{"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":1811192,"song":"Willy O Winsbury","artist":"Pentangle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11399296-willy-o-winsbury-chords-by-pentangle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1811192?type=chord","rating":4.83114,"votes":41,"content":"[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe king has been a prisoner,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a prisoner long in Spain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd Willie of the Winsbury[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHas lain long with his daughter at home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat you look so pale and wan?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, have you had any sore sickness[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr yet been sleeping with a man?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"No, I have not had any sore sickness,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNor yet been sleeping with a man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it is for you, my father dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor biding so long in Spain.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd stand naked upon the stone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I may know you by your shape,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf you be a maiden or none.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she's cast off her berry-brown gown[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd stood naked upon the stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHer apron was low and her haunches were round,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHer skin was pale and wan.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, was it with a lord or a duke or a knight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr a man of birth and fame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr was it with one of my serving men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho's lately come out of Spain?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"No, it wasn't with a lord or a duke or a knight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNor a man of birth and fame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it was with Willie of Winsbury,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI could bide no longer alone.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the king has called on his merry men all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy thirty and by three,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSays, \"Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor hanged he shall be.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[- Instrumental verse -]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when he came the king before,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe was clad all in the red silk.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis hair was like the golden strands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis skin was as white as the milk.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd \"It is no wonder,\" said the king,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"That my daughter's love you did win.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor if I were a woman, as I am a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy bedfellow you would have been.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh will you marry my daughter Janet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy the truth of your right hand?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, will you marry my daughter Janet?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll make you the lord of my land.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh yes, I will marry your daughter Janet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy the truth of my right hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy yes, I will marry your daughter Janet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'll not be the lord of your land.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's mounted her on a milk-white steed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd himself on a dapple grey.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe has made her the lady of as much land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs she shall ride on a warm summer's day.[/tab]","plain_text":"[- Instrumental verse -]","chords":["F","C","G","Am","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}