Tam Lin

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste [Introduction] C [Verse-A 1] C F Oh, I forbid you maidens all C G That wear gold in your hair C F To come or go by Carterhaugh C C For young Tam Lin is there. [Verse-A 2] C F If you go by Carterhaugh C G You must leave him a ward: C F Either your rings or green mantle C Or else your maidenhead. [Verse-A 3] C F She’s away o’er gravel green C G And o’er the gravel brown; C F She’s away to Carterhaugh C To flower herself a gown. [Verse-A 4] C F She had not pulled a rosy rose, C G A rose but barely one, C F When by came this brisk young man, C Says, "Lady, let alone. [Bridge-A 1] Bb F How dare you pull my rose, Madam? C G How dare you break my tree? Bb F How dare you come to Carterhaugh C G Without the leave of me?" [Verse-A 5] C F "Well may I pull the rose," she said, C G "Well may I break the tree. C F For Carterhaugh is my father’s, C I’ll ask no leave of thee." [Chorus] C F C G Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh C F C G C Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh [Verse-A 6] C F He’s taken her by the milk-white hand C G And there he’s laid her down, C F And there he asked no leave of her C As she lay on the ground. [Verse-A 7] C F "Oh tell me, tell me," then she said, C G "Oh tell me who art thee?" C F "My name it is Tam Lin," he said, C "And this is my story: [Bridge-A 2] Bb F As it fell out upon a day, C G A-hunting I did ride; Bb F There came a wind out of the north C G And woe it did betide. [Verse-A 8] C F And drowsy, drowsy as I was, C G The sleep upon me fell; C F The Queen of Fairies she was there, C And took me to herself. [Chorus] C F C G Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh C F C G C Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh [Instrumental-A] (as Verse-A and Bridge-A) C F | C G C F | C C F | C G C F | C Bb F | C G Bb F | C G C F | C G C F | C [Bridge-A 3] Bb F At the end of every seven years C G They pay a tithe to Hell; Bb F And I’m so fain and full of flesh, C G I fear ’t will be myself. [Verse-A 9] C F Tonight it is good Halloween, C G The fairy court will ride; C F And if you would your true love win, C At Mile’s Cross, you must bide." [Chorus*] C F C G Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh C F C G Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh C F C G Oh, in Carterhaugh, in Carterhaugh [Bridge-B 4] E [Verse-B 1] E Gloomy was the night E And eerie was the way; G D This lady in her green mantle D C To Mile’s Cross she did go. C G With the holy water in her hand A C She cast the compass round; C G At twelve o’clock the fairy court A Came riding o’er the bound. [Verse-B 2] E First came by the black steed E And then came by the brown, G D Then Tam Lin on a milk-white steed D C With a gold star in his crown. C G She’s pulled him down into her arms A C And let the bridle fall; C G The Queen of Fairies she cried out, A "Young Tam Lin is awa." [Verse-B 3] E They’ve shaped him in her arms, E To an adder or a snake; G D She’s held him fast and feared him not D C To be her earthly mate. C G They’ve shaped him in her arms again A C To fire burning bold; C G She’s held him fast and feared him not A Till he was iron cold. [Verse-B 4] E They’ve shaped him in her arms E To a wood black dog so wild; G D She’s held him fast and feared him not, D C The father of her child. C G They’ve shaped him in her arms at last A C Into a naked man; C G She’s wrapped him in the green mantle A And knew that she had him won. [Instrumental-B] (as Verse-B) E | E G D | D C C G | A C C G The Queen of Fairies she cried out, A "Young Tam Lin is awa." [Bridge-C] A C [Verse-C 1] C C C/B Am Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin, Am C Long before, long before you came from home, C G Had I known, I would have taken out your heart D7sus2 Am And put in a heart of stone. C G D7sus2 Am [Verse-C 2] C C C/B Am Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin, Am C That a lady, a lady would steal thee, C G Had I known, I would have taken out your eyes D7sus2 Am And put in two from a tree. C G D7sus2 Am [Verse-C 3] C C C/B Am Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin, Am C That I would lose, that I would lose the day, C G Had I known, I would have paid my tithe to hell D7sus2 Am Before you’d been won away.