Tom: Dm
Dm F C
Cold blows the wind to my true love
Dm Am
And gently drops the rain
Dm F C
I only had but one true love
Dm
And in Greenwood she lies slain
[Verse 2]
F C Am
I'll do as much for my true love
Dm Am
As any young man may
Dm F C
I'll sit and mourn along her grave
Dm
For a twelve-month and a day
[Verse 3]
Dm F C
When the twelve months and one day was past
Dm Am
The ghost began to speak:
Dm F C
"Why sit thou'st here along my grave
Dm
And will not let me sleep?"
[Verse 4]
F C Am
"There's one thing that I want, sweetheart
Dm Am
There's one thing that I crave
Dm F C
And that is a kiss from your lily white lips
Dm
Then I'll go from your grave"
[Verse 5]
Dm F C
"My lips they are as cold as clay
Dm Am
My breath smells earthy strong
Dm F C
And if you kiss my cold clay lips
Dm
Your days they won't be long"
[Verse 6]
F C Am
Go fetch me water from the desert
Dm Am
And blood from out of stone
Dm F C
Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast
Dm
That a young man never had known"
[Verse 7]
Dm F C
'Twas down in Cupid's Garden
Dm Am
Where you and I would walk
Dm F C
The finest flower that ever I saw
Dm
Is withered to a stalk
[Verse 8]
F C Am
"The stalk is withered and dry, sweetheart
Dm Am
The flower will never return
Dm F C
And since I lost my one true love
Dm
What can I do but mourn?"
[Verse 9]
Dm F C
"When shall we meet again, sweetheart?
Dm Am
When shall we meet again?"
Dm F C
"Where the oaken leaves that fall from the trees
Dm
Are green and spring up again"
