Chords for The Willow Maiden (Male Version) Lyrics
Tempo:
129.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
F#
Bm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
[E]
[G] [D]
[A] [B]
[F#]
I am a man who walked through the forest with his quiver and [E] hunting bow.
He heard a young boy [F#] singing, and all of the south knew.
[E] There [Am] he found the maiden, [Em] who [G] lives in the [E] willow.
He called to her, she [G] listened, from a ring of [E] tortoise's head.
Come give me my maiden, come from the [F#] willow bed.
She poked at him so [F#] meanly, and only shook her [E] head.
See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] See me my home, I [D] cannot leave [Bm] this place.
[E]
Hear me my [Em] home, a strain of song in the forest.
Don't ask me to follow where you lead.
[C#] [Em]
I am a man who walked through the forest [E] with a [F#] flowery coat of green.
His love had hair like fire, [Em] her eyes [Bm] an emerald [Em] gene.
She wrapped herself [F#] in girt, so [G] young and so [Em] sorry.
He stood there under the willow, and he gave [F#] her the yellow blue.
[E] Girl my heart you've captured, [F] oh [Bm] I would be [Em] your pearl.
She said she'd wed them never, not near nor far nor soon.
See me my home, oh ray of light [E] in the moon dance.
[F#] See me my home, I cannot [Bm] leave this [E] place.
Hear me my home, a strain of song in the forest.
Don't ask [B] me to follow where you [Em] lead.
[E]
[F#] I am a man who walked through the forest with an ax sharp as a knife.
I'll [Em] take the green I've found, and she [Bm] shall be [Em] my wife.
[E] With her I'll raise my children, with her I'll [F#] live my life.
The [G] maiden wept when she heard him, when he said he'd [E] set her free.
He took his [A] ax and he [Em] said to bring down her [E] ancient tree.
Now your [A] willows [Em] forever, now [Bm] you belong [Em] to [F#] me.
See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
See me my home, I cannot leave this place.
Hear me [E] my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] Don't ask me to follow where you [C#]
lead.
[E] [B]
[E]
[Em]
She [E] followed him out the forest and collapsed upon the earth.
Her fate had walked but a distance from the green [Bm] land of her birth.
[E] She faded into a flower that would bloom for one bright year.
He could not take from the forest what was never [D] winter.
[F#] [E] [N]
[E]
[G] [D]
[A] [B]
[F#]
I am a man who walked through the forest with his quiver and [E] hunting bow.
He heard a young boy [F#] singing, and all of the south knew.
[E] There [Am] he found the maiden, [Em] who [G] lives in the [E] willow.
He called to her, she [G] listened, from a ring of [E] tortoise's head.
Come give me my maiden, come from the [F#] willow bed.
She poked at him so [F#] meanly, and only shook her [E] head.
See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] See me my home, I [D] cannot leave [Bm] this place.
[E]
Hear me my [Em] home, a strain of song in the forest.
Don't ask me to follow where you lead.
[C#] [Em]
I am a man who walked through the forest [E] with a [F#] flowery coat of green.
His love had hair like fire, [Em] her eyes [Bm] an emerald [Em] gene.
She wrapped herself [F#] in girt, so [G] young and so [Em] sorry.
He stood there under the willow, and he gave [F#] her the yellow blue.
[E] Girl my heart you've captured, [F] oh [Bm] I would be [Em] your pearl.
She said she'd wed them never, not near nor far nor soon.
See me my home, oh ray of light [E] in the moon dance.
[F#] See me my home, I cannot [Bm] leave this [E] place.
Hear me my home, a strain of song in the forest.
Don't ask [B] me to follow where you [Em] lead.
[E]
[F#] I am a man who walked through the forest with an ax sharp as a knife.
I'll [Em] take the green I've found, and she [Bm] shall be [Em] my wife.
[E] With her I'll raise my children, with her I'll [F#] live my life.
The [G] maiden wept when she heard him, when he said he'd [E] set her free.
He took his [A] ax and he [Em] said to bring down her [E] ancient tree.
Now your [A] willows [Em] forever, now [Bm] you belong [Em] to [F#] me.
See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
See me my home, I cannot leave this place.
Hear me [E] my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] Don't ask me to follow where you [C#]
lead.
[E] [B]
[E]
[Em]
She [E] followed him out the forest and collapsed upon the earth.
Her fate had walked but a distance from the green [Bm] land of her birth.
[E] She faded into a flower that would bloom for one bright year.
He could not take from the forest what was never [D] winter.
[F#] [E] [N]
Key:
E
Em
F#
Bm
G
E
Em
F#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ I am a man who walked through the forest with his quiver and [E] hunting bow.
He heard a young boy [F#] singing, and all of the south knew. _
_ _ [E] There [Am] he found the maiden, [Em] who [G] lives in the [E] willow. _
He called to her, she [G] listened, from a ring of [E] _ tortoise's head.
_ Come give me my maiden, come from the [F#] willow bed. _
She poked at him so [F#] meanly, and only shook her [E] head. _
_ See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
_ [Em] See me my home, I [D] cannot leave [Bm] this place.
[E] _ _
_ Hear me my [Em] home, a strain of song in the forest. _
_ Don't ask _ me to follow where you lead. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [Em] _
_ _ I am a man who walked through the forest [E] with a [F#] flowery coat of green.
_ His love had hair like fire, [Em] _ her eyes [Bm] an emerald [Em] gene.
_ She wrapped herself [F#] in girt, so [G] young and so [Em] sorry.
_ He stood there under the _ willow, and he gave [F#] her the yellow blue.
_ _ [E] Girl my heart you've captured, _ [F] oh [Bm] I would be [Em] your pearl.
She said she'd wed them never, not near nor far nor soon.
_ _ See me my home, oh ray of light [E] in the moon dance.
[F#] See me my home, I cannot [Bm] leave this [E] place. _
_ _ Hear me my home, a strain of song in the forest.
_ _ Don't ask _ [B] me to follow where you _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] lead. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I am _ _ a man who walked through the forest with an ax sharp as a knife.
I'll [Em] take the green I've found, _ and she [Bm] shall be [Em] my wife.
[E] With her I'll raise my children, with her I'll [F#] live my life.
The [G] maiden wept when she heard him, when he said he'd [E] set her free.
_ He took his [A] ax and he [Em] said to bring down her [E] ancient tree.
_ Now your [A] willows _ [Em] forever, now [Bm] you belong [Em] to _ _ [F#] me.
See me _ _ my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
_ See _ me my home, I cannot leave this place.
_ Hear _ me [E] my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] _ _ Don't ask me to follow where you [C#] _
lead.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She _ [E] followed him out the _ forest and collapsed _ upon the earth. _
Her fate had walked but a distance from the green [Bm] land of her birth.
_ _ [E] She faded _ into a flower _ that would bloom for one bright year.
_ _ He could not take from the _ forest what was never [D] _ winter.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I am a man who walked through the forest with his quiver and [E] hunting bow.
He heard a young boy [F#] singing, and all of the south knew. _
_ _ [E] There [Am] he found the maiden, [Em] who [G] lives in the [E] willow. _
He called to her, she [G] listened, from a ring of [E] _ tortoise's head.
_ Come give me my maiden, come from the [F#] willow bed. _
She poked at him so [F#] meanly, and only shook her [E] head. _
_ See me my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
_ [Em] See me my home, I [D] cannot leave [Bm] this place.
[E] _ _
_ Hear me my [Em] home, a strain of song in the forest. _
_ Don't ask _ me to follow where you lead. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [Em] _
_ _ I am a man who walked through the forest [E] with a [F#] flowery coat of green.
_ His love had hair like fire, [Em] _ her eyes [Bm] an emerald [Em] gene.
_ She wrapped herself [F#] in girt, so [G] young and so [Em] sorry.
_ He stood there under the _ willow, and he gave [F#] her the yellow blue.
_ _ [E] Girl my heart you've captured, _ [F] oh [Bm] I would be [Em] your pearl.
She said she'd wed them never, not near nor far nor soon.
_ _ See me my home, oh ray of light [E] in the moon dance.
[F#] See me my home, I cannot [Bm] leave this [E] place. _
_ _ Hear me my home, a strain of song in the forest.
_ _ Don't ask _ [B] me to follow where you _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] lead. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I am _ _ a man who walked through the forest with an ax sharp as a knife.
I'll [Em] take the green I've found, _ and she [Bm] shall be [Em] my wife.
[E] With her I'll raise my children, with her I'll [F#] live my life.
The [G] maiden wept when she heard him, when he said he'd [E] set her free.
_ He took his [A] ax and he [Em] said to bring down her [E] ancient tree.
_ Now your [A] willows _ [Em] forever, now [Bm] you belong [Em] to _ _ [F#] me.
See me _ _ my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
_ See _ me my home, I cannot leave this place.
_ Hear _ me [E] my home, oh ray of light in the moon dance.
[Em] _ _ Don't ask me to follow where you [C#] _
lead.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She _ [E] followed him out the _ forest and collapsed _ upon the earth. _
Her fate had walked but a distance from the green [Bm] land of her birth.
_ _ [E] She faded _ into a flower _ that would bloom for one bright year.
_ _ He could not take from the _ forest what was never [D] _ winter.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _