Traditionnal (1580)
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[Verse]
Am C
Alas my love,
G Em
you do me wrong,
Am E
to cast me off discourteously,
Am C G Em
for i have loved you so long,
Am E7 Am
delighting in your company.
[Chorus]
C G Em
greensleeves was all my joy,
Am E
greensleeves was my delight,
C G Em
greensleeves was my heart of gold,
Am E7 Am
and who but my lady greensleeves.
[Verse 2]
Am C G Em
I have been readie at your hand,
Am E
to grant what ever you would crave.
Am C G Em
I have both waged life and land,
Am E7 Am
your love and good will for to have.
[Verse 3]
Am C G Em
Thy gown was of the grassy green,
Am E
They sleeves of satin hanging by,
Am C G Em
Which made thee be our harvest queen,
Am E7 Am
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
[Chorus]
C G Em
greensleeves was all my joy,
Am E
greensleeves was my delight,
C G Em
greensleeves was my heart of gold,
Am E7 Am
and who but my lady greensleeves.
[Verse 4]
Am C G Em
Well, i will pray to God on high,
Am E
That thou constancy mayst see,
Am C G Em
And that yet once before i die,
Am E7 Am
Thou will vouchsafe to love me.
[Outro]
C G Em
Greensleeves now farewel adue,
Am E
God I pray to prosper thee:
C G Em
For I am stil thy lover true,
Am E7 Am
come once againe and love me.