Am F C G 
Am F C G 
Am F C G
Am F C G

[Verse 1]
Am     G/E     F          C
A lady walked in yon wild wood,
G                F
Beneath the holly tree,
        Am       G/E    F          C
It was there she saw two bonnie bairns,
         G            F
There running at her knee.
         C         G          Am   G   F
And the first she pulled a red, red rose,
        C     G         F
With hands as soft as silk,
        F     G     Am  G/B  C   G
And the next she pulled a lily pale,
        F        G              Am
With hands more white than milk.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
Am                  G/E   F          C
"Why Do you pull the Rose for the Bairns,
        G           F
And why the lily white?"
         Am       G/E   F          C
"We need them at the seat of grace,
             G           F
For the soul of thee tonight."
         C     G          Am   G   F
"Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns,
        C       G         F
I'll dress you rich and fine,
          F     G     Am  G/B  C   G
And for all the blackbirds in the woods,
       F        G              Am
You'll eat white bread and wine."


[Break]
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[Verse 3]
     Am          G/E   F          C
The stars were shooting to and fro,
          G               F
But the thorns she did abhor,
        Am           G/E   F          C
As the lady followed the bonnie bairns,
      G                     F
For three long hours and more.
        C       G          Am   G   F
"Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns,
    C       G         F
I'm woe and weary grown",
     F     G     Am  G/B  C   G
"We live where woe it never comes,
      F       G           Am
In a land to flesh unknown."

[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
     Am       G/E  F          C
They came unto a tree of beech,
     G                    F
Two names carved in the bark,
        Am      G/E   F             C
"Do you see your name carved here lady,
      G                  F
The other lies in the dark."
         C        G             Am   G   F
And she wept in vain and she wept full sore,
         C          G         F
For her love laid in the ground,
         F    G  Am      G/B  C   G
And she wept until the stars gave way,
          F        G             Am
'Til the dawn it brought no sound.

[Outro]
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