Plains Of Waterloo Chords by June Tabor
Tempo:
71.275 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
C
F
D
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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As I rode out [F] one fine summer's morning Down by the bare banks of a clear purling
stream There I spied a handsome fair maid making
sad [Ab] lamentation Oh, I threw myself in ambush to hear [D] her sad
strain Through the woods she marched alone, caused
the valleys to wring o'er The fine [Ab] feathered songsters around her they
flew Saying the war's playing on all over and
peace it [Fm] is restored again [E] But yet my will is not returning from the
[Abm] plains of Waterloo Well, I stepped up to this fair maid [C] and
said, My fond [N] creature, oh, may I make so bold as to ask your true love's name
For it's I who've been in battle where the cannons around do rattle
And [Ab] by some strange fortune I might have known the same
[D] Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name [F] is hero of great fame
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow, it's true
No one shall me enjoy but me own darling boy
But yet he's not returning from the plains of Waterloo
Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name is hero of great fame
He and I have been in battle through many a long campaign
[C] Through Italy and Russia, [Bb] through Germany [G] and Prussia
Oh, he was me loyal comrade through France and through Spain
[D] Until over the lengths by the [F] French we were surrounded
Like the heroes of old we did them subdue We did fight for three days until we did defeat [C] him
That brave Napoleon bony on the plains [F] of Waterloo
Now the eighteenth day [Ab] of June it is end at the battle
Leaving many's no bold hero to sigh and to mourn
[N] All the wardrobes they did beat and the cannons around did rattle
It was by a French soldier [D] your Willie was slain
And as I passed by your weary lair bleeding
Oh, I [Abm] scarcely had time for to bid him [G] adieu
In a faltering voice these [C] words he was repeating
Fare thee well me lovely Annie, he [Abm] was far from Waterloo
Now when this [Ab] lovely fair maid heard this sad acclamation
Oh, her two rosy cheeks turned pale into one
And when I saw this fair maid making sad [C]
lamentation
Oh, I said me lovely Annie, I am that very one
And here is the ring that was broken between us
In the midst of all danger, love, to remind me of you
[Ab] And when she saw the token she fell into me arms crying
You're welcome, dearest Willie, from the plains of Waterloo
stream There I spied a handsome fair maid making
sad [Ab] lamentation Oh, I threw myself in ambush to hear [D] her sad
strain Through the woods she marched alone, caused
the valleys to wring o'er The fine [Ab] feathered songsters around her they
flew Saying the war's playing on all over and
peace it [Fm] is restored again [E] But yet my will is not returning from the
[Abm] plains of Waterloo Well, I stepped up to this fair maid [C] and
said, My fond [N] creature, oh, may I make so bold as to ask your true love's name
For it's I who've been in battle where the cannons around do rattle
And [Ab] by some strange fortune I might have known the same
[D] Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name [F] is hero of great fame
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow, it's true
No one shall me enjoy but me own darling boy
But yet he's not returning from the plains of Waterloo
Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name is hero of great fame
He and I have been in battle through many a long campaign
[C] Through Italy and Russia, [Bb] through Germany [G] and Prussia
Oh, he was me loyal comrade through France and through Spain
[D] Until over the lengths by the [F] French we were surrounded
Like the heroes of old we did them subdue We did fight for three days until we did defeat [C] him
That brave Napoleon bony on the plains [F] of Waterloo
Now the eighteenth day [Ab] of June it is end at the battle
Leaving many's no bold hero to sigh and to mourn
[N] All the wardrobes they did beat and the cannons around did rattle
It was by a French soldier [D] your Willie was slain
And as I passed by your weary lair bleeding
Oh, I [Abm] scarcely had time for to bid him [G] adieu
In a faltering voice these [C] words he was repeating
Fare thee well me lovely Annie, he [Abm] was far from Waterloo
Now when this [Ab] lovely fair maid heard this sad acclamation
Oh, her two rosy cheeks turned pale into one
And when I saw this fair maid making sad [C]
lamentation
Oh, I said me lovely Annie, I am that very one
And here is the ring that was broken between us
In the midst of all danger, love, to remind me of you
[Ab] And when she saw the token she fell into me arms crying
You're welcome, dearest Willie, from the plains of Waterloo
Key:
Ab
C
F
D
Abm
Ab
C
F
As I rode out [F] one fine summer's morning Down by the bare banks of a clear purling
stream There I spied a handsome fair maid making
sad _ [Ab] lamentation Oh, I threw myself in ambush to hear [D] her sad
strain Through the woods she marched alone, caused
the valleys to wring o'er The fine [Ab] feathered songsters around her they
flew Saying the war's playing on all over and
peace it [Fm] is restored again [E] But yet my will is not returning from the
[Abm] plains of Waterloo _ _ Well, I stepped up to this fair maid [C] and
said, My fond [N] creature, oh, may I make so bold as to ask your true love's name
_ For it's I who've been in battle where the cannons around do rattle
And [Ab] by some strange fortune I might have known the same
_ [D] Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name [F] is hero of great fame
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow, it's true
No one shall me enjoy but me own darling boy
But yet he's not returning from the plains of Waterloo _ _
_ Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name is hero of great fame
He and I have been in battle through many a long campaign
[C] Through Italy and Russia, [Bb] through Germany [G] and Prussia
Oh, he was me loyal comrade through France and through Spain
[D] Until over the lengths by the [F] French we were surrounded
Like the heroes of old we did them subdue We did fight for three days until we did defeat [C] him
That brave Napoleon bony on the plains [F] of Waterloo _
_ Now the eighteenth day [Ab] of June it is end at the battle
Leaving many's no bold hero to sigh and to mourn
[N] All the wardrobes they did beat and the cannons around did rattle
It was by a French soldier [D] your Willie was slain
And as I passed by your weary lair bleeding
Oh, I [Abm] scarcely had time for to bid him [G] adieu
In a faltering voice these [C] words he was repeating
_ Fare thee well me lovely Annie, he [Abm] was far from Waterloo _ _
Now when this [Ab] lovely fair maid heard this sad acclamation
Oh, her two rosy cheeks turned pale into one
_ And when I saw this fair maid making sad [C]
lamentation
Oh, I said me lovely Annie, I am that very one
And here is the ring that was broken between us
In the midst of all danger, love, to remind me of you
[Ab] And when she saw the token she fell into me arms crying
You're welcome, dearest Willie, from the plains of Waterloo _
stream There I spied a handsome fair maid making
sad _ [Ab] lamentation Oh, I threw myself in ambush to hear [D] her sad
strain Through the woods she marched alone, caused
the valleys to wring o'er The fine [Ab] feathered songsters around her they
flew Saying the war's playing on all over and
peace it [Fm] is restored again [E] But yet my will is not returning from the
[Abm] plains of Waterloo _ _ Well, I stepped up to this fair maid [C] and
said, My fond [N] creature, oh, may I make so bold as to ask your true love's name
_ For it's I who've been in battle where the cannons around do rattle
And [Ab] by some strange fortune I might have known the same
_ [D] Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name [F] is hero of great fame
He's gone and he's left me in sorrow, it's true
No one shall me enjoy but me own darling boy
But yet he's not returning from the plains of Waterloo _ _
_ Well, if Willie Smith's me true love's name is hero of great fame
He and I have been in battle through many a long campaign
[C] Through Italy and Russia, [Bb] through Germany [G] and Prussia
Oh, he was me loyal comrade through France and through Spain
[D] Until over the lengths by the [F] French we were surrounded
Like the heroes of old we did them subdue We did fight for three days until we did defeat [C] him
That brave Napoleon bony on the plains [F] of Waterloo _
_ Now the eighteenth day [Ab] of June it is end at the battle
Leaving many's no bold hero to sigh and to mourn
[N] All the wardrobes they did beat and the cannons around did rattle
It was by a French soldier [D] your Willie was slain
And as I passed by your weary lair bleeding
Oh, I [Abm] scarcely had time for to bid him [G] adieu
In a faltering voice these [C] words he was repeating
_ Fare thee well me lovely Annie, he [Abm] was far from Waterloo _ _
Now when this [Ab] lovely fair maid heard this sad acclamation
Oh, her two rosy cheeks turned pale into one
_ And when I saw this fair maid making sad [C]
lamentation
Oh, I said me lovely Annie, I am that very one
And here is the ring that was broken between us
In the midst of all danger, love, to remind me of you
[Ab] And when she saw the token she fell into me arms crying
You're welcome, dearest Willie, from the plains of Waterloo _
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