{"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":1967757,"song":"William Taylor","artist":"The Rails","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440054-william-taylor-chords-by-the-rails/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1967757?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"William Taylor\r\nCapo 3\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ll sing you a song about two lovers, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho from Lichfield Town they came,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe young man’s name was William Taylor;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        \r\nthe lady’s name was Sarah Gray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWilliam Taylor had enlisted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor a soldier he has gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe has gone and left his own true lover,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]              \r\nfor to sigh and for to mourn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSarah’s parents did despise her -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfilled her heart with grief and woe,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe vowed and said, “I’ll find my lover, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]          \r\nfor a soldier I will go.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe dressed herself in man’s apparel;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nman's apparel she put on,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen for to seek her own true lover,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nfor to seek him she has gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sergeant major stepped up to her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nasking her what brought her there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n“I’ve come in search of my true lover,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nwho has proved to me severe.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“If his name be William Taylor, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWilliam Taylor is not here,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe’s lately married a rich young lady,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nworth ten thousand pounds a year.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“If you rise early in the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\njust before the break of day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt’s there you’ll find your William Taylor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwalking out with his lady fair.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] \r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen she rose early in the morning, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\njust before the break of day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there she spied her William Taylor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwalking out with his lady fair.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then she called for a sword and a pistol,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhich was brought at her command,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe fired and shot bold William Taylor [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith his bride at his right hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then the captain stepped up to her horse,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwell pleased at what she’d done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe took her and made her commander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nover the ships and o’er his men.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ll sing you a song about two lovers, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho from Lichfield Town they came,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe young man’s name was William Taylor;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe lady's name was Sarah Gray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"William Taylor\nCapo 3\n\n[Intro]\nAm C G\nAm C D\nC G Am\nG C Am\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  G  D   \nEm  G  A \nG  D  Em \nD  G  Em\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm C G\nAm C D\nC G Am\nG C Am","chords":["Am","C","G","D","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}