...COME ALL YE ROLLING MINSTRELS... by Fairport Convention
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*from 'Liege & Lief' (1969)*


Intro:

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Verse 1:

     D
Come all ye,
        A          D
Rolling minstrels,
       A
And to-gether,
G        D
 We will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Verse 2:

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 Those that dance,
     A        D
Will start to dance,
    A
And those who,
G           D
 Don't will stay.

   D
In time to list,
A          D
 Our merry tune,
        A        G      D
That we play for you to-day.

Chorus 1:

        Am
So come all,
Ye rolling minstrels,
                     D
And together we will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:

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Verse 3:

    D
Our fiddler,
        A        D
He just loves to play,
           A
And that's why,
   G        D
He plays so good.

    D
And now he plays,
  A   D
A vio-lin,
     A      G     D
Made out of solid wood.

Chorus 2:

        Am
So come all,
Ye rolling minstrels,
                     D
And together we will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:

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Verse 4:

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Pos-sessor of,
    A     D
The magic touch,
    A     G      D
And no ma-gician he.

     D
Will play for you,
     A     D
Some magic notes,
   A         G        D
In-stead, as you will see.

Chorus 3:

        Am
So come all,
Ye rolling minstrels,
                     D
And together we will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:

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Verse 5:

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 Sound of beating,
A       D
 On the drum,
A        G
 Song be-hind,
       D
You'll hear.

    D
And to the rhythm,
A       D
 Of gui-tar
   A
We hope you'll,
G        D
 Lend an ear.

Chorus 4:

        Am
So come all,
Ye rolling minstrels,
                     D
And together we will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Interlude:

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Verse 6:

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Well, the man who plays,
    A         D
The bass does make,
      A
Those low notes,
G         D
 That you hear.

        D
And the high notes,
          A       D
Come from you and me,
    A       G       D
For we will sing so clear.

Chorus 5:

        Am
So come all,
Ye rolling minstrels,
                     D
And together we will try.

   D
To rouse the spirit,
A       D
 Of the earth,
    A        G       D
And move the rolling sky.

Outro:

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CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)