{"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":2558850,"song":"The Fair Maid","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11514737-the-fair-maid-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2558850?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a fair maid about seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI listed in the Navy for to serve the Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI listed in the Navy a sailor lad to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor to hear the cannons rattle and the music so grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe music so grand, the music so grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor to hear the cannons rattle and the music so grand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe officer that listed me was a tall and handsome man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said ‘You'll make a sailor so come along my man’[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy waist been tall and slender my fingers long and thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the very soon they learned me I soon exceeded them[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI soon exceeded them, I soon exceeded them[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the very soon they learned me I soon exceeded them[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey sent me to my bed they sent me to my bunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lie with a sailor I never was afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut taking off me bluecoat shirt often made me smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor to think I was a sailor and a maiden all the while[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA maiden all the while, a maiden all the while[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor to think I was a maiden and a sailor all the while[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey sent me up to London for to guard the tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought I might be there till my very dying hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut a lady fell in love with me I told her I was a maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe went up to the captain and my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy secret she betrayed, my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe went up to the captain and my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe captain he came up to me and asked if this was so[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dare not I dare not I dare not say no[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a pity we should lose you such a sailor lad you made[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a pity we should lose you such a handsome young maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuch a handsome young maid such a handsome young maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a pity we should lose you such a handsome young maid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo fare thee well my captain you've been so kind to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd likewise my shipmates I'm sorry to part with thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut if ever the Navy needs a lad a sailor I'll remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll put on me cap and feathers and I'll run the rigging again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll run the rigging again, I'll run the rigging again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll put on me cap and feathers and I'll run the rigging again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}