{"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":1722081,"song":"Seven Hundred Elves","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365581-seven-hundred-elves-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1722081?type=chord","rating":0.17255,"votes":0,"content":"SEVEN HUNDRED ELVES\r\n\r\nCapo 1\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeven hundred elves from out the wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFoul and grim they were[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown to the farmer's house they went[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis meat and drink to share[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was a farmer in the west and there he chose his ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe thought to spend the winter there and brought his hawk and hound[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe brought with him both hound and cock alone he begged to stay [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd all the deer that roamed the wood had cause to rue the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe felled the oak, he felled the birch, the beech nor poplar spared   [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]               \r\nAnd much was grieved the sullen elves at what the stranger dared   [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 \r\nHe hewed him baulks and he hewed him beams with eager toil and haste[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen up and spake the woodland elves: ``Who's come our wood to waste?’'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeven hundred elves from out the wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFoul and grim they were[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown to the farmer's house they went[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis meat and drink to share[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUp and spake the biggest elf and grimly rolled his eyes:[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"We'll march upon the farmer's house and hold on him assize[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's knocking down both wood and bower, he shows us great distain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'll make him rue the day he was born and taste of shame and pain.’'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeven hundred elves from out the wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFoul and grim they were[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown to the farmer's house they went[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis meat and drink to share[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the elves from out the wood began to dance and spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd marched towards the farmer's house their lengthy tails to swing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe farmer from his window looked and quickly crossed his breast[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Oh woe is me,'' the farmer cried, \"The elves will be my guests.’'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn every nook he made a cross and all about the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd off flew many a frightened elf back to his forest gloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome flew to the east, some flew to the west, some flew to the north away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd some flew down the deep ravine and there forever stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeven hundred elves from out the wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFoul and grim they were[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown to the farmer's house they went[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis meat and drink to share[/tab]","plain_text":"SEVEN HUNDRED ELVES\n\nCapo 1\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","A","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}