Scarborough Fair Chords

by Simon & Garfunkel
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Em
Capo: no capo
Author maurj [pro] 243.
6 contributors total, last edit on Feb 10, 2023
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Chords

Em
D
Dsus4
G
A

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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
vince.bell.58
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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widdle619
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.
+7
SimbaSpyro
This is too perfect! xx
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