Mary Hamilton Chords by Joan Baez

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Word _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is to [G#m] the kitchen _ gone, [B] and word is to [F#] the hall, _ _
and [E] word is _ [B] to Madame _ [G#m] the Queen, [B] and [F#] that's the worst [B] of all. _
_ [E] Let _ [F#] Mary _ [B] Hamilton's _ [G#m] bourne abate, to [B] the highest steward of _ all. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Arise, _ arise, _ [E] Mary [B] Hamilton, _ _ _ arise and [F#] tell to me
_ _ what [E]
thou hast done with [B]
thy wee [G#m] babe, I saw [F#] and heard weep [B] by _ thee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I put him in [G#m] a _ tiny boat [B] and cast him _ out [F#] to sea, _ _ _
[E] that he might sink [B] or he might [G#m] swim, but [B] he'd never come back to me. _ _ _
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_ _ Arise, _ arise, [E] Mary _ [B] Hamilton, _ _ arise and come with [F#] _ me. _
_ [E] There is a _ woman in [B] Glasgow [G#m] _
town, [B] this night we'll go and see. _ _
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_ She put not on her [G#m] _ robes of black, _ [B] nor her _ robes of [F#] brown,
but _ _ [E] she put on [B] her robes [G#m] of white [B] to ride [F#] into Glasgow [B] town. _ _
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_ _ There she rode into [G#m] Glasgow _ town, [B] the city _ poor to [F#] see. _ _
The [E] _ bailiff's wife and [B] the _ [G#m] provost's wife [B] cried out _ [F#]
alas [B] for _ _ thee. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, you need not weep [E] for me, [B] she cried, you need not weep [F#] for _ me,
_ for [E] had I not slain [B] my _ [G#m] wee babe, [B] this death I [F#] would [B] not be. _
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_ Oh, little did [G#m] my mother think [B] when first she _ cradled [F#] me. _ _
_ [E] The lands I was [B] to _ [G#m] travel in and the [B] death I was to be. _
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_ _ Last night I washed the [G#m] _ queen's feet [B] and put the gold in [F#] her hair, _
_ [E] and the only reward _ _ [B] _ _ for [G#m] this, [B] the gallows to be my share. _
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_ _ Cast off, cast off my [E] gown, [B] she cried, but let my petticoat [F#] be, _ _
_ [E] and tie on _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] my face [B] the gallows [F#] I would [B] not _ see.
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_ Then by and come [G#m] the king himself, _ [B] looked up with a pitiful _ [F#] _ eye. _
Come [E] _ down, _ come [B] down, Mary _ [G#m] Hamilton, _ _ [B] tonight you _ dine with me. _
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_ Oh, hold your tongue, my [E] _ sovereign [B]
liege, and let your folly [F#] be, _ _ _
[E] for if you'd only _ [B] to save [G#m] my life, [B] you'd never have [F#]
shamed [B] me. _ _ _
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_ Last night there were four [G#m] _ _ _
Marys, _ [B] tonight there'll be [F#] but three. _
There [E] was _ Mary Beaten and [B] _ Mary [G#m] Seaton _ [B] and Mary [F#] _ _ Carmichael [B] and me.
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