came young Tam Lin, says “Lady, pull no more”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"And why come you to Carterhaugh without command from me?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"I'll come and go\", young Janet said, \"and ask no leave of thee”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJanet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she's gone to her father as fast as gold can sheen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, and alas, Janet,” he said, \"I think you go with child”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Well, if that be so,\" Janet said, \"myself shall bear the blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby's name”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor if my love were an earthly knight as he is an elfin grey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd not change my own true love for any knight you have”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJanet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as gold can sheen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, tell to me, Tam Lin,\" she said, \"why came you here to dwell?”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"The Queen of Faeries caught me  when from my horse I fell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut tonight is Hallowe'en and the faerie folk ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThose that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must hide[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFirst let past the horses black and then let past the brown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nQuickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor I'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut hold me tight and fear not, I am your baby’s father[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they will turn me in your arms  into a lion bold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of the  night she heard the bridle ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen up spoke the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Woe betide her ill fared face, an ill death may she die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, had I known, Tam Lin,\" she said, \"what this night I did see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff] x2","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\n\n\n\n\n[Riff] x2","chords":["Em","D","G","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}