Henry Lee
Key of Am · Chords: VI i v
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
Am Em Am Em Am Em F Lie down, lie down, love Henry Lee and stay with me this night Am F Em You will have my candle and coal, my fire's burnin' bright Am My fire's burnin' bright
Verse 2
Am Em Am Em Am Em F I won't lie down, I can't lie down, and stay all night with thee Am F Em There's a lady ten times fairer than you in Barnard's Hall for me Am In Barnard's Hall for me
Verse 3
Am Em Am Em Am Em F He's leanin' o'er her soft pillow to give her a kiss so sweet Am F Em But her little pen knife held keen and sharp, she's wounded him full deep Am She's wounded him full deep
Verse 4
Am Em Am Em Am Em F Oh I will lie down, I must lie down, I welcome it said he Am F Em There's no lady in Barnard's Hall that I love better than thee Am I love more better than thee
Verse 5
Am Em Am Em Am Em F She took him by his long yellow hair, she dragged him by his feet, Am F Em She threw him down a cold dark well some fifty fathoms deep Am A full fifty fathoms deep
Verse 6
Am Em Am Em Am Em F Lie down, lie down, you pretty little bird, lie down along my knee Am F Em No one who would murder their own true love would kill a little bird like me Am Would kill a little bird like me
Verse 7
Am Em Am Em Am Em F Cupid with your bending bow, your arrow and your string Am F Em I'd shoot my doll right through her heart so she no longer sings Am So she no longer sings
Verse 8
Am Em Am Em Am Em F I wish you had your bending bow, Your arrow and your string! Am F Em I'd fly on back to Barnard's Hall, you'd always hear me sing Am You'd always hear me sing! Am F Em I'd fly on back to Barnard's Hall, you'd always hear me sing Am You'd always hear me sing!