{"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":2712417,"song":"Clyde Water","artist":"Nic Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11527773-clyde-water-chords-by-nic-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2712417?type=chord","rating":4.76651,"votes":5,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWillie sits in his stable door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's combing his coal-black steed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDoubting on fair Margaret's love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his heart began to bleed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Give corn unto my horse, mother\r\n\r\nAnd meat to my man John\r\n\r\nAnd I'll away to fair Margaret's bower\r\n\r\nBefore the night comes on.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Stay at home with me, dear Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh stay at home with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the deepest part of the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen you shall drowned be.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh the good steed I ride upon[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCost me thrice thirty pounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll put trust in his swift feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo take me safe and sound.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's ridden o'er high, high hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's down yon dowie den[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould have feared five hundred men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"O roaring Clyde, you roar so loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour streams are wondrous strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMake me a wreck as I come back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd spare me as I'm going.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh and when he's got to Margaret's bower[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's turled low on the pin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaying \"Rise up, me good Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRise up and let me in.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh who is this at my bower door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalling May Margaret's name?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"It's only your first love, little William[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis night come to her home.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Open up your castle gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOpen and let me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor me boots they are full of the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm frozen to the skin.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh me barns are full of corn, Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe stable's full of hay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd me bower's full of gentlemen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'll not remove till day.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Fare you well to you, May Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's fare thee well and adieu[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor I have won my mother's own curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn coming this night to you.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo he's ridden o'er high, high hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd down yon dowie den[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie's cane from him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he's leaned him over his saddle-bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo catch his cane again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie's hat from him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's leaned him over his saddle-bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo catch his hat by force[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the rushing in the Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook Willie from his horse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very hour that young man sank[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInto the parts so deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen up and awoke this May Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut from her drowsy sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Come here come here, my mother dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you read my dreary dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh I dreamed my lover was at our gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody let him in.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh Lie down, lie down, you May Margaret[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLie down and take your rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd since your lover was at our gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's but two quarters passed.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen nimbly, nimbly rose she up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWent down to the river's brim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the louder that this lady cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe louder grew the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very first step that she went in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe waded to her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it's \"oh\" and \"alas,\" this lady says[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"The water's wondrous deep.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very next step that she went in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe's waded to her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSays she, \"I would wade farther in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I my true lover could see.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the very last step that she went in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe's waded to her chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the deepest part of Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe found sweet William in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh you have had a cruel mother, Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I have had another[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now we'll sleep in Clyde water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike sister and brother.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Give corn unto my horse, mother\n\nAnd meat to my man John\n\nAnd I'll away to fair Margaret's bower\n\nBefore the night comes on.\"\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","F","G7"],"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}