The Daemon Lover Chords by Alasdair Roberts

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

D

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Alasdair Roberts - The Daemon Lover chords
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[C]
[F] [C]
[F] Where have you [C] been, my long, long love?
These seven long years or more
I'm seeking for my farmer vows you [G] gave to [C] me before
[F] Oh, hold [C] your tongue of your farmer vows For they will breed sad strife
Hold your tongue of your farmer vows For I [G] am become [F] a wife
He's turned him [C]
right and round about And the saltier blint is he
Well, I never would have trodden on Irish ground But for [G] the [F] love of thee
[C] If I should leave my dear husband and my two maids also
What have you to take me to if I [E] with you [F] should go?
I've [C] seven ships all on the sea And the eighth brought me to land
With four and twenty mariners bold and music on [F] command
She
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[D] [C]
[G] [C]
[D]
[C]
put her float on board the ship No mariner she beheld
But the sails were of the taft And the [G] mast of the deep [C] blue foam
And they had not sailed a league a week A league but barely three
Till Desmo grew his countenance And [G] Rodley [F] grew his seeds
[C] They had not sailed a league a week A league but barely three
Until she saw his gloved foot And she [D] wept most [F] bitterly
Leave off [C] your weeping, [F] [C] then said he Of your weeping let me be
And I'll show you how the lilies grow On the [D] banks of [F] the Thorn Valley
[D]
What hill, [G] what hill is Thornasee As [C] white as any snow?
[G] Thorn is the hill of heaven, he said, Where [C] all good [G] people go
[C]
[G] And what hill, what hill is Thornasee [C] As black as any coal?
Thorn is the hill of hell, he said, Where you [G] and I [F] must go
And he struck [C] the top mast with his hand And the main mast with his knee
And he struck that gallant ship in two And he sunk her [F] beneath the sea
[C] [G] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [F]
[Fm]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
D
1321
E
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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To learn Alasdair Roberts - The Daemon Lover chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, C, G, F, C, D and C. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 75 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 150. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Where have you [C] been, my long, long love?
These seven long years or more
I'm seeking for my farmer vows you [G] gave to [C] me before
[F] _ _ Oh, hold [C] your tongue of your farmer _ vows For they will breed sad _ strife
Hold your tongue of your farmer _ vows For I [G] am become [F] a _ _ wife
He's turned him [C]
right and round about And the saltier blint is he
Well, I never would have trodden on Irish ground _ But for [G] the [F] love of thee
_ [C] If I should leave my dear husband _ and my two maids also _
What have you to take me to if I [E] with you [F] should go?
_ I've [C] seven ships all on the sea And the eighth brought me to land
With four and twenty mariners _ bold and _ music on [F] command
She
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
put her float on board the ship No mariner she _ beheld
But the sails were of the taft And _ the [G] mast of the deep [C] blue foam
And they had not sailed _ a league a week A league but barely three
_ Till Desmo grew his _ _ countenance And [G] Rodley [F] grew his _ seeds
[C] They had not sailed a league a week A league but barely three
_ Until she saw his gloved foot And she [D] wept most [F] _ _ _ _ bitterly
Leave off [C] your weeping, _ [F] _ [C] then said he Of your weeping let me be
And I'll show you how the lilies grow On the [D] banks of [F] the Thorn Valley _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ What hill, [G] what hill _ _ is _ _ Thornasee _ _ As [C] white as _ _ any _ snow? _
_ [G] _ Thorn is the hill of heaven, he said, Where [C] all good [G] people go
[C] _ _
[G] And what hill, what hill _ is _ _ _ Thornasee _ _ [C] As black as any _ coal?
_ _ Thorn is the hill of hell, he _ said, Where you [G] and I [F] must go _
And he struck [C] the top mast with his hand And the main mast with his knee
And he struck that gallant ship in two And he sunk her [F] beneath the sea _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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The Too Long In This Condition album includes this song.

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