(intro)
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A|-7-7p5-2-0-0h2-5-5h7-7p5-2-0-0h2-5-----------------------------------------|
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(verso 1)
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I forbid you Maidens all
D5
That wear gold in your hair
E5 D5 G5 E5
To travel to Cartehaugh
D5
For young Tam Lin is there
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A|-7-7p5-2-0-0h2-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 2 - chords as before)
None that go by Cartehaugh
But they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green
Or else their maidenhead
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G|-(b9)7-4-2-2h4-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 3 - chords as before)
Janet tied her kirtle green
A bit above her knee
And she's gone to Cartehaugh
As fast as go can she
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D|-(b9)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-(b9)10-12-12p10-(b9)---------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 3 - same chords but use "Low" versions)
She'd not pulled a double rose
A rose but only two
When up there came young Tam Lin
Says "Lady, pull no more"
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G|------------(b9)--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7-(b9)----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-(b9)10---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 4 - same chords, but a few more strums per chord)
And why come you to Cartehaugh
Without command from me?
I'll come and go, young Janet said
And ask no leave of thee
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D|--------------------------------------------------------------12-12-11-14--|
A|--------------------------12-14-14-12-10h12-12p10p(b9)-----------------------|
E|-12-12p10-7-5-5h7-7h10-12---------------------------10s12-12---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------11p(b9)----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12p11p(b9)11------12-11h12-(b9)11---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------12-12-10-(b9)------(b9)-------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------10-12---7-7-5-3-2-0-0-2-3-5-7-5--|
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D|--------------------------------------------------------7p5----------------|
A|-------------4----4-4h5---------5h7-7h(b9)7h(b9)(b9)7-5h7-7h(b9)----7h(b9)7-7p5-2-0--|
E|-3-5-7-7-5-7--5-7-------7-5-5h7--------------------------------------------|
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A|-0h2-5-5h7-7p5-2-0-0h2-5---------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 5 - same chords, enter Swarb on fiddle)
Janet tied her kirtle green
A bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father
As fast as go can she
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A|-7-7p5-2-0-0h2-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 6 - same chords)
Well, up then spoke her father dear
And he spoke meek and mild
Oh, and alas, Janet, he said
I think you go with child
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G|-(b9)7-4-2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
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(verso 6 - same chords)
Well, if that be so, Janet said,
myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall
shall get the baby's name
