Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife_O'Donovan

Aoife O?Donovan is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the 
lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still, and a member 
of the female folk-noir trio. Her first professional engagement was singing lead 
for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers. 

There are quite a few different versions of this song by Aiofe but they all follow 
the same kind of chord pattern. Check out this and her other songs on YOU TUBE 


Intro
D G D G           

Verse 1
D            Cadd9     [ch]G6/B[/ch]        D                  
When I was a barmaid   you were my mead
D            Cadd9        [ch]G6/B[/ch]        A7sus4
When I was a brave knight you were my steed
D             Cadd9      [ch]G6/B[/ch]      Am7   
When I was so lonesome I wanted to cry 
C           Em        Asus4 A  
you came to me in the night

Chorus
          D G    D         G                                  
You cried o mama sing me a love song 
Bm           Em          F           G 
pour me some bourbon and lay me down low

D G       D             G         Bm              Em      
O baby my poor heart is braking I feel the ground shakin 
F        G                   D
under my feet just put me to sleep



Verse 2 Follow the same chords as verse 1
When I was a sailor you were my land 
Always receding nowhere to stand 
And when I fell over you were the wind you picked me on on your tail

Chorus 


Verse 3 Follow the same chords as verse 1

When I was a farmer you were my rain
When I was a young lover you were my pain
And when all the fireflies that we trapped in jars last night escaped under the stars

Chorus