{"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":2202713,"song":"Child Owlet","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467893-child-owlet-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202713?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLady Erskine sits into her bower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSewing a silken seam[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nA bonny shirt for Child Owlet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAs he goes out and in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHis face was fair, long was his hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShe's called him to come near[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“Oh, you must cuckold Lord Ronald[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nFor all his lands and gear”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“Oh, lady, hold your tongue, for shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor such should ne'er be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHow can I cuckold Lord Ronald[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd me his sister's son?”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThen she's ta'en out a small penknife[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat lay beside her head[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShe's pricked herself below her breast[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhich made her body bleed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLord Ronald's come into her bower[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere she did make her moan[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“Oh, what is all this blood”, he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“That shines on your breastbone?”[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“Young Child Owlet, your sister's son[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIs new gone from my bower[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHad I not been a good woman[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'd have been Child Owlet's whore”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThen he has taken Child Owlet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThrown him in prison strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd all his men, a council held[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nTo judge Child Owlet's wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSome said, Child Owlet, he should hang[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSome said that he should burn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSome said they would he, Child Owlet[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBetween wild horses torn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n“Ten horses in my stable stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nCan run right speedily[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt's you must to my stable go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd take out four for me”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThey tied a horse unto each foot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd one unto each hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThey've sent them out o'er Elkin Moor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAs fast as they could run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThere was no stone on Elkin Moor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNo broom nor bonny whin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut's dripping with Child Owlet's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd pieces of his skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThere was no grass on Elkin Moor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNo broom nor bonny rush[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut's dripping with Child Owlet's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd pieces of his flesh[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBb Gm   Bb Gm   Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Bb","Gm","D","F","A","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}