Scarborough Fair Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Em |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Verse 1]
Em D Dsus4 D Em
Are you goin' to Scarbo- rough Fair?
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Remember me to one who lives there
Em D Em
She once was a true love of mine
[Verse 2]
Em D Dsus4 D Em
Tell her to make me a camb- ric shirt
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Without no seams nor needlework
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Em D Em
Then she'll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
[Verse 3]
Em D Dsus4 D Em
Tell her to find me an a-cre of land
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Between the salt water and the sea strands
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Em D Em
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 4]
Em D Dsus4 D Em
Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
Em D Em
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Outro]
Em D Dsus4 D Em
Are you goin' to Scarbo- rough Fair?
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Em G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Remember me to one who lives there
Em D Em
She once was a true love of mine
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23 comments

Thanks, I didn't know how badly I needed this tab. Somebody tried to teach this to me one very drunken night back when Regan was in office. Needless to say it didn't sound right so I just forgot about it. Now I will play it all the time.
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Very nice chord changes, love the bar chord change from G slide up to A then back to Em. you can really accent the sound. nice job.
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This is too perfect! xx
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