Greensleeves

Traditional

Key of Am · Chords: III V VII i v

Verse 1

Am      C         G     Em
Alas my love, 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
thy 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 wilt vouchsafe to love me.

End Chorus

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.