{"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":2435933,"song":"I Once Loved A Lass","artist":"Karan Casey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11499581-i-once-loved-a-lass-chords-by-karan-casey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2435933?type=chord","rating":0.12502,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI once loved a lass and I loved her so well[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hated all others who spoke of her ill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut now she's done rewarded me well for my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe's gone to be wed to another[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI watched as my love did to the church go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a bride and bride-maidens she made a fine show[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I followed her on with a heart full of woe[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo see my love be wed to another[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo see my love be wed to another[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI watched as my love did sit down to dine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sat down beside her and I poured out the wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I drank to the wee lass that should have been mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut now she is wed to another[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Well, stop,\" says the groomsman, \"If you take my word[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould you venture your life on the point of a sword?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor courting too slowly you have lost this fair maiden[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBegone, you will never enjoy her[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBegone, you will never enjoy her\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the lads of the forest, they ask it of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"How many strawberries grow 'round the salt sea?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I answer them back with a tear in my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"How many ships sail in the forest?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGo dig me a grave all large, wide and deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd cover it over with wild flowers sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd lay me down gently for to take my long sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the best way to forget her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we dug him a grave all large, wide and deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd covered it over with wild flowers sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we laid him down gently for to take his long sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe by now he's forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe by now he's forgotten[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  D     Em    G  D     Em\nD\nG  D     Em  C  G  D     Em\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}