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Sweet Bride

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Sweet Bride
Kate Rusby
Verse:
A lCady was Fmaj7walking on a Ammidsummer's Fday
The bCirds they were wFmaj7histling so Ammerrily and Ggay
When aClong came a Fmaj7white steed in the Amfinest arGray
And it Amcarried a Fyoung man these Gwords he did sCay
Chorus:
Come Fmaj7live by the Cgreat moon
That Amrules the strong tGide
Climb Fmaj7up on my Chorse, love
And Gbe my sweet Cbride
Instrumental
C   Fmaj7   C    G
Verse:
I bid you good morning, this young man did say
And where might you be going on such a nice day
I'm walking to view, sir, the bonny blue sea
For it's all I have left now that means much to me
Chorus
Verse:
If that's all you love now, come riding with me
You'll live in my castle deep under the sea
You'll sleep in my gold bed, my fine silken sheets
And have gifts of great beauty from all that you meet
Chorus
Instrumental Break
   C     F     C    GRepeat x1
C   G
You can emphasize these notes while playing the chords above to 
give it a little more character. The notes in asterisks are the melody line.
e|---------*C0*-------*F1*--(1)--------*C0*---*0*----G3----------------||
B|-*1*-*3*--1---*3*---1-----*1*-*3*---1----------*3*---------------||
G|----------0---------2---------------0-----------0----------------||
D|----------2---------3---------------2-----------0----------------||
A|----------3--------(3)--------------3-----------2----------------||
E|--------------------1---------------------------3----------------||
e|---------*C0*-------*F1*--(1)--------*C0*----------G3----------------||
B|-*1*-*3*--1---*3*---1-----*1*-*3*---1----------*3*---------------||
G|----------0---------2---------------0-----------0----------------||
D|----------2---------3---------------2-----------0----------------||
A|----------3--------(3)--------------3-----------2----------------||
E|--------------------1---------------------------3----------------||
                    Crit.                    G  
e|----------0----------------------3-------------------------------||
B|----------1----------------------3-------------------------------||
G|----------0----------------------0-------------------------------||
D|----------2----------------------0-------------------------------||
A|----------3----------------------2-------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------3-------------------------------||
Verse:
She's up in the saddle and away they did ride
The horse skipped and danced over waves on the tide
Now she's only remembered by this story I tell
From an old man on horseback who once knew her well 
Chorus x2

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Sweet Bride

by Kate Rusby

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Sweet Bride

Kate Rusby

Verse:

C Fmaj7 Am F

A lady was walking on a midsummer's day

C Fmaj7 Am G

The birds they were whistling so merrily and gay

C Fmaj7 Am G

When along came a white steed in the finest array

Am F G C

And it carried a young man these words he did say

Chorus:

Fmaj7 C

Come live by the great moon

Am G

That rules the strong tide

Fmaj7 C

Climb up on my horse, love

G C

And be my sweet bride

Instrumental

C Fmaj7 C G

Verse:

I bid you good morning, this young man did say

And where might you be going on such a nice day

I'm walking to view, sir, the bonny blue sea

For it's all I have left now that means much to me

Chorus

Verse:

If that's all you love now, come riding with me

You'll live in my castle deep under the sea

You'll sleep in my gold bed, my fine silken sheets

And have gifts of great beauty from all that you meet

Chorus

Instrumental Break

C F C G

Repeat x1

C G

You can emphasize these notes while playing the chords above to

give it a little more character. The notes in asterisks are the melody line.

C F C G

e|---------*0*-------*1*--(1)--------*0*---*0*----3----------------||

B|-*1*-*3*--1---*3*---1-----*1*-*3*---1----------*3*---------------||

G|----------0---------2---------------0-----------0----------------||

D|----------2---------3---------------2-----------0----------------||

A|----------3--------(3)--------------3-----------2----------------||

E|--------------------1---------------------------3----------------||

C F C G

e|---------*0*-------*1*--(1)--------*0*----------3----------------||

B|-*1*-*3*--1---*3*---1-----*1*-*3*---1----------*3*---------------||

G|----------0---------2---------------0-----------0----------------||

D|----------2---------3---------------2-----------0----------------||

A|----------3--------(3)--------------3-----------2----------------||

E|--------------------1---------------------------3----------------||

C G

rit.

e|----------0----------------------3-------------------------------||

B|----------1----------------------3-------------------------------||

G|----------0----------------------0-------------------------------||

D|----------2----------------------0-------------------------------||

A|----------3----------------------2-------------------------------||

E|---------------------------------3-------------------------------||

Verse:

She's up in the saddle and away they did ride

The horse skipped and danced over waves on the tide

Now she's only remembered by this story I tell

From an old man on horseback who once knew her well

Chorus x2

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