The Butcher Boy
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
This song is tuned a little sharp, 451 hz
E to A transition:
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2-5-4-0
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[Verse 1]
E A
In London city where I did dwell
D E
A butcher boy, I loved right well
F#m Bm
He courted me, my life away
E A
But now with me, he will not stay
[Verse 2]
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
D E
I wish I was a maid again
F#m Bm
A maid again I ne'er will be
E A
'Till cherries grow on an ivy tree
[Verse 3]
E A
I wish my baby it was born
D E
And smiling on its daddy's knee
F#m Bm
And me poor girl to be dead and gone
E A
With the long green grass growing over me
[Verse 4]
E A
She went upstairs to go to bed
D E
And calling to her mother said
F#m Bm
"Give me a chair 'till I sit down
E A
And a pen and ink 'till I write down"
[Verse 5]
E A
At every word she dropped a tear
D E
And at every line cried "Willie dear -
F#m Bm
Oh, what a foolish girl was I
E A
To be led astray by a butcher boy"
[Verse 6]
E A
He went upstairs and the door he broke
D E
He found her hanging from a rope
F#m Bm
He took his knife and he cut her down
E A
And in her pocket, these words he found
[Verse 7]
E A
Oh, make my grave large, wide and deep
D E
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
F#m Bm
And in the middle, a turtle dove
E A
That the world may know, that I died for love
How to play The Butcher Boy
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.