Chords:
{t:Sir Patrick Spens }
{artist: Fairport Convention}
{key: G }
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n6rCeQdTGE
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{sos}
A [G] King sat [D] in Dun-[G]fermline [D] town
[G] Drinking [D] of the [G] blood-red [D] wine
"[Em] Where can I get a [Em] skeely skipper
To [Am] sail this [Em] mighty boat of [Am] mine?"
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[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
A [G] King sat [D] in Dun-[G]fermline [D] town
[G] Drinking [D] of the [G] blood-red [D] wine
"[Em] Where can I get a [Em] skeely skipper
To [Am] sail this [Em] mighty boat of [Am] mine?"
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
Then [G] up there spoke a bonny [D] boy
[G] Sitting at the King's right [D] knee
"Sir [Em] Patrick Spens is the very best seaman
That [Am] ever [Em] sailed u-pon the [Am] sea"
The [D] king has written [C] a broad letter
And [G] sealed it up with his [D] own right hand
Sending word un-[C]to Sir Patrick
To [G] come to him at [D] his command
[C]/ [G]/ [D]
"An [G] enemy then this must [D] be
Who [G] told a lie concerning [D] me
For [Em] I was never a very good seaman
Nor [Am] ever [Em] do intend to [Am] be"
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[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
Last [G] night I saw the new moon [G] there
[G] With the old moon in her [D] hair
A [Em] sign, a sign since we were born
That [Am] means there'll [Em] be a deadly [Am] storm
[D] They had not sailed u-[C]pon the sea
A [G] day, a day, but [D] barely three
When loud and boisterous [C] grew the wind
And [G] loud and stormy [D] grew the sea
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
Then [G] up there came a mermai-[D]den
A [G] comb and glass, all in her [D] hand
"[Em] Here's to you, my merry young men
For [Am] you'll not see dry land again"
[C]/ [G]/ [D]
"Oh, [G] long may my lady [D] stand
[G] With a lantern in her [D] hand
Be-[Em]fore she sees my bonny ship
Come [Am] sailing [Em] homewards to dry [Am] land"
[D] Forty miles off [C] Aberdeen
The [G] water's fifty [D] fathoms deep
There lies good Sir [C] Patrick Spens
[G] With the Scots lords [D] at his feet
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"Oh, [G] long may my lady [D] stand
[G] With a lantern in her [D] hand
Be-[Em]fore she sees my bonny ship
Come [Am] sailing [Em] homewards to dry [Am] land"
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[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
[D]/ [C]/ [G]/ [D]/
