Greensleeves
Hoyt Axton

Midi 1(G40)    Midi 2(Ab120)
 Midi 3(F37)    Midi 4(C105) 
Midi 5(G240)    Midi 6(Ab120)
poss. Henry VIII of England, 1500's.
Tabbed by Mark Purintun

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Verse 1:
-6 7  -8  8-9  8  -8 -7  6 -6  -7   7  -6 -6 6 -6   -7  6   5
A las my love you do me wrong, to cast me off  discourteously.
 -6 7  -8   8-9 8 -8 -7 6 -6  -7 7 -7 -6 6 5   6  -6 -6 -6
And I have loved you so long  delighting i n your company.

Chorus:
  
9  9  -9   8   -8 -7 6 -6 -7     7 -6 -6  6   -6 -7  6  5
Greensleeves was all my j  o  y.   Greensleeves was my delight,
   9  9  -9   8   -8   -7  6-6   -7  7   -7 -6  6 5 6    6     6
Greensleeves my heart of gold, and who but my la  dy Greensleeves.


Verse 2:
Your vows you've broken, like my heart, Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart but my heart remains in captivity.   (Chorus)

Verse 3:
I have been ready at your hand, to grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land, your love and good-will for to have. (Chorus)

Verse 4:
If you intend thus to disdain, it does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain a lover in captivity. (Chorus)

Verse 5
:
My men were clothed all in green, and they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen, and yet thou wouldst not love me. 
(Chorus)

Verse 6:

Thou couldst desire no earthly thing, but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing; and yet thou wouldst not love me.
(Chorus)

Verse 7:

Well, I will pray to God on high, that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die, thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
(Chorus)

Verse 8:

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu, to God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true, come once again and love me.
(Chorus)

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