{"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":2202723,"song":"Mantle Of Green","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467895-mantle-of-green-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202723?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAs I was a-walking one morning in June[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo view the gay fields and the meadows in bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI spied a young female, she appeared like some queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith her costly fine robes round her mantle of green[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe said, “Lovely fair maid, if you will agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThen we'll join in wedlock and married we'll be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll dress you in riches, you'll appear like some queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith your costly fine robes round your mantle of green”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nShe quickly made answer, “May you be excused[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor I'll wed with no man, you must be refused[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo the greenwoods I'll wander and shun all men too[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the lad that I love fell at famed Waterloo”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\n“If you will not marry, tell me your love's name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor I've been a soldier, and might know the same”[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n“Draw near to my garment and soon you will see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis name I've embroidered on my mantle of green”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nEnrising of her mantle, it's there I behold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHis name and his surname in letters of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYoung William O'Reilly it appeared to my view[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI cried, “He was my comrade at famed Waterloo”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow when that she heard it, the paler she grew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nShe fell in his arms with her heart full of woe[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n“Your heart I have wounded, the truth I declare[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHere is your love's token, the gold ring I do wear”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\n“In your father's garden, beneath a green tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe pledged our true love and long we'd agree”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThis couple got married, I've heard people say[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe wore a mantle of green on their wedding day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE  A  B  F#  E  A  B\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE  A  B  F#  E  A  B\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE   A  B  A  E  F#m\nB  A  B  E  A  E  B  E\nE  A  B  F#  E  A  B\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE  A  B  F#  E  A  B","chords":["E","A","B","F#","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}