{"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":2282055,"song":"There Was A Wealthy Merchant","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479049-there-was-a-wealthy-merchant-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2282055?type=chord","rating":0.12753,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was a wealthy merchant[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn London he did dwell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe had a beautiful daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe truth to you I'll tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the truth to you I'll tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe had sweethearts a-plenty[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd men of high degree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut none but Jack the sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHer true love ere could be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, her true love ere could be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJack he's gone a-sailing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith trouble on his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's left his king and his country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd his darling girl behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, his darling girl behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nShe went down to a tailor's shop[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd dressed in men's array[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's signed a bill of passage[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo convey herself away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOhh, convey herself away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nBefore you get on board, Sir[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour name we'd like to know[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe smiled all in her countenance[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey call me Jack-a-Roe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOhh, they call me Jack-a-Roe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"I see your waist is slender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYour fingers they are small[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYour cheeks too red and rosy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo face the cannonball\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"I know my waist is slender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd my fingers they are small[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut it would not make me tremble[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo see ten thousand fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo see them fall\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe war soon being over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe went and looked around[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAmong the dead and wounded[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHer darling boy she found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, her darling boy she found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe picked him up all in her arms[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd carried him to the town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe sent for a physician[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho quickly healed his wounds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, who quickly healed his wounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis couple they got married[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo well they did agree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis couple they got married[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo why not you and me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, why not you and me?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm Am F G\nGm F Bb F\nC Gm Dm C Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm Am F G\nGm F Bb F\nC Gm Bm A Bm A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Dm","Am","F","G","Gm","Bb","C","Bm","A","Gbm","D","E","Em"],"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]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}