Henry Lee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Lie [Bm]down,[Em] lie down,
love Henry Lee and stay with me this night
You will [G]have my candle and coal,
my fire's burnin' bright
[Em]My f[B]ire's burnin' br[Em]ight

[Verse 2]
I [Em]won't lie down, I can't lie down,
and stay all night with [F#m]thee
There's [G]a lady ten times fairer than
[D]you in Barnard's [Bm]Hall for me
In [B]Barnard's Hall for me
[Em]

[Verse 3]
He's leanin' o'er her soft pillow
to give her a kiss so [F#m]sweet
[G]But her little pen knife held
keen and [D]sharp
She's wounded him [Bm]full deep
She's wounded him full [Em]deep

[Verse 4]
Oh I [Em]will lie down, I must lie down,
I welcome it said [F#m]he
[G]There's no lady in Barnard's
[D]Hall that I love better than [Bm]thee
I love [B]more better than [Em]thee
[D]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em]

[Verse 5]
Well [Em]live my love, Lord Henry, she said,
For an hour, or two, or [F#m]three
And [G]all the cards about my waist
[D]I freely give to the[Bm]e
I'd freely give to [Em]thee

[Verse 6]
Well [Em]all the cards about your waist
will do no good for [F#m]me
Love [G]don't you see my own cards [D]flash
Come twinkling at my [Bm]knee
Come twinkling at my [Em]knee

[Verse 7]
She [Em]took him by his long yellow hair,
She dragged him by his [A]feet,
She [G]threw him down a cold dark [D]well
some fifty fathoms [Bm]deep
A full [B]fifty fathoms [Em]deep

[Interlude 2]
[Em][G]
[F#m][G][D][Bm][Em]
[A]

[Verse 8]
Lie [G]down, lie down, you pretty little bird
Lie down along my [F#m]knee
[Em]No girl who would murder
her own true [D]love,
Would kill a little bird [Bm]like [B]me
[Em]Would kill a little bird like me

[Verse 9]
Oh I [Em]wished I had my bending bow,
my arrow in my [F#m]string
[G]I'd shoot my dart right through your
[D]heart so you no longer [Bm]sing
[Em]So you no longer sing

[Interlude 3]
[Em]

[Verse 10]
I [Em]wished you had your bending bow,
Your arrow in your string!
I'd [G]fly on back to Barnard's [D]Hall,
You'd always hear me [Bm]sing
You'd always hear me [Em]sing![F#m]

[Verse 11]
[G]I'd fly on back to Barnard's Hall,
[D]You'd alway[G]s hea[D]r me [G]sin[Bm]g
You'd always hear [Em]me sing