{"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":2202701,"song":"Sir James The Rose","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467889-sir-james-the-rose-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202701?type=chord","rating":4.69003,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, have you heard Sir James the Rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe young heir of Loch Laggan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor he has killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his friends are out to take him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's gone to the House of Marr[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Nurse there did befriend him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he has gone upon his knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd begged for her to hide him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where're you going, Sir James?\" she said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where now are you riding?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, I am bound for a foreign land[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm under hiding\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere shall I go for to hide me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I have killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're seeking for to slay me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he turned him right and round about[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd rolled him in the bracken[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he has gone to take a sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the lowlands of Loch Laggan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had not well gone out of sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNor was he past Milstrethen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen four-and-twenty belted knights[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCame riding o'er the leathen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Have you seen Sir James the Rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe young heir of Loch Laggan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor he has killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we're sent out to take him\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere shall I go for to hide me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I have killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're seeking for to slay me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You'll see the bank above the mill[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the lowlands of Loch Laggan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there you'll find Sir James the Rose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSleeping in the bracken\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You must not wake him out of sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNor yet must you afright him[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust run a dart right through his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd through the body pierce him\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey sought the bank above the mill[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the lowlands of Loch Laggan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there they found Sir James the Rose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSleeping in the bracken[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere shall I go for to hide me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I have killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're seeking for to slay me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen up and spake Sir John the Graeme[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho had the charge a-keeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"It'll never be said, dear gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe killed him while he's sleeping\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey seized his broadsword and his targe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd closely him surrounded[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when he woke out of his sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis senses were confounded[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they have taken out his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd stuck it on a spear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey took it to the House of Marr[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd gave it to his dear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where shall I go? Where shall I run?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere shall I go for to hide me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I have killed a gallant squire[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're seeking for to slay me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG\nD    C G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG\nD    C G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   G\nEm   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG\nD    C G","chords":["G","D","Am","Em","C","G/B"],"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}