Gordon Lightfoot – Songs The Minstrel Sang (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

[INTRO:] Dm F G A7 Dm F G A7 [VERSE 1:]
     Dm               F
It's almost over it's almost done

        G                      A7
And you can't put the blame on anyone 

     Dm                   F
It's almost easy and it's almost fun 

    G                        A7
Did you get caught with your britches on
[CHORUS:]
Asus4               Dm
Hi derry-day in the month of May 

        F                 C
Was the song the minstrel sang 

Gm             Dm
To the good of Robin Hood 

     A7                 Dm    G   Dm   G
Maid Marian and all the gang
[VERSE 2:]
    Dm                   F
His aim was mean and his shot was clean 

        G                         A7
And his suit was the sheen of the evergreen 

    Dm                F
The folks he knew had naught to fear 

         G                            A7
When the sheriff was there, they were over here
[CHORUS:]
Asus4                Dm
Hi derry-doon in the month of June

        F                 C
Was the song the minstrel sung

Gm             Dm
To the good of Robin Hood's 

     A7                  Dm    G   Dm   G    Dm    G   Dm   G
Good name and a place to run
[VERSE 3:]
   Dm                     F
He loved strong ale and a rundown jail 

        G                        A7
Was the kind of a scene where he never failed 

      Dm                F
There was no man on the sea or land 

          G                      A7
Who could get Maid Marian on the trail
[CHORUS:]
Asus4               Dm
Hi derry-day in the month of May 

        F                 C
Was the song the minstrel sang 

Gm             Dm
To the good of Robin Hood 

     A7                 Dm 
Maid Marian and all the gang
[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm G Dm A7 Dm F G A7 Dm F G A7 Asus4 Dm F C Gm Dm A7 Dm G Dm G [VERSE 4:]
     Dm                F
It's almost over, it's almost done 

        G                      A7
And you can't put the blame on Marion 

    Dm                    F
She almost made it to the Friar's Gate

        G                          A7
But the old wooden bridge wouldn't elevate
[CHORUS:]
Asus4                Dm
Hi derry-doon in the month of June

        F                 C
Was the song the minstrel sung

Gm             Dm
To the good of Robin Hood's 

     A7                  Dm    G   Dm   G    Dm    G   Dm   G
Good name and a place to run