Steeleye Span

Sir James The Rose(Keyboard chords)

Steeleye Span

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Verse 
    G 
Oh, have you heard Sir James the Rose 
    D 
The young heir of Loch Laggan 
    Am              Em 
For he has killed a gallant squire 
        C                  D 
And his friends are out to take him 

Verse 
    G 
And he's gone to the House of Marr 
    D 
The Nurse there did befriend him 
    Am           Em 
And he has gone upon his knees 
    C                 D 
And begged for her to hide him 

Verse 
 G                       C           G 
'Where're you going, Sir James?' she said 
 G 
'Where now are you riding?' 
     C    G           C 
'Oh, I am bound for a foreign land 
    G       D     G 
But now I'm under hiding' 

C G C G 'Where shall I go? Where shall I run? C G D Where shall I go for to hide me? C G D G C Am For I have killed a gallant squire G D C G/B Am G And they're seeking for to slay me'
Instrumental G D C G Verse G Then he turned him right and round about D And rolled him in the bracken Am Em And he has gone to take a sleep C D In the lowlands of Loch Laggan Verse G He had not well gone out of sight D Nor was he past Milstrethen Am Em When four-and-twenty belted knights C D Came riding o'er the leathen Verse G C G 'Have you seen Sir James the Rose G The young heir of Loch Laggan C G C For he has killed a gallant squire G D G And we're sent out to take him'
C G C G 'Where shall I go? Where shall I run? C G D Where shall I go for to hide me? C G D G C Am For I have killed a gallant squire G D C G/B Am G And they're seeking for to slay me'
Instrumental G D C G Verse G 'You'll see the bank above the mill D In the lowlands of Loch Laggan Am Em And there you'll find Sir James the Rose C D Sleeping in the bracken' Verse G 'You must not wake him out of sleep D Nor yet must you afright him Am Em Just run a dart right through his heart C D And through the body pierce him' Verse G C G They sought the bank above the mill G In the lowlands of Loch Laggan C G C And there they found Sir James the Rose G D G Sleeping in the bracken
C G C G 'Where shall I go? Where shall I run? C G D Where shall I go for to hide me? C G D G C Am For I have killed a gallant squire G D C G/B Am G And they're seeking for to slay me'
Instrumental Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em D G Verse G Then up and spake Sir John the Graeme D Who had the charge a-keeping Am Em 'It'll never be said, dear gentleman C D We killed him while he's sleeping' Verse G They seized his broadsword and his targe D And closely him surrounded Am Em And when he woke out of his sleep C D His senses were confounded Verse G C G Now they have taken out his heart G And stuck it on a spear C G C They took it to the House of Marr G D G And gave it to his dear
C G C G 'Where shall I go? Where shall I run? C G D Where shall I go for to hide me? C G D G C Am For I have killed a gallant squire G D C G/B Am G And they're seeking for to slay me'
Outro G D C G

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