SONG:   THE YOUNG SLAVER
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM

                       THE YOUNG SLAVER
                         JONATHAN BYRD

INTRO: G   G D G D Em C G Em C G

VERSE:
       G            D            G          D
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere? 
       Em               C            G            Em
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound, 
        C               G
Off to war on an angry sea? 


VERSE:
         G           D            G               D
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do 
        Em         C               G            Em
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray 
      C               G
So I seek lesser company 


G D G D Em C G Em C G


VERSE:
       G                   D                G             D
Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve 
       Em          C            G        Em
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago 
          C              G
You will never return to me 


VERSE:
         G          D            G              D
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
        Em           C             G              Em
Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn 
         C              G
With promotion and bravery 

G D G D Em C G Em C G


VERSE:
       G             D            G                 D
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn 
         Em             C            G                   Em
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave 
        C             G
In Her Majesty's company 


VERSE:
         G         D             G            D
Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do 
        Em           C              G                 Em
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold 
        C               G
To win her from her family 

G D G D Em C G Em C G


VERSE:
       G             D              G                 D
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams 
       Em              C               G              Em
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands 
          C               G
And your soul is in jeopardy 


VERSE:
         G         D          G                D
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand 
        Em           C            G               Em
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool 
        C               G
And my soul is in jeopardy 

G D G D Em C G Em C G


VERSE:
       G            D                G              D
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned 
       Em           C              G              Em
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you 
      C                       G
So I made you a grave by the sea 


VERSE:
         G            D          G                 D
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse 
        Em           C            G              Em
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
         C                  G 
And make me a grave of the sea

OUTRO:
G D G D Em C G Em C G
 
NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following:

NO CAPO    CAPO 4th FRET
  G             C
  D             G
  Em            Am
  C             F