{"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":2202831,"song":"Long-A-Growing","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467924-long-a-growing-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202831?type=chord","rating":0.03609,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs I was walking by yonder church wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw four-and-twenty young men a-playing at the ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI asked for my own true love, but they wouldn't let him come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]  N.C.            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor they said the boy was young but a-growing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFather, dear father, you've done to me much wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've tied me to a boy, when you know he is too young[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he will make a Lord for you to wait upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]  N.C.               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a lady you will be while he's growing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe'll send him to college for one year or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe in time, the boy will do for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll buy you white ribbons to tie around his waist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]     N.C.           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor to let the ladies know that he's married[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe day is passed and gone, my love, that you and I have seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's on a cold winter's night, that I must lie alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  N.C.           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the bonny boy is young but a-growing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt the age of sixteen, he was a married man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at the age of seventeen, the father to a son[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at the age of eighteen, his grave it did grow green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]  N.C.          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCruel death had put an end to his growing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF   C   G C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF   C   G C\nF   C   G F G\nF   C   G C\nF   C   G F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF   C   G C\nF   C   G F G\nF   C   G C\nF   C   G C   G C","chords":["F","C","G","Am","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}