E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||| Tim O'Brien -- Fiddler's Green E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||| Tabbed by: Johannes Lange E-mail: joh-dot-lange-at-gmx-dot-de Standard Tuning. E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------||| G D There's a sad tale I'll tell you of a sailor man's life G D Em How his love for the high seas would cost him a wife G D When I've told you my story I'm sure you'll agree G D Em It's not but pure folly when a man goes to sea G D Just a young lad of twenty I was courting a lass G D Em Full of innocent beauty with style and with class G D But the ships in the harbor they beckoned it seemed G D Em I was lured by the trade winds to find fiddler's green G D When first I went sailing how a young girl did cry G D Em But the lure of the trade winds could not be denied G D And though she vowed to be faithful as my ship sailed away G D Em She would marry another one year from that day G C G D Yo ho ho, fiddler's green G C D Bewitching young sailors with all of your dreams G C G D Yo ho ho, she's calm and serene Em D Em Enchantment awaits you on fiddler's green G D Well I've sailed many oceans since I left Boston town G D Em And my hair has turned silver that was once chestnut brown G D And from London to Bombay and ports in between G D Em I was always in search of this fiddler's green G D And to you young lads now courting pretty maidens so fair G D Em Should you hear those trade winds let me warn you beware G D Go marry your young girl, as your corn and your beans G D Em Don't waste your young manhood on fiddler's green G C G D Yo ho ho, fiddler's green G C D Bewitching young sailors with all of your dreams G C G D Yo ho ho, she's calm and serene Em D Em Enchantment awaits you on fiddler's green