As usual tune your guitar a WHOLE STEP DOWN!!
(Try picking each string separate!)

EIn (022100@1)the court of Augustine The Twelfth
           B7The (x21202@1)king reprimanded his men
       B7And (x21202@1)demanded they 
         EPut (022100@1)to good use all his wealth
    A (x02220@1)         Bto (x2444x@1)cure his deep ennui

E (022100@1)                           A (x02220@1)        BFor (x2444x@1)you see, he found that he was sad and lonely
E (022100@1)                                  A (x02220@1)        
Ever since his wife, the queen, got mad and
          BRode (x2444x@1)off on his steed

E   A    B x2    (underneath the cello/violin)

Finish with B Ringing
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               E (022100@1)                                  
In a glen beyond the castle wall 
       B7There (x21202@1)was a tinker
       B7And (x21202@1)he was a thinker
            EThe (022100@1)smartest man in all the world
        A (x02220@1)          BHe (x2444x@1)made a mechanical girl

E (022100@1)                               A (x02220@1)        BFor (x2444x@1)you see, his daughter passed away that summer
E (022100@1)                                     A (x02220@1)        
And though he knew he could not replace her
          BHe (x2444x@1)missed his family
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(Staccato strumming)
          Am (x02210@1)                         ESuddenly (022100@1)a knock at the door went ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
          Am (x02210@1)                          EAnd (022100@1)the kingsmen came in blowing horns ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

Am"By (x02210@1)order of His Highness
         EWe're (022100@1)to take you and that...thing
         BTo (x2444x@1)present your marvel to the king."

E (022100@1)                       A (x02220@1)               BAnd (x2444x@1)so, over glen and through the castle walls
E (022100@1)                           A (x02220@1)        BOver (x2444x@1)the moat, and into the great castle hall
                         B (x2444x@1)B
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