Look down for suggestions on how to play it :)
C G
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more
Am Am/G Dm
Men were deceivers ever
Dm E7 Am
One foot in sea and one on shore
D G
To one thing constant never
C G
Then sigh not so, but let them go
Am Am/G Dm
And be you blithe and bonny
Dm E7 Am
Converting all your sounds of woe
D G C
Into a Hey, nonny, nonny
C G
Sing no more ditties, sing no more
Am Am/G Dm
Or dumps so dull and heavy
Dm E7 Am
The fraud of men was ever so
D G
Since summer first was leavy
C G
Then sigh not so, but let them go
Am Am/G Dm
And be you blithe and bonny
Dm E7 Am
Converting all your sounds of woe
D G C
Into a Hey, nonny, nonny
Lyrics from William Shakespeare
Music from Richard John Samuel Stevens
Featured in the excellent Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado about Nothing"
Modifications by myself (Fatelys) based on the original tab by burpo
Suggestions on how to play it :)
I find it good practice for finger picking with easy chords and a few easy fancy bits.
I like to play it with this 8 notes/tempos fingerpick pattern for most of the song :
---------X-------|
-----X-----X---X-|
---X---X-----X---|
-B---------------|
Always with the first note (B) being on the bass string, and the other three as you
please, sometimes there is
no choice, with a D chord for instance, sometimes more, like with a G chord.
Lines with these chords : Dm E7 Am and these ones : D G C have to be played differently
because of the rythm,
I play it with two 4 notes/tempos picking patterns and a 8 notes/tempos picking pattern :
CHORD 1 CHORD 2 CHORD 3
-------X- -------X- ---------X-------|
-----X--- -----X--- -----X-----X---X-|
---X----- ---X----- ---X---X-----X---|
-B------- -B------- -B---------------|
With each chord played on its own specific strings of course.
I play this part : Am Am/G in a single 8 notes/tempos pick like this :
e|:-----------------|
B|:---------1-------|
G|:-----2-----0---0-|
D|:---2---2-----2---|
A|:-0---------------|
E|:---------3-------|