Tam Lin Child 39 Chords

[Verse 1]
  Am
Janet sits in her lonely room
  C
Sewing a silken seam
    G
And looking out on Carterhaugh
 F        Em     Am
Among the roses green
 
 
[Verse 2]
    Am
And Janet sits in her lonely bower
  C
Sewing a silken thread
    G
And longed to be in Carterhaugh
 F        Em      Am
Among the roses red
 
 
[Verse 3]
      Am
She’s let the seam fall at her heel
    C
The needle to her toe
    G
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
   F       Em      Am
As fast as she can go
 
 
[Verse 4]
    Am
She hadn’t pulled a rose, a rose
  C
A rose, but only one
     G
When then appeared him, young Tamlin
F            Em    Am
Says, “Lady, let alone”
 
 
[Verse 5]
      Am
“What makes you pull the rose, the rose?
     C
What makes you break the tree?
     G
What makes you come to Carterhaugh
    F       Em       Am
Without the leave of me?”
 
 
[Verse 6]
     Am
“But Carterhaugh is not your own
C
Roses there are many
     G
I’ll come and go all as I please
    F       Em        Am
And not ask leave of any”
 
 
[Verse 7]
       Am
And he has took her by the hand
C
Took her by the sleeve
       G
And he has laid this lady down
 F        Em     Am
Among the roses green
 
 
[Verse 8]
       Am
And he has took her by the arm
C
Took her by the hem
    G
And he has laid this lady down
 F        Em    Am
Among the roses red
 
 
[Verse 9]
        Am
There’s four and twenty ladies fair
  C
Sewing at the silk
    G
And Janet goes among them all
    F       Em        Am
Her face as pale as milk
 
 
[Verse 10]
    Am
And four and twenty gentlemen
  C
Playing at the chess
    G
And Janet goes among them all
   F        Em    Am
As green as any glass
 
 
[Verse 11]
     Am
Then up and spoke her father
     C
He’s spoken meek and mild
      G
“Oh, alas, my daughter
  F        Em        Am
I fear you go with child”
 
 
[Verse 12]
     Am
“And is it to a man of might
   C
Or to a man of means
   G
Or who among my gentlemen
F              Em        Am
Shall give the babe his name?”
 
 
[Verse 13]
      Am
“Oh, father, if I go with child
     C
This much to you I’ll tell
        G
There’s none among your gentlemen
  F            Em      Am
That I would treat so well”
 
 
[Verse 14]
       Am
“And, father, if I go with child
C
I must bear the blame
         G
There’s none among your gentlemen
       F        Em      Am
Shall give the babe his name”
 
 
[Verse 15]
Am
She’s let the seam fall at her heel
     C
The needle to her toe
    G
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
    F      Em      Am
As fast as she can go
 
 
[Verse 16]
    Am
And she is down among the weeds
 C
Down among the thorn
     G
When then appeared Tamlin again
F            Em      Am
Says, “Lady, pull no more”
 
 
[Verse 17]
      Am
“What makes you pull the poison rose?
     C
What makes you break the tree?
      G
What makes you harm the little babe
F           Em       Am
That I have got with thee?”
 
 
[Verse 18]
    Am
“Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
C
I will break the tree
    G
But I’ll not bear the little babe
     F        Em       Am
That you have got with me”
 
 
[Verse 19]
    Am
“If he were to a gentleman
    C
And not a wild shade
    G
I’d rock him all the winter’s night
    F        Em      Am
And all the summer’s day”
 
 
[Verse 20]
       Am
“Then take me back into your arms
   C
If you my love would win
    G
And hold me tight and fear me not
F         Em   Am
I’ll be a gentleman
 
 
[Verse 21]
     Am
“But first I’ll change all in your arms
  C
Into a wild wolf
    G
But hold me tight and fear me not
  F           Em     Am
I am your own true love”
 
 
[Verse 22]
     Am
“And then I’ll change all in your arms
  C
Into a wild bear
    G
But hold me tight and fear me not
  F       Em      Am
I am your husband dear”
 
 
[Verse 23]
     Am
“And then I’ll change all in your arms
  C
Into a lion bold
    G
But hold me tight and fear me not
    F        Em        Am
And you will love your child”
 
 
[Verse 24]
   Am
At first he changed all in her arms
  C
Into a wild wolf
    G
She held him tight and feared him not
   F        Em       Am
He was her own true love
 
 
[Verse 25]
    Am
And then he changed all in her arms
  C
Into a wild bear
    G
She held him tight and feared him not
   F        Em      Am
He was her husband dear
 
 
[Verse 26]
    Am
And then he changed all in her arms
  C
Into a lion bold
    G
She held him tight and feared him not
    F          Em   Am
The father of her child
 
 
[Verse 27]
    Am
And then he changed all in her arms
  C
Into a naked man
        G
She’s wrapped him in her coat so warm
    F               Em   Am
And she has brought him home
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