Julie Covington

My Silks And Fine Array

Julie Covington


Tom: Dm

Cm  F    Cm

[Verse 1]
             Bb
My silks and fine array
   Cm                    Gm
My smiles and languished air
Eb                  F    Cm
By love are driven away
             Bb
And mournful lean despair
          Cm             Gm     Eb
Brings me yew to deck my grave
              F       Cm   F
Such end true lovers have


[Verse 2]
            Gm              Eb
His face is fair as heaven
                      F     Dm
When springing buds unfold
           Eb               Cm
Oh, why to him was't given
                      Gm           F
Whose heart is wintry cold, wintry cold


[Instrumental]
Cm   F   Cm   F   Cm


[Verse 3]
            Bb
Bring me an axe and spade
      Cm           Gm
Bring me a winding sheet
Eb                   F 
When I my grave have made
    Cm                 F   Cm
Let winds and tempests beat____
           Bb          Cm
Then down, down I lay 
              Gm    Eb
Cold, cold as clay
                     F    Cm
True love doth pass away


[Instrumental]
Dm  G  Dm  G  Dm  G  Dm  G  Em


[Verse 4]
            Am              F
His face is fair as heaven
                      Em
When springing buds unfold
           F               Dm
Oh, why to him was't given
                      Am           G     Dm
Whose heart is wintry cold, wintry cold


[Verse 5]
            C
Bring me an axe and spade
      Dm           Am
Bring me a winding sheet
     F               G 
When I my grave have made
    Dm                 G   Dm
Let winds and tempests beat____
           C          Dm
Then down, down I lay 
              Am    F
Cold, cold as clay
                     G    F
True love doth pass away
                     G    Dm
True love doth pass away
                     G    F
True love doth pass away
                     G    F
True love doth pass away
          G          Dm   F
True love doth pass away
          G          Dm
True love doth pass away