Chords for The Pentangle - Cruel Sister - 4/6

[C] _ _ _ There [Bb] [Cm] lived a lady by the North [Bb] Sea _ shore
_ Lay [Ab] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
Two daughters [Cm] _
were the babes [Bb] she _ bore
[Cm] Fa la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la la la la
_ As one [Cm] grew bright as is [Bb] the _ sun
Lay [Fm] the bend to the bonnie [Gm] _ broom
So cold [Cm] black grew _ the [Bb] elder _ one
[C] Fa la la la [Bb] la la [C] la la la la [Gm] la
_ [Cm] _ [Dm] _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ A knight came [Cm] riding to the [Bb] lady's _ door
Lay [C] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ He traveled [Cm] _ _ far to be [Bb] their _ wooer
[Cm] Fa la la la la [Bb] la [C] la la la la la
He _ courted [Cm] one with gloves [Bb] and _ rings
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ But he loved [Cm] the _ other above [Bb] all _ things
[Am] Fa la la la [Bb] la la [C] la la la la la _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Sister _ will you go [Bb] with _ me
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie _ broom
To [Cm] watch the _ ships sail [Bb] on the _ sea
[A] Fa la la la la [Bb] la [C] la la la la _
She took her sister _ by [Bb] the _ hand
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And led [Cm] her _ down to the [Bb] North Sea _ strand
[A] _ Fa la la la la [Bb] la [Cm] la la la [Gm] la
[Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
And as they stood on the [Bb] windy _ shore
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
The dark [Cm] gal threw her [Bbm] sister o _ [Cm]'er
Fa la [Bb] la la la la [Cm] la la la la _
_ Sometimes she sang, sometimes [Bb] she _ swam
_ [F] Lay the bend to the [Gm] bonnie _ broom
Crying sister [C] _ _ reach to me [Bb] your _ hand
[Gm] Fa la la la la la la [Cm] la la la
_ [Gm] Oh [C] sister, _ sister let [Bb] me _ live
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ And all [Cm] that's _ mine I'll surely [Bb] _ _ give
[G] Fa [Bb] la la la la la la [C] la la _ _ la
Your own true love that I'll have [Bb] and _ more
Lay [C] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
But thou [C] shalt _ _ never come [Bb] _ _ ashore
[C] _
[Bb] Fa la la la la la [C] la la la la
And there she _ floated like [Bb] a _ swan
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie _ broom
The salt sea [Cm] bore _ her [Bb] body _ _ [C] on
Fa la la la la la la la la _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ la
The minstrels _ walked [Bb] along the _ strand
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And saw [Cm] the _ _ maiden float [Bb] to _ land
[Cm] Fa la la la la [Gm] la la la [C] la la
_ _ They've made a harp of [Bb] her _ _ breastbone _
[C] Lay the bend [Cm] to the bonnie [Gm]
broom
_ Whose [Cm] sound would _ melt a heart [Bb] of _ stone
[C]
Fa la [Gm] la la la la [C] la la la la
They [Gm] [Cm] took three _ locks of her [Bb] yellow _ hair
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
_ And [Cm] with them _ _ strung the [Bb] harp so rare
[C] _ [Gm]
Fa la la la la la [C] la la la _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
la
They went into her _ [Bb] father's _ hall
Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
To play [Cm] the harp _ before [Bb] them _ all
[C] Fa la la la la la la la la la
But as they [Cm] laid it on [Gm] a stone
_ Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
The harp [Cm] began _ _ to play [Bb] _ _ [Gm] alone
Fa la la la la la la la la la
_ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
The first string sang a [Cm]
dolko [Bb] _ sound
_ [C] Lay the [D] bend to the [Gm] bonnie _ broom
The [Cm] bride her _ younger [Bb] sister _ drowned
[A] Fa la la la la la [C] la la la la
The second _ string as [Gm] that they tried
_ Lay [Fm] the bend to the bonnie [Gm] broom _
In [Cm] terror sits the [Bb] black haired _ bride
[A] Fa la la la [Bb] la la la [C] la la _ _ la
The third string [Cm] sang _ beneath [Gm] their bow
_ Lay [Fm] the bend to the [Gm] bonnie broom
And surely [Cm] _ now her tears [Bb] will _ flow
[Cm] Fa la la [E] la la la [Cm] la la la la _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _