Seven Hundred Elves(Chords)

	        

 
 



G             D          A       Em 
Seven hundred elves from out the wood 
G        D         A   Em 
Foul and grim they were 
G           D        A          Em 
Down to the farmer's house they went 
    G        D        A    Em 
His meat and drink to share 



verse 
      G     D      A      Em       G        D         A     Em 
There was a farmer in the west and there he chose his ground 
   G          D         A      Em        G           D        A    Em 
He thought to spend the winter there and brought his hawk and hound 
   G            D        A         Em   G        D         A   Em 
He brought with him both hound and cock alone he begged to stay  
    G       D         A          Em       G        D       A  Em 
And all the deer that roamed the wood had cause to rue the day 


verse 
   G          D       A          Em         G         D      A     Em 
He felled the oak, he felled the birch, the beech nor poplar spared    
    G        D           A      Em       G        D        A    Em                
And much was grieved the sullen elves at what the stranger dared    
   G         D             A         Em         G     D        A    Em                  
He hewed him baulks and he hewed him beams with eager toil and haste 
     G      D         A        Em             G        D       A     Em 
Then up and spake the woodland elves: ``Who's come our wood to waste?â??' 

Chorus x 2 

verse 
 G     D         A       Em      G      D          A   Em 
Up and spake the biggest elf and grimly rolled his eyes: 
       G     D        A        Em        G       D   A     Em 
'We'll march upon the farmer's house and hold on him assize 
     G        D         A        Em        G        D     A      Em 
He's knocking down both wood and bower, he shows us great distain 
      G        D       A          Em       G        D         A    Em 
We'll make him rue the day he was born and taste of shame and pain.â??' 

Chorus x 1 

verse 
G       D          A       Em    G       D         A     Em 
All the elves from out the wood began to dance and spring 
    G               D   A        Em          G       D        A    Em 
And marched towards the farmer's house their lengthy tails to swing 
    G      D        A      Em         G       D           A     Em 
The farmer from his window looked and quickly crossed his breast 
    G      D         A      Em          G          D     A      Em 
'Oh woe is me,'' the farmer cried, 'The elves will be my guests.â??' 


verse 
   G     D       A      Em        G   D         A   Em 
In every nook he made a cross and all about the room 
    G        D      A          Em  G           D      A    Em 
And off flew many a frightened elf back to his forest gloom 
     G           D          A           Em         G           D     A   Em 
Some flew to the east, some flew to the west, some flew to the north away 
    G         D        A    Em         G     D       A   Em 
And some flew down the deep ravine and there forever stay 

Chorus x 3
	        

Written by Traditional