{"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":86686,"song":"One Morning In May","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/86686-one-morning-in-may-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86686?type=chord","rating":4.99627,"votes":49,"content":"One Morning In May\r\n(Public Domain, arr. James Taylor )\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne morning, one morning, one morning in May[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI spied a young couple, they were making their way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne was a maiden, so bright and so fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning,\" said he[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"And where are you going, My pretty lady?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"I'm going out a-walking on the banks of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust to see the waters gliding, hear the Nightingale sing.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow they had not been standing but a minute or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the tune that he played made the valleys all ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"O hark,\" cried the maiden, \"hear the Nightingale sing.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"O maiden, fair maiden, it's time to give o'er.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"O no, kind soldier, please play one tune more[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor I'd rather hear your fiddle at the touch of one string[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThan to see the waters gliding, hear the Nightingale sing.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"O soldier, kind soldier, will you marry me?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"O no, pretty maiden, that never shall be;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've a wife now in London and children twice three[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTwo wives and the army's too many for me.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Well, I'll go back to London and I'll stay there for a year[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's often that I'll think of you, my little dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if ever I return, it will be in the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust to see the waters gliding, hear the Nightingale sing.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto see the waters gliding, hear the Nightingale sing.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"One Morning In May\n(Public Domain, arr. James Taylor )\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA  D  E  A","chords":["A","G","D","E","F#m","Bm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}