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To match the recording, tune down ~20 cents flat and add Capo I.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
CoCme all you sweet anFd fair young maids
Who Cflourish in your Gprime
BCe sure and keep your Fgarden clean
Let Cno man Gtake your Cthyme
My Gthyme it is all Cblown away
I cannot plant aGnew
And Cin the place where Fmy thyme stood
It's Call grown Gup in Cbloom
[Verse 2]
In CJune comes in the Fprimrose flower
But Cthat is not for Gme
I Cwill pull off my Fprimrose flower
And Cplant a Gwillow Ctree
Oh, Gwillow-green Cwillow
With sorrows mixed amGong
To Ctell to all this Fwide, wide world
I Clove a Gfalse young Cman

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Sprig Of Thyme

by Dave Van Ronk

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

To match the recording, tune down ~20 cents flat and add Capo I.

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

C F

Come all you sweet and fair young maids

C G

Who flourish in your prime

C F

Be sure and keep your garden clean

C G C

Let no man take your thyme

G C

My thyme it is all blown away

I cannot plant anew

C F

And in the place where my thyme stood

C G C

It's all grown up in bloom

[Verse 2]

C F

In June comes in the primrose flower

C G

But that is not for me

C F

I will pull off my primrose flower

C G C

And plant a willow tree

G C

Oh, willow-green willow

With sorrows mixed among

C F

To tell to all this wide, wide world

C G C

I love a false young man

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