Misc Traditional - Greensleeves

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greensleeves chords
english folk song ( 1580? )

Am C G Em
alas , my love , you do me wrong ,
Am E
to cast me off discourteously .
Am C G Em
for i have loved you well and long ,
Am E7 Am
delighting in your company .

C G Em
greensleeves was all my joy ,
Am E
greensleeves was my delight
C G Em
greensleeves was my heart of gold ,
Am E7 Am
and who but my lady greensleeves .

your vows you’ve broken , like my heart ,
oh , why did you so enrapture me?
now i remain in a world apart
but my heart remains in captivity .

i have been ready at your hand ,
to grant whatever you would crave ,
i have both wagered life and land ,
your love and good – will for to have .

if you intend thus to disdain ,
it does the more enrapture me ,
and even so , i still remain
a lover in captivity .

my men were clothed all in green ,
and they did ever wait on thee;
all this was gallant to be seen ,
and yet thou wouldst not love me .

thou couldst desire no earthly thing ,
but still thou hadst it readily .
thy music still to play and sing;
and yet thou wouldst not love me .

well , i will pray to god on high ,
that thou my constancy mayst see ,
and that yet once before i die ,
thou wilt vouchsafe to love me .

ah , greensleeves , now farewell , adieu ,
to god i pray to prosper thee ,
for i Am still thy lover true ,
come once again and love me .

greensleeves version 2

Em G D Bm
alas , my love , you do me wrong ,
Em B7
to cast me off discourteously .
Em G D Bm
for i have loved you well and long ,
Em B7 Em
delighting in your company .

G D
greensleeves was all my joy ,
Em B7
greensleeves was my delight
G D
greensleeves was my heart of gold ,
Em B7 E
and who but my lady greensleeves .

your vows you’ve broken , like my heart ,
oh , why did you so enrapture me?
now i remain in a world apart
but my heart remains in captivity .

i have been ready at your hand ,
to grant whatever you would crave ,
i have both wagered life and land ,
your love and good – will for to have .

if you intend thus to disdain ,
it does the more enrapture me ,
and even so , i still remain
a lover in captivity .

my men were clothed all in green ,
and they did ever wait on thee;
all this was gallant to be seen ,
and yet thou wouldst not love me .

thou couldst desire no earthly thing ,
but still thou hadst it readily .
thy music still to play and sing;
and yet thou wouldst not love me .

well , i will pray to god on high ,
that thou my constancy mayst see ,
and that yet once before i die ,
thou wilt vouchsafe to love me .

ah , greensleeves , now farewell , adieu ,
to god i pray to prosper thee ,
for i Am still thy lover true ,
come once again and love me .

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