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Greensleeves
Traditional
Strum Pattern
B       d   u   d   u 
1   +   2   +   3   +  
 Am      C        G     Em
Alas my love, you do me wrong
    Am (2)         E7 (2)
to cast me off discourteously
    Am      C    G      Em
For I have loved you so long
   Am      E7       Am (2)
delighting in your companay
Chorus:
C (2)            G       Em
Greensleeves was all my joy
Am (2)                E7 (2)
Greensleeves was my delight
C (2)               G        Em 
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
    Am         E7    Am (2)
and who but my Lady Greensleeves
  Am        C     G       Em
I have been ready at your hand
    Am (2)        E7 (2)
to grant whatever you would crave
  Am        C       G        Em
I have both wagered life and land
      Am      E7        Am (2)
your love and good will for to have.
 
    Am       C      G      Em
Thy gown was of the grassy green,
     Am (2)          E7 (2)
thy sleeves of satin hanging by,
      Am        C      G       Em
Which made thee be our harvest queen,
    Am       E7      Am (2)
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
Chorus
 
Am     C       G      Em
I will pray to God on high,
     Am (2)         E7 (2)
That thou constancy mayst see,
    Am       C      G      Em
And that yet once before I die,
     Am        E7      Am (2)
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
Last Chorus:
C (2)             G      Em
Greensleeves, farewell, adieu
Am (2)        E7 (2) 
God I pray to prosper thee
    C (2)          G     Em
For I am still thy lover true
      Am    E7       Am (2)
come once again and love me