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[Intro]
E A G#m B C#m
[Verse 1]
A Elittle Aboy G#msat crying Bon the C#mfloor
His Edaddy Awon't G#mbe coming Bhome no C#mmore
He G#mcannot Breason Awhy
HiG#ms daddy Bhad to Adie
And the EMinstrel Aboy's G#mnot singBing aC#mnymore.
[Chorus]
So Emplay violin, Bmplay
GPlay 'til the night is Dover
GMusic will wash Daway all your Asus4sorroAw.Asus2  A  
[Instrumental]
D G F#m A B
[Verse 2]
At EsevenAteen he G#mthought he'd Bnever C#mcry
And Ethen his Aangel G#mhad to Bsay gooC#mdbye
But G#mliving Bmust go Aon
To G#mface anBother Adawn
And the EMinstrel Aboy's G#mnot singBing aC#mnymore.
[Chorus]
So Emplay violin, Bmplay
GPlay 'til the night is Dover
GMusic will wash Daway all your Asus4sorroAw.Asus2  A  
[Instrumental]
D G F#m A B
[Verse 3]
A Emoment Alater, G#mlife was Bjust a C#mdream
ReEmemberAing the G#mthings he'd Bdone and C#mseen
He G#mnow can Breason Awhy
He G#msoon will Bhave to Adie
And the EMinstrel Aboy's G#mnot singBing aC#mnymore.
And the EMinstrel Aboy's G#mnot singBing aC#nymore.
And the F#Minstrel Bboy's Bbmnot singC#ing aD#nymore.
And the G#Minstrel C#boy's Cmnot singD#ing aFnymore.

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Minstrel Boy

by The Guess Who

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

Asus4

Asus2

F#m

Bbm

[Intro]

E A G#m B C#m

[Verse 1]

E A G#m B C#m

A little boy sat crying on the floor

E A G#m B C#m

His daddy won't be coming home no more

G#m B A

He cannot reason why

G#m B A

His daddy had to die

E A G#m B C#m

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

[Chorus]

Em Bm

So play violin, play

G D

Play 'til the night is over

G D Asus4 A Asus2 A

Music will wash away all your sorrow.

[Instrumental]

D G F#m A B

[Verse 2]

E A G#m B C#m

At seventeen he thought he'd never cry

E A G#m B C#m

And then his angel had to say goodbye

G#m B A

But living must go on

G#m B A

To face another dawn

E A G#m B C#m

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

[Chorus]

Em Bm

So play violin, play

G D

Play 'til the night is over

G D Asus4 A Asus2 A

Music will wash away all your sorrow.

[Instrumental]

D G F#m A B

[Verse 3]

E A G#m B C#m

A moment later, life was just a dream

E A G#m B C#m

Remembering the things he'd done and seen

G#m B A

He now can reason why

G#m B A

He soon will have to die

E A G#m B C#m

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

E A G#m B C#

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

F# B Bbm C# D#

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

G# C# Cm D# F

And the Minstrel boy's not singing anymore.

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